Desall Organizer Docking Station Design Competition with a Prize of €3000

Lavazza and Desall invite you to design contest for an organizer and a docking station – two new products pertaining to the coffee experience “away from home” and dedicated to refreshment areas, meeting rooms, and other areas within the workplace, hotels etc.

Lavazza is looking for two new table-top products that will be positioned in proximity to a coffee machine (OCS, office coffee system) within refreshment areas, meeting rooms, hotels etc. The two products are A) a docking station onto which the coffee machine and cups/mugs can be placed and which presents a closable compartment where coffee-related products can be stored (pods, sugar packs, disposable teaspoons, etc.) and B) an organizer, an element to be positioned next to the coffee machine and which is meant to contain a range of products related to coffee consumption (pods, sugar packs, disposable teaspoons, etc.).

€3000 The selection of the winner by the Sponsor will be the result of an unquestionable evaluation and it will take into account originality, feasibility and consistency of submitted projects with the presented brief.

• The brief is available in the following languages: Italian English
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Contest Guidelines:

General functions and features of the new products:

• Functionality and aesthetic: Products should be functional, simplifying actions that are commonly associated with their intended use. Furthermore, products should be easy to clean.
• Professional look: Products should have a professional look as they are meant for a target audience with an eye for details and aesthetic.
• Circular economy: Collections should incorporate concepts of circular economy, a production and consumption model that pays great attention to reducing the waste of natural resources.
• Branding: All products should have one or more elements/details that are easily customizable at industrial level based on the sub-brand they will be used for (see Product typology section). It should be possible, for example, to substitute/add an element with a particular shape and/or colour without completely altering the overall aesthetic of a product.
• Nice-to-have: innovative solutions: In addition to the proposed collections, it is possible to submit an “out of the box” version of one or more products with additional and innovative functionalities, for instance, by adding accessories, digital elements etc.
• For further design requirements check contest page here.

Evaluation Criteria:

in the evaluation of your submissions the Sponsor will take into account the following criteria:

• Functionality 5/5
• Aesthetics 5/5
• Sustainability 4/5
• Technical feasibility 4/5
• Compliance with brand 3/5

Eligibility Criteria:

Participation is free of charge and open to designers and creative talents of any nationality aged 18 years or older.

Participants can submit one or more projects, but only the projects published on the www.desall.com website, via the upload page related to this contest will be accepted.

Desall required files:

• Minimum 1 image, up to 5.
• Recommended dimensions: 960 x 720px (player size) ; allowed format: .jpg , .gif , .png; color mode: RGB;
• allowed resolution: 72 dpi ; max file (for each one) size: 1 mb.

About Desall:

Desall is an open innovation and crowdsourcing platform that, through design contests, connects companies and private clients with a worldwide community of creative talents.

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