SPE names rotomolding design competition winners.
Press Release Summary:
SPE Rotational Molding Division announced professional and student winners in its Product Design Competition. Jamie Wirkler of The Kitchen Community won 1st place for garden beds that could withstand same use as playground equipment while serving as food production containers. Tom Fish of Little Tikes won 2nd place for design of pirate bed. In student category, Kyle Anderson won 1st place for iCoustics sound amplifiers for iPhones and Jacqueline Edwards won 2nd place for children's hospital bed.
Original Press Release:
SPE Names Rotomolding Design Competition Winners
Awards to Be Presented at Rotational Molding Division Conference in June 2014
NEWTOWN, CT, U.S.A., The Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) Rotational Molding Division has announced the professional and student winners in its Product Design Competition.
The winners will be honored and receive cash awards at the SPE Rotational Molding TopCon conference, held June 1-4, 2014 at the Holiday Inn Conference Center in Independence, Ohio.
Professional Winners
1st Place: Jamie Wirkler, Product Manager, The Kitchen Community, a nonprofit organization that fosters the creation of learning gardens in schools and communities. The winning design was for garden beds that could withstand the same use as playground equipment while serving as attractive containers for food production (see photo attached).
2nd Place: Tom Fish, Sr., director of product development, Little Tikes, the international producer and merchandiser of childrenfs toys. The winning design was for a pirate bed.
Honorable Mentions for three separate entrants: Ahuha Yuvraj Singh, Frontier Polymers Pvt. Ltd.; Tom Fish, Sr., Little Tikes; and Larry Moody, Wavemaster Docks.
Student Winners
1st Place: Kyle Anderson, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design. The winning design, called iCoustics, was for sound amplifiers for iPhones.
2nd Place: Jacqueline Edwards, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design. The winning design was for a childrenfs hospital bed.
Honorable Mentions for ten separate entrants, all of them students at the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design.
More information on the winning designs is posted at www.spe-rotomolding.org, along with details about the upcoming SPE Rotational Molding TopCon.
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