The third 24 Hour Inclusive Design Challenge will be held this year from June 7-8 in Oslo as part of the European Business Workshops in Inclusive Design.

Over a period of 24 hours, teams of designers from different disciplines will be asked to come up with inclusive solutions or products in response to the Challenge theme: Digital Solutions, Products and Services, and Communications - the themes of the Workshop itself.

- Challenge your belief so that unique people can be a unique inspiration. This can be an eye opener!

Jørgen Solstad of Kadabra Produktdesign,
team leader - Winner of best idea at the
24 Hour Inclusive Design Challenge 2010.

Why participate?

• Unique knowledge transfer between participants
• Raise awareness and gain new skills in the area of inclusive design
• Be part of a best practice demonstration project developed in an extremely short timeframe to showcase to your clients
• An invaluable opportunity to show what you and your selected team are made of
• Enables new design talent to be spotted and developed by the business
• Creative stimulus for mid-career designers
• Become part of an international inclusive design network and draw on the expertise of the Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design

This is a unique opportunity to gather designers, industry and users who have not worked together before, and to establish new and long-lasting networks.

How will it be organised?

The participants will be organised into four teams and information about the Challenge will be given at an introduction workshop a day in advance (6 June). Each team will be given a design brief at the start of the European Business Workshops in Inclusive Design on June 7, 2012. The teams will be mentored throughout the process.

At the end of this 24 hour period, the teams will present their results in a plenary session on the second day of the workshop event. There will be two winners, one for the best idea and one for the best presentation, both voted by the audience.

- It is a great experience to force yourself to design something everyone can use, and to make a presentation of the idea within such a short space of time. I would encourage everyone to participate in this Challenge!

Elizabeth Walmann, Graphic Designer
and on the winning team for
best presentation in 2010.

Challenge themes

The teams will be given briefs covering three topics and based on a people-centred, inclusive design approach:

1. Digital solutions
2. Products and environments
3. Communications and marketing
4. Services

Teams

Each team will consist of:

• A team leader (designer)
• 4  designers
• 1 design student
• 1 business representative
• 1 user representative

The teams should cover the disciplines of product/industrial design, service design, graphic design and interaction/web design. Other design disciplines may also apply.

Facilitator

Julia Cassim, Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the Royal College of Art Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design in London, will be chief facilitator of the 24 Hour Inclusive Design Challenge.

How to apply

If you are interested in signing up as a team member, please email your CV and answers to the questions below to: challenge@norskdesign.no

1. Where do you come from / where do you work / study?
2. Are you a designer, design student, business representative, user representative or do you wish to be a team leader? (Please read more about team leaders below)
3. Why do you wish to participate in the challenge?  

Price to attend the 24 Hour Inclusive Design Challenge: 500 NOK

EXTENDED DEADLINE: Monday 19 March 2012.
 

Special requirements for team leaders:

• You are effective, used to tight schedules and experienced in managing designers
• You must dedicate 2.5 days to the challenge
• You will receive a small fee
• Experience in inclusive design and/or user research/involvement in design processes
   

Please answer these questions below:

1. List your name, job title, design discipline, employer/workplace, e-mail, mobile phone, home address
2. Please explain why you want to become a team leader
3. Say how can this be an important experience for your career?
4. Describe your skills and experience with leading designers under tight and stressful time schedules
5. Attach a pdf of your five best works.