Life cycle analysis

Ch.1: Introduction

Ch.2: Extraction

Ch.3: Production



Ch.4: Distribution

Ch.5: Consumption

Ch.6: Disposal

Ch.7: Another Way

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The James Dyson Award is an international award which exists to inspire the next generation of design engineers by celebrating their work and their successes and elevating them on a global platform.

The brief

Put simply, design a product that solves a problem. The James Dyson Award will be presented to the student whose work best demonstrates the ability to think differently and create a much needed product that works better. We will be looking for:

• A product that demonstrates a significant and practical purpose, offering real benefits to the end user
• A product that is ideally a working prototype
• A product that is commercially viable
• A product that is designed with sustainability in mind

Entry eligibility

This award is open to any student (or graduate within 3 years of graduation) of design who studied in the countries running the James Dyson Award 2009.

Entry will be in the form of a product concept or idea. The product can come from a class assessment or be designed in the entrant’s own time. It may be developed by a team or individual. The design submitted can be from any product group, but must reflect the award criteria and brief. For judging purposes, the entry will be assigned to the country that the student studied in, rather than the student’s nationality.

Judging process

• The website will open for entries from late September/October 2008 and close on 15th June 2009
• Between 15th June and 13th July 2009 each local webpage will be opened up to a public vote. People in each country will be able to go on their country site and browse the entries, voting for their favourite. The one with the most votes will be the People’s Choice winner for the local market and will automatically go through to the first shortlist
• Meanwhile, local co-ordinators will have until 27th July 2009 to short list the top ten entries from their country. This will be done in cooperation with national design academics or industry experts. These entries will join the People’s Choice winners in the first shortlist: a pool of 21 People’s Choice winners + 210 selected by each local team (10 from each market)
• The first shortlist will be scrutinised by an industry panel of experienced Dyson engineers who will reduce it to a second shortlist of the best 20. These 20 will be selected purely on the merits of how well they respond to the brief – there will not necessarily be one entry selected from each country
• This second shortlist will go before an international judging panel consisting of esteemed designers and academics from various countries. They will submit their top three based on the criteria listed above
• Up to 15 entries will go before James Dyson who will select the overall JDA winner

iv. The prize

The James Dyson Award winner will receive:

Ø A James Dyson Award trophy

Ø £10,000 cash to student/team

Ø £10,000 cash prize to student’s university design engineering department.

Ø Inclusion in the James Dyson Foundation’s/Dyson’s publicity campaign including, but not limited to, placement on the James Dyson Award website.

There will be a number of highly commended entries, selected at the discretion of James Dyson, who will also be presented with a trophy.

The People’s Choice vote winner in each country will receive a People’s Choice trophy to recognise their achievement.

v. Entry submission requirements

Entry to the James Dyson Award will take the form of a profile uploaded to the James Dyson Award website. We would like to see sketches, and images of models and prototypes demonstrating the research and development process (including testing and design for manufacture). Each submission should include:

1. Project name: The name that will appear on all communication and media coverage concerning the entry
2. Project description and principle function(s) (in mother tongue and in English): Succinct description of the project, outlining its principal purpose and function. It should describe the problem solved and how it does this. Two versions should be submitted, firstly in the entrant’s mother tongue, and secondly in English. This description should be no longer than 200 words.
3. Explanation of inspiration behind product, along with personal motivation (in mother tongue and in English)
4. Selected low res images to include: Sketches, Plans,Photo-realistic 3D CAD renderings
   One high res (300dpi) image on a white background (this will be used in publicity material, if the project is short listed), A video or concept or prototype in action is highly desirable (to be uploaded to JDA You Tube channel and embedded in JDA website)