Winner 2006
| Name |
Drop (water filter) |
| Winner |
Nick Poteracki |
| Graduated |
Purdue University - fourth year in Industrial Design |
| Country |
USA |
Consumption of bottled water is a worldwide phenomenon. For its taste and its disposable portability, people now pay a premium something that is almost always available for free.
Commended
| Name |
MYGO |
| Winner |
Sebastian Ritzler |
| Graduated |
Muthesius Academy of Art and Design, Kiel |
| Country |
Germany |
The electronic guide dog guides the blind user around “hindrances” in dynamic movements. It is able to communicate information about the environment to the blind user.
Other entries
| Name |
Lotus 23 |
| Winner |
Andy Wana |
| Graduated |
Master of Design at the University of Technology Sydney |
| Country |
Australia |
The ‘Lotus 23’ is a fully retractable umbrella, folding into a low profile handle where the canopy and frame fold into the handle squeezing out the water as it folds. It withstands severe storms, provides more shelter and uses a self clean material.
| Name |
Intera |
| Winner |
Alexander Crolla and Pieter Lesage |
| Graduated |
Graduated from the Hogeschool Antwerpen |
| Country |
Belgium |
The bike owner can convert his bike in both directions without the aid of tools or separate parts. It does so through pivoting part of the bike with the paddles without effecting the chain of the bike.
| Name |
O'C'N |
| Winner |
Mads Tveden-Jørgensen |
| Graduated |
Aarhus School of Architecture |
| Country |
Denmark |
Today no product can effectively help the lifeguard in administering artificial respiration to the drowned person while still in-water.
| Name |
Functional wall |
| Winner |
Pauline Deltour |
| Graduated |
ENSAD - 3rd year student in product design section |
| Country |
France |
The 'Functional wall' is designed to - on demand - reveal hooks or shelves to store either clothes, keys, books, letters, etc. A surface which disappears and becomes invisible when you don’t need it. A simple and effective storage solution without loosing any floor space.
| Name |
Equine Endurance Saddle |
| Winner |
Martin Ryan |
| Graduated |
NCAD (National College of Art and Design) |
| Country |
Ireland |
The Equine Endurance Saddle has improved sweat dealing capabilities, reduced weight, a dynamic mechanism which moves with horse and not against.
| Name |
Lola la carriola |
| Winner |
Silke de Vivo and Federica Novelli |
| Graduated |
IUAV Venice (Venice University Institute of Architecture) |
| Country |
Italy |
Lola changes function and can: act as a dust bin, transport heavy materials, irrigate, or transform into a refuse bag.
| Name |
Handiron |
| Winner |
Aya Hisanaga |
| Graduated |
Chiba Uni, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Design |
| Country |
Japan |
Handiron has the shape of a glove and is capable of folding. It is specially useful for ironing collar, back of buttons and skirt pleats.
| Name |
Shopcycle |
| Winner |
Lennart Vissers |
| Graduated |
Graduated from the Design Academy |
| Country |
Netherlands |
Shopping centres always provide shopping carts when consumers are trying to transport lots of goods around the store. Why not have a personal shopping cart to take with you in all shops even in the city center?
| Name |
'Su. Vario' |
| Winner |
Rodney Ng |
| Graduated |
Graduated from Unitec |
| Country |
New Zealand |
The Su. Vario, is a safer alternative to existing products as the chemicals are mixed during the spraying process, and not before, vastly reducing the amount of contact the user has with hazardous substances.
| Name |
Flink |
| Winner |
Remo Frei |
| Graduated |
Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst Zürich (HGKZ) |
| Country |
Switzerland |
Flink features a new carrying system with a ball joint that allows the shoulder straps to move freely and offers the athlete nearly unrestricted freedom of movement. This preserves the athlete's ability to retain the discipline's fluidity of motion, and despite its rigidity, the rucksack is not a limiting factor.
| Name |
Revolver - a cordless multi-bit drill |
| Winner |
Loftus Hall |
| Graduated |
Bournemouth University, Product Design, graduated 2005 |
| Country |
UK |
This cordless multi-bit drill is designed to eliminate repetitive tool changes. You can drill a hole and then switch to a screwdriver to put a screw in without swapping between drill and screwdriver.
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