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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.