The Redbox Architects Kids' Trolley Design Challenge
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An invitation to all kids from 0 to 15 to HAVE A GO as trolley designers
- Use your imagination and dream up your Ultimate Trolley
- Get your ideas down on paper
- Enter your Design Portfolio in the 2011 Redbox Architects Kids' Design Challenge
Prizes
To help bring their vision alive and be built in time to enter the 2012 derby, winners in each of the three grades will receive:
- support and advice from an experienced trolley building mentor
- materials to the tune of around $150
Get thinking, get dreaming and then get out your crayons, pencils, pens and/or laptops and design your dream trolley
Here is your chance to get your whackiest ideas, your wildest dreams and your most fantastic designs down on paper in time for the judging on Derby Day, and - for the winners - get some feedback from the experts and some help building your dream in time to enter a real trolley in the 2012 derby
Design your dream trolley to look fast and sleek or whacky and weird – anything goes as long as it can - at least in theory - be built!
Three Grades
- Nippers Designers:
- for designers born from 2005 to 2011 inclusive
- Zoomers Designers:
- for designers born from 2001 to 2004 inclusive
- Sprinters Designers:
- for designers born from 1997 to 2000 inclusive
Please Note:
- The years for the Designers are NOT the same for the Drivers
- This is so that if/when you are a 'Design Challenge' winner on derby day 2011, you and your trolley will be in the right grade in 2012
Design your ultimate trolley!
Topics to cover in your Design Portfolio
- Concept Drawings:
- Sketch what you imagine your trolley will look like
Illustrate your ideas using perspective and colour
- Plans:
- Draw accurate scale top and side views
Define the length, width, height and weight
- The Chassis and Running Gear:
- Describe what your trolley will be made of
Explain how it will steer and brake
Predict how fast it will travel and how long it will take to stop
- Description:
- Let the judges know what inspired your design and explain why you think your design deserves to win
Describe the strengths and weaknesses of your design
Identify the areas you anticipate needing help from a mentor
Explain why your design deserves to win
Please Note
- You must limit your design portfolio to a maximum of the four A4 sheets of paper in the Entry Form
- Use only ONE side of each page
- Include your name, your grade and your year of birth on EACH page
- Your drawings can be created in pencil, crayon, paint, or image editing software… anything at all - as long as the judges can understand it!
Download an Entry Form Now!
Entry is free and open now to everyone and anyone under 15
- 93KB PDF File
- This file will (or should) open in your browser and you can print it from the File \ Print menu
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To enter:
- deadline:
You can scan your entry and upload it here:
Or you can email it directly to: derbydesignchallenge@gmail.com
- Snail Mail
- deadline:
Post to:
The Redbox Kids' Design Challenge
51 Domett Street
Nelson
- By Hand
- deadline: 12 noon on derby day -
deliver to:
the Redbox Kids' Design Challenge Tent on The Green
corner of Manuka & Collingwood Streets
Judging
All entries will be on display in the Redbox Kids' Design Challenge Tent where they will be judged, with the winners announced over the PA just before the finals
Certificates will be awarded at the Prize Giving
You Gotta Be In To Win!
So get out and get busy over the holidays and start designing your ultimate racing machine!
r e d b o x a r c h i t e c t s l t d
8C Nile St Nelson, New Zealand
www.redboxarchitects.co.nz
Good Luck!