This year marks the 11th Mazda Design Experience competition for young designers. The motto is "reCREATION," and the main inspiration is the Mazda MX-30 , the brand's first all-electric model. This year, the organizers have introduced changes - the competition will be held in a two-year mode and will be divided into two stages. The results will be announced at the end of 2021.
The task of participants in the 2020/2021 Mazda Design Experience competition will be to design and produce a prototype of a new object with high aesthetic and functional value using recycled material. Before taking on this challenge, however, participants will have to successfully pass the First Stage of the Competition.
The two-year mode of the competition is designed to get to know the participants better, to integrate them more deeply with the selected designers, and to give them a much greater opportunity to present their work and share their experiences. Hence also the addition of the term "Experience" to the name, which refers directly to the participants' acquisition of skills and the passing on of experience by prominent mentors working with the Japanese brand.
conditions for entering the competition
Mazda is looking for the most interesting, creative and innovative young designers. Design, art and technology students and graduates who will be under the age of 30 on October 31, 2020 are invited to participate. A prerequisite is the submission of an application containing a portfolio of projects created to date.
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Portfolios can be submitted until October 31, 2020 exclusively using a special form located at mazdadesign.co.uk. The results of the First Stage will be announced in December 2020. Ultimately, the jury will select 5 people to participate in the Second Stage of the Competition and prepare original designs and prototypes. The author of the best project will receive a prize of 20 thousand PLN.
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reCREATION can mean creating from scratch from previously used material and giving some object a new aesthetic and functional quality, looking for a new form for it. But reCREATION also means creating ourselves anew, improving the form of our body and mind.
The competition's main inspiration is the first all-electric model - the Mazda MX-30. Its interior was developed using recycled plastics (recycled PET bottles) and bioplastic, and decorated with inserts of natural cork. And the battery that powers the Mazda MX-30was designed to meet the user's basic needs with minimal environmental impact.
jury
Jo Stenuit - director of design at Mazda Motor Europe,
Tomek Rygalik - one of Poland's best-known designers,
Anna Gruzewska - editor-in-chief of "Czas na Wnętrze" magazine,
Alicja Patanowska and Agnieszka Bar - winners of the Mazda Design Award in 2018 and 2019.
All details about the rules for accepting applications and the regulations of the Mazda Design Experience 2020/21 competition can be found on the Mazda website.
