I am up to Day 2 judging the Consumer Products section of this years Australian Design Awards and I am excited not only because there are some terrific products but also because I am working with Chuck Pelly, founder of DesignWorks and the LA Auto Challenge competition and designer of lots of cool things. Chuck is currently designing some game-changing stuff for WalMart and GE and it is great getting his perspective on the products.
Day 1 was all about blenders and coffee makers and its interesting that the $350 coffee maker has become the judges' "go to" coffee machine in preference to other machines costing $3000+. This particularly perky little number looks like it could have been designed by Andre Putman or a really in-form early Alessi and I think I might need one. It could well take one of the main accolades in the competition.
Today was all about cleaners: robot floor cleaners, mops, brooms and dustpans and a total of 9 vacuums, the makers of which all claimed that environmental design was a "high priority" yet only one of the 9 contained recycled material content. That one blitzed it with a 55% recycled content plastic and no compromise on design, detail or structure. We are having lots of fun - as you will see from the pics and video below - long days but lots to pique the interest. And several designs we saw on the New Inventors that have now been produced and launched into the Aussie market. More soon!
Day 1 was all about blenders and coffee makers and its interesting that the $350 coffee maker has become the judges' "go to" coffee machine in preference to other machines costing $3000+. This particularly perky little number looks like it could have been designed by Andre Putman or a really in-form early Alessi and I think I might need one. It could well take one of the main accolades in the competition.
Today was all about cleaners: robot floor cleaners, mops, brooms and dustpans and a total of 9 vacuums, the makers of which all claimed that environmental design was a "high priority" yet only one of the 9 contained recycled material content. That one blitzed it with a 55% recycled content plastic and no compromise on design, detail or structure. We are having lots of fun - as you will see from the pics and video below - long days but lots to pique the interest. And several designs we saw on the New Inventors that have now been produced and launched into the Aussie market. More soon!
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