The theme of the 7th Zhejiang Yunhe Wooden Play Creative Design Competition in 2023 is “unlimited horizon, fun and fun”. Since the global collection was launched on July 18th, it has attracted a large number of teachers, students and outstanding independent designers from universities at home and abroad. On November 10-11, the final evaluation of 12 product incubation works and 41 conceptual and creative works was conducted at the Wood Play Industry Innovation Research Institute of Yunhe Zhejiang University of Technology, and the works were scored by experts and representatives of wood play enterprises in Yunhe County.
At the product incubation evaluation site, 12 teams composed of 11 domestic universities, an independent design studio and 12 cloud and wood play enterprises came to the stage one after another, and made fierce defense around the conception, innovation and feasibility of the works, and demonstrated the model operation. The final evaluation experts listened carefully to the contents elaborated by the contestants, and evaluated and scored the works in terms of innovation, beauty and integrity, technical feasibility and market value. Product incubation works are mainly designed around commercial value and social value, which requires rapid production. Through the 28-day creative design camp, participants deeply understand the needs of enterprises and markets, cooperate with professionals who know the technology, materials and design of enterprises, carry out innovative design of products, and carry out proofing with the support of enterprises. After strict evaluation, the work “Cute Little Monster Building Block Box” finally completed by Zhengzhou University of Light Industry and Yunhe Hemisphere Industrial Co., Ltd. won the Excellence Award; The conceptual creativity category was won by Nishme Noyola team from San Luis Tosi Autonomous University in Mexico.
On November 11th, the awarding ceremony of the 7th Zhejiang Yunhe Wooden Play Creative Design Competition was held at the brand development conference of China Wooden Toy City. Liang Mei, president of China Toys and Baby Products Association, and Zhou Hongfei, deputy secretary of CPC Yunhe County Committee and county magistrate, presented awards to the contestants.
Guan Junjun, director of the county science and technology bureau, said that the wooden play creative design competition not only strengthened the technological innovation drive of the cloud and wooden play industry, but also enhanced the competitiveness of industrial development. Next, we will carry out follow-up work, such as the landing of product achievements, and bring the winning products of this Cloud and Wood Play Creative Design Competition to the market, so that more design works will become “explosive products” and actively promote the Cloud and Wood Play industry.
(Source: Yunhe County Science and Technology Bureau)