Working on the 24 Hour Universal Design Challenge
Thursday, 04 November 2010
Antoinette Fennell has been invited by the National Disability Authority's Centre for Excellence in Universal Design (CEUD) to be Design Team Co-ordinator for their 24 Hour Universal Design Challenge 2010. This year's Challenge will take place in Dublin on 26th-27th November.
Mark Magennis has been invited to sit on the Judging Panel - so this provides a fantastic opportunity to introduce CFIT to the design professionals from all over Ireland who are taking part in the event.
The Challenge - which aims to promote Universal or Inclusive Design among Ireland's top designers - invites design professionals from a range of disciplines to compete on one of 5 teams. The teams are set a design brief, on the basis of which they have 24 hours to develop a design concept that meets the requirements of that brief. Over the 24 hour period, the teams will work with a design partner (a person with a disability) who will inform, advise and directly contribute to the design process.
The aim of the event is not for the design teams to come up with specialised design solutions for their design partner, but rather to use the experiences of this team member to inspire creative inclusive design solutions in mainstream products.
At the end of the 24 hour period, the teams will pitch their design concept to a public audience and a high profile panel of judges. A Judges' Choice Award (assessed using strict criteria) and a People's Choice Award (selected by audience vote) will be presented.