date:2006-09-21
All 30 finalists came together in the Dongguan International Conference & Exhibition Center Hotel on Sept.19 for their PowerPoint presentation with the help of design models. There were 8 judges witnessed the whole performance and they were:
Natascha Drabbe (the Netherlands)
Manager at Premsela, Dutch Design Foundation Amsterdam, the Netherlands;
Worked as judge for IDEA
Iris Utikal (Germany)
Prof. of Typography and Layout at KISD, Cologne Univ. of Applied Sciences, Germany;
Established QWER and worked as judge for Red Dot Design Award
John. Heskett (U.K.)
Prof. of School of Design, Hong Kong Polytechnic Univ. Hong Kong SAR
Katsushi Kunimoto (Japan)
President of DELCO Design Inc.
Worked as judge for Good Design Award (G-Mark)
YING Dingbang (China)
Former Deputy Dean of Guangzhou Academy of Art, China;
Vice Chairman of China Industrial Design Association
Yanta Lam (Hong Kong SAR)
Prof. of School of Design, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
He Renke (China)
Vice Chairman of China Industrial Design Association;
Prof. and dean of Design Art College at Hunan Univ., China
YANG Xiangdong (China)
Prof. and dean of Faculty of Guangdong Univ. of Technology
Among 30 finalists selected out of more than 2000 participants, there were contestants mainly the home students and designers, and the rest participants came from HKSAR and consisted of many overseas Chinese students. Each entrant first gave an oral presentation on their design ideas with help of innovative PowerPoint, flash files, movies and the most exciting part was some contestant elaborated his/her idea in fluent English with wonderful background music. All contestants were divided into groups, and each group consisted of five contestants went for the Q&A session. Compared with last year's event, contestants were requested to submit their prototype which gave more credit to the presentations.
It was a tough final selection, started at 8.30am and ended up at 11.15pm. The results turned out that not all the judges on the panel were comfortable with the bronze prize, silver prize and golden winners in particular. The final result was decision was adopted upon with the approval of the majority by means of voting through constantly serious debate, friendly consultation and coordination. Prof. Ying Dingbang announced the final result, followed by the inspiring speeches delivered by Prof. John Heskett for the Toy Products Group, and Prof. Yanta Lam for machinery group and Prof. He Renke for electronic information group.
During Sept. 21 - 24, winning entries models with exhibition board in addition to entry works of the preliminary selection were on show in the Dongguan International Conference and Exhibition Center, and the Awarding Ceremony was held in the afternoon of Sept. 22.
The final results of this year's event are as follows:
Electronic information products
Gold Prize
Liu Yang 72 change
Huang Chanhong E£face portable digital ends
Silver Prize
Wang Yi An easy computer just for internet
Liao Sheng Mobile patients alarm
Braze Prize
Huang Rui A handset with a build-in mini-projector
Lu Yuzhi Blind Visual
Outstanding Prize
Han Chaozhen Rub like hands
Shi Ronghui SOS
Yuan Yongbao CoolLight
Zhai Xiaonan Build in Hi-Fi system
Machinery products
Gold Prize
Xiao Jiaxin Nursing Bed
Lei Hanqiang Ironside Multifunctional Intellectualized Stretcher
Silver Prize
Liu Yu Digital outside micrometer
Chen Zhaoming X-Ray DR system
Braze Prize
Chen Qian Auto-hint modular transfusion carrier
Chen Yongzhao Floating Safety Belt
Outstanding Prize
Zhen Zhaoming B mode ultrasound diagnostic system
Zhang Weiping Multifunctional infusion aids
Jiang Guozheng Refrigerator
Zhang Wei Table leg wire organizer
Toy Products
Gold Prize
Zheng Biaozhong Play together£Funny car for two children
Luo Qingjin The Telecontrolled Car£Cool Bat
Silver Prize
Shi Jun A toy that grows in wisdom the amusement
Chen Guoheng Pipes & Boxes
Braze Prize
Wu Xingcheng Full play your talent in history
Chen Yuanwen The type printing toy
Cheng Xiamei SEVEN-COLOUR-FLOWER
Outstanding Prize
Wang Junming Magic Box
Wang Shaojie Three in one
Yan Yaowen A new chess game
© 2006 the Orgnizing Committee of Dongguan Cup International Design Competition