Deadline
for submissions: July 22, 2018
A design programme for budding Furniture
Designers and Manufacturers.
The eThekwini Municipality, Economic
Development and Investment Promotion Unit’s Sector Programme invites all
furniture and product designers as well as manufacturers to apply towards the
Good Design Competition.
The competition is geared at SMME’s or Start-Ups
looking to further their understanding of innovation in business and
manufacturing; and apply radical design in product development.
Speaking on the project, Anasuyah Pather,
the Programme Manager for the Furniture Sector expressed her excitement about
the project,
“This project is an innovative way to bring
together creativity in design with manufacturing excellence-two spheres that
seldom intersect in the industrial landscape currently.”
Pather went on to share that the aim of the
programme is to “explore the possibilities (of these two spheres) collaboration
and what it can mean in real economic terms for both sectors; thereby opening
new areas of production for manufacturers and broaden the scope of career for
designers.”
From the entries, a final selection of five
furniture designers will be paired with five manufacturers to create a
prototype, business plan and marketing strategy for the prototype. The
competition runs over four weeks and the successful candidates are expected to
attend one workshop-day weekly over the month of August 2018. The full-day
workshop consists of team challenges, presentations, videos, R&D as well as
mentorship.
All candidates of the competition will
receive intense and highly interactive training on Design Thinking, Business
Model Canvases, Lean Start-up Methodology, Innovation Processes and Marketing
Principles. The overall winners and runners-up will each win a grand prize to
the value of R7,000.00 after a pitching den to a jury of industry leaders,
against four other teams.
Interested and eligible individuals/
start-ups are invited to apply to ‘’gdc@isupportdoyou.com’’ with the below
requirements.
DESIGNERS
MANUFACTURER
Minimum of 3 years experience in design
Minimum of 3 years experience in
manufacturing
Maximum 500 words motivation letter
Maximum 500 words motivation letter
Product Idea with sketches and renders
Evidence of previous work with traceable
reference
The deadline for applications is July 22, 2018
and successful applicants will be informed by July 27, 2018. For more
information on the competition and keep up to date with its developments follow
on Facebook page (Good Design Programme).
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