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3D Design Challenge

3D Design Challenge for Students

 
The 2012-13 design challenge was to design a functional headphone fixture and include a 3D rendering of the design for judging. As sponsor and presenter, Malden, Mass.-based Van Stry Design worked with the students with the top 12 designs to produce prototypes of their designs, which were displayed April 16-18 at GlobalShop 2013, where industry professionals got a firsthand look at the work of tomorrow’s talent.

The 2012-2013 winning projects are as follows:
First Place, $5000—Yuan Zeng, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
Second Place, $2500—Jade Boyle, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY
Third Place, $1500—Oksana Pugajeva, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom and Brice Desportes, ENSAN, Rouen, France.
Honorable Mention, $500—Kathleen R. Barry, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
Honorable Mention, $500—Elizabeth Gray, Miami University, Oxford, OH
Honorable Mention, $500—Siddharth Grover, DSK International School of Design, Maharashtra, India
Honorable Mention, $500—Amanda Jones and Courtney Wallach Cazenovia College, Cazenovia, NY
Honorable Mention, $500—Catherine Murray and Micah Washington, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
Honorable Mention, $500—Nick Nguyen, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX
Honorable Mention, $500—Milos Pajevic and Milan Stevanovic, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Serbia and Montenegro
Honorable Mention, $500—Jessica Seyfang and Nick Most, Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, OH
Honorable Mention, $500—Eric Yates and Alice Huang, California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA

Click here to see the winning designs
 

The Challenge

Design and create a 3D model or rendering of a store fixture that communicates an existing brand of headphone. The design should invite customers to walk up to it, try on headphones, and walk away informed and delighted by the interaction. The focus should be on the product, because at the end of the day, this is visual MERCHANDISE-ing. Floor space is currency on the selling floor, so keep your footprint to a maximum of 36 by 36 inches wide and 84 inches high. You may choose from any of the ever-growing headphone manufacturers currently on the market, including in-ear, noise-canceling, over-ear, wireless, and gaming, to name a few. The professionalism and detail should parallel that of the chosen brand throughout the entire design. This fixture represents THEIR brand and what the brand would present to the world. Most of all, have fun and put on your 3D thinking cap. Remember, the winning designs will actually be produced at full size, so even if your idea is completely unique, which we encourage, it must also be functional and realizable.

Download the 2012-2013 PAVE the Way 3D Design Challenge

Judging and Awards


A panel of industry professionals (retailers, designers, manufacturers, etc.) selected the top 12 designs. Prototypes were be produced at full scale by Van Stry Design and displayed at GlobalShop 2013 in Chicago, April 16-18, 2013. Winners were announced at GlobalShop, and the awards were presented at the A.R.E. Design Awards in Chicago on April 16, 2013. Photographs of the prototypes for the winning entries will be posted in April 2013.


AWARDS:
First Place: $5,000
Second Place: $2,500
Third Place: $1,500
Honorable Mentions (up to 9): $500 each

                                                   
Judges:
Scott Carter, director of visual merchandising, Brookstone
Kristine Finizio, manager, store design, Saks Fifth Avenue
Jeremiah Gabin, vice president, sales, Van Stry Design
Tim Moy, design director, Van Stry Design
Barrett Stowell, vice president design and engineering, Van Stry Design
Rachel Zsembery, senior associate, Bergmeyer Associates, Inc.





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