Materials
Your entry must be made predominantly in plastic and any suitable polymeric material may be used.
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Submission Requirements
Entrants are required to comply with the following eight requirements. Failure to do so could result in disqualification.
1. Model / prototype: not compulsory at the preliminary judging stage, although concept models and development models showing essential working elements would be beneficial. Models are crucial at the final judging stage and should be no larger than 50 x 50 x 50cm maximum.
2. Summary of key points: a clear description (approx. 300 words) of the function of the design and why there is a need for the product, together with one sentence summarising its ‘unique selling point’.
3. Technical description: a description (approx. 300 words) of overall dimensions, materials and specified plastics, and anticipated method of production, including UK-based budget, tool and unit cost.
4. Sustainability: a clear explanation as to how the design addresses environmental, economic and social issues.
5. Visual presentation: images illustrating the product and the processes that have led to its development, to be mounted on 2 x A3 boards. Photographs of concept models are always helpful. Extra material may be submitted in a CD-Rom or USB memory stick of maximum play time two minutes. The CD-Rom must be in PowerPoint 2003 (or later) format, or it will be rejected. Note that any source files containing animation sequences within the presentation should be saved on the disc within the same folder as the presentation itself, otherwise they may not work.
6. A submission entirely in digital format will not be accepted.
7. Software: indication the software system(s), if any, that have been used in the development of the submission.
8. A brief personal profile of approximately 150 words on a separate A4 sheet. This information is requested for possible publicity purposes.