'eMotion in Motion' Design Awards 2002-2003

"ProtoFunctional(R) Safety in Travel"

October 2002 - DSM Somos and the magazines NewDesign and Time-Compression Technologies have announced the call for entries for the eMotion in Motion design competition for students and professional designers. Under the theme "ProtoFunctional(R) Safety in Travel", the competition invites participants to challenge traditional concepts in industrial design, and explore the creativity and innovation made possible through the use of layer additive manufacturing technologies. The student and qualified designer competition categories are open for online registration (see URL below) from October 2002 through April 2003. Projects must be submitted by 20 June 2003 in STL electronic format, which will allow immediate creation of their digital design.

The competition is oriented at exploring how advanced ProtoFunctional(R) materials and layer additive technologies can affect presentation and development in the design arena. 'Layer additive' technologies permit the 3D realisation of a design by building it in a sequence of layers, and thus are not restricted by the limitations necessarily associated with traditional manufacturing processes. Once associated exclusively to the rapid prototyping (RP) industry, layer additive technologies are gradually evolving into a rapid manufacturing industry, allowing time and complexity advantages to be applied not only to prototypes, but also to the realisation of the end product. In the near future, these technologies are predicted to permit significant cost and time savings benefits in a variety of manufacturing applications. Of significant interest to the design world will be the design freedom in terms of complexity of form and structure that will be achievable. 

The contest is open to students officially enrolled for the university year 2002-2003 in the faculties of design, industrial design or engineering in a college, school or university; and to all graduated designers, design engineers and engineers. All finalists will receive a three dimensional rapid prototype of their design. The finalist winner in both the student and designer category will each receive 5,000 Euro in rapid prototyping services, with an additional 2,000 Euro in rapid prototyping services donated to the student winner's college or university industrial/engineering design department. Participants must submit the CAD design of their projects in STL file format, which will be used for the direct 3D realisation of the finalist entries. 

The creation of STL files is common to all CAD software and is often as simple as selecting ">File >Save as".
The awards ceremony will take place at TCT 2003 Fair & Conference (MICC, Manchester, UK, October 15 th & 16 th 2003).

The eMotion in Motion website enables registration from all countries, and provides complete details, rules & regulations, and an extensive designers' FAQ's forum. The multi-lingual content of the 'eMotion in Motion' web site will go live on October 20th 2002, in French, Spanish, Italian and German.

www.dsmsomos.com/e-motion

Details at a Glance 'eMotion in Motion' 2002-2003 Design Awards Competition:

Organization On-line registration deadline: 30 April 2003, 11:59 p.m. GMT On-line project submission deadline: 20 June 2003, 11:59 p.m. GMT Finalist award ceremony: October 2003, TCT Fair & Conference, Manchester UK
Theme ProtoFunctional(R) Safety in Travel. The theme can be interpreted for any form of travel or transportation, including travel accessories.

Participation Individual student or designer, student group, and company registration is allowed. Students and qualified designers compete in two separate categories.

Entry submission All entries must be submitted via the 'eMotion in Motion' on-line entry submission process and contain an STL file of the project.

Selection criteria

- unique and original application of layer additive technologies;

- inclusion of ProtoFunctional(R) Safety in Travel theme;

- functional use and adequate study/selection of DSM Somos(R) ProtoFunctional(R) materials;

- visual interest and impact;

- complexity and sophistication of design.

Awards for both designer and student categories Finalist Awards

* Rapid prototype model

* Digital high resolution photo of the design Grand Prize Winners

* Rapid prototype model

* Digital high resolution photo of the design

* 5,000 Euro certificate in rapid prototyping services

* Registration and accommodation for the 2003 TCT Fair & Conference

* Complete set and full year subscription of New Design magazine

* Complete set and full year subscription of Time-Compression Technologies magazines

* + 2,000 Euro certificate in rapid prototyping services to student winner's college

DSM Somos (R) ProtoFunctional (R) stereolithography resins for rapid prototyping DSM Somos (R) has commercialized an entire range of ProtoFunctional (R) resins to respond to the needs of new product development and industrial design. Among the newest ProtoFunctional (R) materials to be launched is ProtoTherm(tm), WaterShed(tm), Raven(tm), WaterClear(tm), and the Somos (R) 9100 series which allows material properties similar to polypropylene, with superior mechanical memory.

What is stereolithography? 

Stereolithography (SL) is a rapid prototyping process which uses a computer controlled laser to cure (solidify) a photo-sensitive liquid resin, layer by layer, in the creation of the part derived from CAD data. Stereolithography is one of the principal RP technologies used, and is generally considered to offer a greater variety of precise and aesthetically superior solutions for industrial and engineering design.

About NewDesign magazine 

New Design magazine is the only title devoted wholly to the business of industrial and product design. Published six times each year, New Design tackles the issues faced by designers, design managers and those involved in the purchase of design services, both in the UK and the rest of the world. With its powerful combination of intelligent, incisive journalism from a dedicated in-house editorial team, contributions from major industry figures, and innovative graphic design, New Design has already established itself as a must-read in all its key market segments. As the designer's role changes in the 21st century, New Design is tracking, predicting and helping to facilitate that change. 

www.newdesignmagazine.co.uk

About TCT magazine

Time-Compression Technologies magazine has been at the forefront of Rapid Product Development (RPD) for the last 10 years. Covering all aspects of technologies that facilitate reductions in time and cost throughout the product development cycle, from CAE and Design through to Tooling and Materials. TCT looks to promote both the use and integration of these technologies via 3 rd party based case studies, uncovering the facts and delivering commercially available products and services that allow manufacturers to streamline traditional design development processes. Coupled with the UK's largest annual RPD Conference & Exhibition (TCT 2002/3) we aim to bring this information to as wide an audience as possible, encouraging the use and uptake of TCT's into mainstream manufacturing.

About DSM Somos

DSM Somos (R) (Delaware, USA), focused on innovative rapid prototyping materials, is a business unit of DSM Desotech, world leaders in the creation of UV curable materials. DSM is a highly integrated group of companies with worldwide interests in life-science products, performance materials and chemicals. DSM recorded sales of EUR 8.1 billion in 2000 and employs a total workforce of some 22,000, distributed in more than 200 operations throughout the world.

www.dsmsomos.com

 

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