SMART CITIZEN DESIGN CHALLENGE
The Smart Citizen community in Barcelona is launching the first design contest in order to select the best and most attractive case for the Smart Citizen Kit. The contest is open to designers, creators, artists or makers around Fab Labs, Maker Spaces, Hacker Spaces, and any other organizations. The goal is to obtain a design which could be replicated in any fabrication facility in the world, just by downloading the blueprints from the Smart Citizen online platform (http://beta.smartcitizen.me), it should be produced within the tools available in the Fab Labs, such as 3d printing, laser cutting, cnc milling, among others. The proposals will be evaluated by the Smart Citizen and Fab Lab Barcelona team, and will be published on the different online platforms and social media.
How to submit an entry?
1. Upload your design to Thingiverse: http://www.thingiverse.com/upload (you MUST include the “smart citizen” tag)
2. Fill the form below
3. Share with your community in order to get votes in the Smart Citizen facebook page
Requirements of the design:
- Simplified method of fabrication using the tools available at Fab Labs
- Distributed online, open source
- Environmental friendly materials and processes
- Correlated with the kit and platform design
- Rainproof
- Should not affect the readings of the sensors
Smart Citizen Kit measures:
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Prizes:
- 1st: 1 Smart Citizen kit valued in 150 Euros
- 2nd: Participation in a Fab Lab Barcelona workshop + Smart Citizen t-shirt + sticker
- 3rd: Smart Citizen t-shirt and sticker
All the rights of authorship will be respected during and after the contest. The author tag will be included in the winner case.
Dates:
- Contest launching: 12th of March
- Deadline for applications: 12th of April
- Winners announcement: 28th of April
- Case production: from 1st of May
Evaluation criteria:
- Production
- Materials
- Sustainability
- Aesthetics
- Coherence with the project
Evaluation Committee:
- Smart Citizen backers
- Smart Citizen development team
- Fab Lab Barcelona team