The 2010 Kids' Trolley Design Challenge
Sponsored by Challenge NZ Ltd.
An invitation to all kids from 0 to 19 to HAVE A GO as designers
Use your imagination and dream up your
Ultimate Trolley
Get your ideas down on paper
Enter your Design Portfolio in the 2010
Kids' Trolley Design Challenge
Prizes
To help bring their vision alive and be built in time to enter the 2011 derby, winners in each of the four grades will receive:
- support and advice from an experienced trolley building mentor
- materials to the tune of around $300
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, 10:30am - 4pm Saturday 27 February 2010 (rain day: Sunday) 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 2011 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!
Four grades
- Nippers Designers:
- for designers born from 2004 to 2010 inclusive
- Zoomers Designers:
- for designers born from 2000 to 2003 inclusive
- Sprinters Designers:
- for designers born from 1996 to 1999 inclusive
- Rockets Designers:
- for designers born from 1992 to 1995 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 2010, you and your trolley will be in the right grade in 2011
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 20
- 199.2KB PDF File
- This file will (or should) open in your browser and you can print it from the File \ Print menu
- 128.3KB Zipped PDF File
- This zipped version will (or should) pop up a wee dialogue box, asking you to say OK before you SAVE
it onto your hard drive, and then you can print off as many copies as you want
Both versions have been checked and proved to be virus-free :)
To enter:
- deadline:7pm, Thursday 24 February
You can scan your entry and upload it here:
Or you can email it directly to: derbydesignchallenge@gmail.com
- Snail Mail
- deadline: Monday, 22 February 2010
Post to:
The Kids' Design Challenge
51 Domett Street
Nelson
- By Hand
- deadline: 12 noon on derby day - 10:30am - 4pm Saturday 27 February 2010 (rain day: Sunday)
deliver to:
the Challenge Tent on The Green
corner of Manuka & Collingwood Streets
Judging
All entries will be on display in the 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!
Challenge NZ
Haven Road, Port Nelson
Good Luck!
