Noumena and Advok
comunicazione are pleased to announce the winners of the first edition of RESHAPE | digital craft competition:
The competition has
selected various innovative ideas in design and digital
fabrication. The selected projects, and the related manufacturing processes
will now be inserted into an online platform and proposed on the market
through a specific e-commerce web site.
To produce these
objects, RESHAPE has identified a community of makers unique in the world. Many
FabLab and digital craftmans have joined our network and are now ready to
produce the proposals of our designers.
The jury that selected
the winners was composed of experts from various fields of design and digital
fabrication as well as architectural criticism and information.
It was an honor for us
to have as members of the jury: Tomas
Diez [director of Fab Lab Barcelona]; Luis Fraguada [computational expert and
director of BAD Barcelona]; Andrea Graziano [computational expert
and cofounder of Co.de.It]; Filippo
Moroni [expert and director of Solido3d]; Giorgia Olivieri [freelance journalist
and communication manager]; Emmauele J.
Pilia [critic director of Deleyva Editore].
We received projects from
all over the World, emphasizing the international success that RESHAPE has raised.
The winner of the first edition of RESHAPE is Wooden Furokishi designed by the group formed by Yuko
Ishizu (Japan), Xexaki Evi
(Greece), students from ETH Zurich.
The second price is Aleph by Massimiamo Lorenzo (Italy), Arturo Tedeschi (Italy), Maurizio Degni (Italy) and Elnaz Ghazi (Iran).
Third price for Robotic Surface Manipulation Peter Sprowls (USA) and Rossitza Kotelova (Bulgaria) from Harvard
University Graduate School of Design.
Honorable mentions: BeadBot of Ahmend Hosny (USA), Amanda Lee (USA) and Jared Friedman (USA); Joinery Based Deployable Structure of Nicholas Germann (USA); Transformable Table by Kwok Tung Chun (China); L+L side table by Joris Nielander (Netherlands); Soma by Lorenzo Massimiano (Italy), Andrea Galli (Italy), Elnaz Ghazi (Iran); Biotube by Samanci Sinem (Turkey), Rodolfo Parolin Hardy (Brazil), Grugiel Sebastian Alvarado (Costa
Rica); T by Daniel Gillen (USA).
The numbers of the
first edition of RESHAPE: 162 applications received. 180 designers from 24 countries and 44 cities.
Students from 49 Universities around
the world.17 Fab Labs involved. 10 Projects selected. 7 Honorable Mentions. 3 Prize Winners. 1 Winner.
This first edition ends
with a series of important lessons which we learn for the future. The results
of RESHAPE
show
how around topics such digital
fabrication and computational design
there is a receptive and entusiasthic community.
From the other side also evidence that the real challenge is to teach, explore and share properly these
issues. The team RESHAPE is ready
to accept it.
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