Twenty schools have been shortlisted to make it through to the next stage of the Eco Design Challenge.
Four judges are now set the task of deciding which designs should make it into the final. Five finalists will be announced on 5 September. The students who make it over the last hurdle will present their ideas at the Creative Community Awards, on Tuesday 16 October, where a winner will be decided.
Read on to find out more about the shortlisted schools, design teams and ideas.
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Twenty schools have submitted their designs to the Dott 07 competition, shortlisted from schools all over the North East. Ideas range from small products, to huge buildings or environments, and even futuristic systems and services. Phil Bawden, Manager of the Art and Design Department at Newcastle College, said he was thrilled to take part but that it was the hardest thing he had done in years! So many projects, each with their own wonderful character and style, what an impossible choice. Never the less, after hours of careful deliberation, Phil has confirmed his favourites to the Dott 07 team.
Next week three more judges will be set the task of making their own choices, and the final five designs will be announced on 5 September. These finalists will present their ideas at the Dott 7 Festival launch, on Tuesday 16 October, where a winner will be decided.
The exhibition ‘Our Cyborg Future?’ opens at The Discovery Museum in Newcastle upon Tyne from 10 August – 27 October 2007. This event promises to stimulate debate on the highly controversial subject of the advancement of cyborg technology into our lives. The concept of man-machine has been around since 1908 when the first fictional cyborg was brought to life in the novel ‘The Man Who Can Live In Water’ by Jean de la Hire. Real life soon followed and in the 1950’s the first lucky cyborg was a modified white lab rat, but technology and thinking have moved a long way since then… but just how far is far enough? The term cyborg was coined by Manfred E. Clynes and Nathan S. Kline in 1960 and referred to an enhanced man-machine hybrid that could survive in extra-terrestrial environments. While cyborgs might not be up for breathing in outer space just yet, some people are concerned that they are already taking over our inner space. This timely exhibition will look at just how far it has come and will further the debate about where we want these technologies to go and how we want them to impact on our lives, present and future. Come along and decide for yourself whether these creations enhance human life or whether there is a danger they will render human life obsolete?
