AYY10 Product Concept Competition
Design the AYY10 anniversary product!
NOTE. THE COMPETITON TIME HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO THE END OF OCTOBER!
To celebrate our 10-year journey AYY is launching a Product Concept Competition. We are searching for an Aalto student, whose vision would bring about a product, embodying our anniversary as well the Aalto Creativity. The winner of the competition will receive a prize worth of 500€, the second place 200€ euros and the third 100€ euros. In addition the winners will have the opportunity to discuss about selling the item via Aalto Shop. Competition last 16.9.-31.10.
Competition rules:
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All people currently studying in, or have graduated from, Aalto are eligible to take part in the competition.
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With this competition, we wish to showcase the extensive knowhow and innovations of our community. Thus, the product should embody the ten years old Aalto community that we celebrate
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The product has to be realistic and as sustainable as possible.
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All design propositions should be submitted as an e-mail attachment to tero.uuttana@ayy.fi by Oct 13th at 23:59. The participant should attach the following documents in pdf format with their application, each document with their alias on it :
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An image/illustration of the product
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A short description of the product and arguments on how it embodies the Aalto Spirit celebrates our anniversary year
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A plan on how the product will be manufactured.
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All applications are handled anonymously, and the judges won’t see the contact details of the sender. Contact details, name, line of study, e-mail address and phone number should be added to the message field of the e-mail application. Please add “AYY10 Tuotekilpailu” as the subject line.
The jury will be named later.
Schedule:
Sep 16th – The competition launches
Oct 31st at 23:59 – The competition closes. After this, the judges will choose the winner(s) and contact them.
The winners and the winning product will be announced next year
The right to make changes is reserved.
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