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PDP Award Andrea Pininfarina is a great opportunity to increase your own knowledge in the field of product development, and to strengthen your preparation to face important challenges of tomorrow.
“PDP (Product Development Process) Award, Andrea Pininfarina”, international design contest for students, happens thanks to the collaboration of the Mechanical Department at Milan's Polytechnic school and think3, in memory of Andrea Pininfarina, a business leader who combined innovation and tradition.
Requirements
The competition is open to all new, unpublished product designed with CAD . Projects will be judged on the basis of their innovative content, the originality of their design and the potential for industrialization of the product. Judging will take into account all aspects of the development process: idea, product design, engineering, market analyses, market positioning, choice of materials and the requirements for mass production.
Participation is free and open to individual students or groups of students representing design institutes and university faculties of engineering, design and architecture. Each group can present a single project only and should nominate a representative from inside the group to act as spokesperson and project manager.
All entries to the competition must be submitted by April 7, 2010 at the latest.
Award
The award consists of a week long training session in Europe. The winner will visit the sites of industry leaders such as the R&D centers of think3 in Italy and France and have the opportunity to increase product development skills and knowledge. The award winner will also be able to visit the Pininfarina Collection at Cambiano (Turin) for a journey through company history from 1930 to the present day.
Universities and institutes who are not yet partners of think3 but who would like their students to participate in the competition should contact: Samanta Fumagalli, samanta.fumagalli@think3.com , tel. +39 039-6411.111.
To enroll in the competition, send your personal details or participating institute details to: pub-info@think3.com
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