Chance to Win 50,000 RMB at the 2021 Zhejiang Yunhe Wooden Toy Creative Design Competition

The Zhejiang University of Technology and Yunhe County Science and Technology Bureau are organizing the 2021 Zhejiang Yunhe Wooden Toy Creative Design Competition under the theme “Wooden toy, Learning by playing!“.

Zhejiang Yunhe Wooden Toy Creative Design Competition, established in Yunhe, 2015, aims to promote the innovation of wooden toys products, explore design and development talents in wooden toys design industrial and sustainable development of the wooden toy industry.

The contest will award a total of 135,000 RMB (more than $20,000) and certificates. The best design will be awarded 50,000 RMB (more than $7,000).

Participation is open globally to teachers and students, corporate designers, and freelance designers, individually or in groups of up to 3 members.

The entry should contain the educational needs corresponding to the age of the user, with certain educational functions and educational value.

Judging Criteria:

The entry will be evaluated by:

• Innovation (30%): The entry has an innovative concept, appearance, and shape design, can reflect a unique design concept, has a strong visual appeal, or provides users with a new way of playing.
• Functionality (20%): the entry should have certain functions (including practicality, comfort, safety, ease of use, man-machine, user interface) in the economy, society, and people’s lives, and give users a better experience.
• Education (20%): The entry should contain the educational needs corresponding to the age of the user, with certain educational functions and educational value.
• Technical (10%): The entry should fully consider the wood processing technology, and has good versatility and Technical feasibility, or optimization for manufacturing links, through design to reduce enterprise costs and improve enterprise economic benefits. 
• Forward-looking (10%): Entries should reflect the high integration of design, technology, and humanities, and apply high-tech results to solve existing problems. The problem of environmental protection and
• Sustainability (10%): In the entire entry life cycle of design, production, material selection, manufacturing, and use, it reflects the concept of energy conservation and environmental protection, and is environmentally friendly.

About Zhejiang University of Technology:

The Zhejiang University of Technology is a public research university in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. It is considered one of the top industrial universities in mainland China and the second-largest university in Zhejiang Province after the more comprehensive Zhejiang University.

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