<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Hello SPN - <br></div>Wanted to share the news that Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute has announced the
winners of the third Cradle to Cradle Product Design Challenge. <br>The
series of six global design challenges running from 2015 through 2017
are presented by the Institute and
Autodesk, and made possible by Alcoa Foundation.<br><br></div><div>Please read on for details of the winning designs. Also, I invite you to get in touch if you or a colleague may be interested in participating going forward. The online course & design challenge are excellent supplement to sustainable design course curriculum, so please get in touch if you'd like to learn more. And feel free to share!<br><br></div><div>Best,<br></div><div>Marisa Guber<br></div><div><br></div><div><p style="margin-right:10px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10px;line-height:12px;margin-bottom:10px"><a href="http://www.c2ccertified.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><img src="https://htmlsigs.s3.amazonaws.com/logos/files/000/200/603/landscape/logoc2cpii.png" alt="Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute" height="80" border="0" width="113"></a></p><p style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10px;line-height:12px;color:rgb(33,33,33);margin-bottom:10px"><span style="font-weight:bold">Marisa Guber</span> / Community of Practice Manager<br><a href="mailto:marisa@c2ccertified.org" style="color:rgb(71,124,204);text-decoration:none;display:inline" target="_blank">marisa@c2ccertified.org</a> / 917.589.9197</p><p style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10px;line-height:12px;margin-bottom:10px"><span style="font-weight:bold;color:rgb(33,33,33)">Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute</span> <br><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)">San Francisco | Amsterdam | Venlo</span> <br><a href="http://www.c2ccertified.org/" style="color:rgb(71,124,204);text-decoration:none;display:inline" target="_blank">www.c2ccertified.org</a></p><p style="font-size:0px;line-height:0;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://twitter.com/marisaguber" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);text-decoration:none;display:inline" target="_blank"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/htmlsig-assets/round/twitter.png" alt="Twitter" style="margin-bottom: 2px; border: medium none; display: inline;" height="16" width="16"></a><span style="white-space:nowrap"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/htmlsig-assets/spacer.gif" width="2"></span> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/C2CCertifiedProducts" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);text-decoration:none;display:inline" target="_blank"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/htmlsig-assets/round/youtube.png" alt="Youtube" style="margin-bottom: 2px; border: medium none; display: inline;" height="16" width="16"></a><span style="white-space:nowrap"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/htmlsig-assets/spacer.gif" width="2"></span> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/marisaguber" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);display:inline;text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/htmlsig-assets/round/linkedin.png" alt="Linkedin" style="margin-bottom: 2px; border: medium none; display: inline;" height="16" width="16"></a><span style="white-space:nowrap"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/htmlsig-assets/spacer.gif" width="2"></span> <a href="https://htmlsig.com/skype?username=marisaguber" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);display:inline;text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/htmlsig-assets/round/skype.png" alt="skype" style="margin-bottom: 2px; border: medium none; display: inline;" height="16" width="16"></a><span style="white-space:nowrap"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/htmlsig-assets/spacer.gif" width="2"></span></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><p>138 design professionals and students in 19 countries worked as
individuals or in teams to submit 79 entries for this third round of the
contest, which challenges design students and professionals to apply
Cradle to Cradle principles to conceptualize and develop product
solutions that can help drive the circular economy. More than 230
designers from over 30 countries have participated in the Challenges to
date. Entries were invited across four categories: Best Student Project,
Best Professional Project, Best Use of Aluminum, and Best Use of
Autodesk Fusion 360 Software.</p>
<p>To engage in the challenge, participants must complete a free 2-hour online course, <a href="http://education.c2ccertified.org">Designing Cradle to Cradle Certified Products for the Circular Economy</a>.
The course was made possible by Alcoa Foundation and developed in
collaboration with Autodesk. The Foundation’s focus areas include
finding solutions to improve the environment through sustainable design,
making Alcoa Foundation a valuable partner for the course in providing
practical instruction for product designers as they thoughtfully
consider Cradle to Cradle design principles to move toward a circular
economy.</p>
<p>“We launched the Cradle to Cradle Product Design Challenge to help
the global design community approach the issue of limited global
resources as an opportunity for product innovation,” said Lewis Perkins,
president of the Cradle to Cradle Products Institute.</p>
<p>“Designers have a pivotal role to play in driving long-term solutions
that circumvent the concept of waste in favor of materials that can
remain in a perpetual cycle of use and reuse. From retail packaging to
human shelter, the Spring 2016 Challenge winners are outstanding
examples of the way young designers and design professionals alike are
stepping into the crux of this revolution, using Cradle to Cradle
principles to pioneer ideas for innovative materials applications and,
in turn, the circular economy,” Perkins said.</p>
<p>Winners were selected by a <a href="http://www.c2ccertified.org/connect/design-challenge-judges">judging panel</a>
of designers, sustainability professionals and industry leaders,
including Rie Norregaard, Managing Creative Director – SYP Partners; Jim
Kor, Founder and President – KOR EcoLogic, Inc.; Paul Sohi, Fusion 360
Evangelist – Autodesk; Jeremy Faludi, Sustainable Design Strategist
& Educator, and Hasso Weiland, Technical Fellow, Breakthrough
Technologies – Alcoa. Each of the four winners will receive a cash prize
of US$2,000. The winners are:</p>
<p><strong>Best Student Project: <a href="http://www.c2ccertified.org/images/uploads/MODS.pdf">MODS</a></strong><br>
<img alt="" src="http://www.c2ccertified.org/images/websitelocal/DC3_MODS_small.png" style="width: 125px; height: 106px; margin: 10px 5px; float: left;">Quang
Pham, a student at Virginia Tech, created MODS, a modular shoe, in
response to the millions of pairs of shoes that end up in landfills each
year, where they can take 30-40 years to decompose. MODS shoes can be
customized and updated as the shoe deteriorates without using glue. Made
with bamboo and wool textiles and recycled PET fiber, MODS consist of 5
modular units that use the minimal amount of material needed for
maximum comfort and security while giving the user full control of the
shoe’s aesthetic and functionality.<br>
<a href="http://www.c2ccertified.org/images/uploads/MODS.pdf">Step into the MODS shoes product design and the future of footwear.</a></p>
<p><strong>Best Professional Project: <a href="http://www.c2ccertified.org/images/uploads/Banana_Stem_Fiber.pdf">Banana Stem Fiber Packaging</a></strong><br>
<img alt="" src="http://www.c2ccertified.org/images/websitelocal/DC3_BSF_small.png" style="width: 125px; height: 108px; float: left; margin: 10px 5px;">Colombian
designers Brayan Stiven Pabón Gómez and Rafael Ricardo Moreno Boada
developed Banana Stem Fiber Packaging to transform a geographically
abundant material into sustainable food packaging. Bananas are farmed
across several regions of Colombia, yet farmers currently perceive
banana stem fiber (extracted as part of routine crop maintenance) as
waste. Drawing upon traditional food preparation methods, Banana Stem
Fiber Packaging offers a sustainable alternative to plastic and paper
food packaging, along with the potential to generate sustainable
economic development in farming communities.<br>
<a href="http://www.c2ccertified.org/images/uploads/Banana_Stem_Fiber.pdf">Enjoy the functional design of Banana Stem Fiber Packaging for the biological nutrient cycle. </a></p>
<p><strong>Best Use of Fusion 360: <a href="http://www.c2ccertified.org/images/uploads/OLI.pdf">OLI</a></strong><br>
<img alt="" src="http://www.c2ccertified.org/images/websitelocal/DC3_OLI_small.jpg" style="width: 125px; height: 111px; margin: 10px 5px; float: left;">Created
by Virginia Tech student Claire Davis, OLI is a convenient, elegant and
intelligent solution for food waste. Exemplary for its adept use of
Fusion 360’s direct modeling functionality (which enables the rapid
development of manufacturable product), OLI highlights the value of
minimizing biological waste (food), as well as the reduction of material
waste through its considered approach to the product system and design
for disassembly. With 474 pounds of food waste generated by every
household per year on average, OLI offers a practical solution to
increasing the percentage of our landfill waste that is composted and
returned to cycle in the biosphere.<br>
<a href="http://www.c2ccertified.org/images/uploads/OLI.pdf">Open up the OLI design approach for minimizing food and material waste. </a></p>
<p><strong>Best Use of Aluminum: <a href="http://www.c2ccertified.org/images/uploads/Huba.pdf">Huba</a></strong><br>
<img alt="" src="http://www.c2ccertified.org/images/websitelocal/DC3_huba_small.jpeg" style="width: 125px; height: 142px; float: left; margin: 10px 5px;">Developed
by designers Malgorzata Blachnicka & Michal Holcer, Huba is a
self-sufficient, compact mountain shelter that is able to generate its
own energy. Chosen for being well designed and a functional use of
sustainable materials, Huba also offers a potential solution for other
housing applications, including helping homeless populations or the
provision of emergency shelter. Huba’s design is based on traditional
alpine architecture, with its small size and choice of materials aimed
at minimizing its impact on the environment. Intended to be located
above 1000m, the shelter is equipped with an effective vertical wind
turbine. The energy produced by the generator is stored within a battery
and is used to supply the building’s heating, lighting and water pump.
Specially arranged roof tiles enable rainwater to easily be collected
within the tank, which is then filtered and safe for drinking.<br>
<a href="http://www.c2ccertified.org/images/uploads/Huba.pdf">Explore the Huba design for shelter as a service</a> and experience it virtually in the <a href="https://vimeo.com/160577750">Huba video</a>.</p>
<p>“As the pressure to meet sustainability standards increase in
governments and markets around the world, finding innovative ways to
design products using materials like aluminum that can be kept in a
constant cycle of use and reuse is imperative,” said Alice Truscott,
Alcoa Foundation program manager. “The Cradle to Cradle Product Design
Challenge is a great opportunity for designers to explore new
applications for materials, prioritizing the product’s sustainability
just as much as the product’s purpose. Congratulations to Malgorzata
Blachnicka & Michal Holcer, the Best Use of Aluminum category
winners, and to the other winning designers.”</p>
<p>Challenge entries spanned a variety of sectors, including the built
environment, packaging, retail furniture and consumer goods. Of the
designs submitted, 40 percent were created using <a href="http://www.autodesk.com/products/fusion-360/overview">Fusion 360</a>,
an integrated 3D Computer Aided Design (CAD)/Computer Aided
Manufacturing (CAM) tool for product development that powers industrial
design, mechanical engineering and manufacturing with cloudbased
collaboration.</p>
<p>“Today’s designers are challenged with a unique opportunity to create
products that meet the needs of a growing world population with ever
more limited access to material resources,” according to Lynelle
Cameron, senior director of Autodesk sustainability and president and
CEO of the Autodesk Foundation. “Beyond traditional CAD/CAM tools,
designers are looking for cloud-based connected design platforms that
facilitate radical collaboration and sophisticated analysis and
simulation. Congratulations to Claire Davis, winner of the Best Use of
Autodesk 360, for an inspiring demonstration of sustainable design in
action.”</p>
<p>In addition to the Challenge prize, Autodesk will also award Davis
with one full pass, along with travel, to Autodesk University.</p>
<p>The third Cradle to Cradle Product Design Challenge was open from
February 1st, 2016 until May 3rd, 2016. The fourth Challenge will open
for entries in September, 2016.</p></div></div></div></div></div></div>