5.17.2021 Submission Deadline Prize Recipient Announcement - Material Lab
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Submission Deadline
5.17.2021
Prize Recipient
Announcement
.7.2021
Material Lab Prize 2021
The Material Lab Prize is a $1,000 grant awarded annually by the Material Lab at Pratt Institute’s
School of Design to a student designer whose work uses salvaged material, repurposed waste, or
found objects in a creative way. The Prize seeks to celebrate and exhibit work that re-envisions the
design process and considers waste streams as a springboard for new design thinking.
In collaboration with departments across Pratt, including Math and Science, and The Center for
Sustainability, the Material Lab Prize challenges designers at Pratt to incorporate waste to create a
new material, design process, or project. We invite students from any department to submit work.
Submissions may include, but are not limited to apparel, architectural models, furnishings, household
goods, or speculative projects.
Submissions at any scale will be considered, but students are encouraged to consider opportunities to
scale up or mass produce their submission in the future.
Submissions will be reviewed by a panel of design professionals and the review process will culminate
in an exhibition of submitted work.
ELIGIBILITY IMPORTANT DATES
The competition is open to Pratt Institute 2/4/2021 (1PM via Zoom)
students from all undergraduate and graduate Information session
departments. Students may apply as individuals
or as teams, collaborative interdisciplinary teams 5/17/2021
are encouraged. Each individual or team entry Submission deadline
must also be approved by faculty or staff. These
sponsors will be credited accordingly. 6/7/2021
Exhibition and prize recipient announcement
2Material Lab Prize 2021
HOW TO SUBMIT
Complete applications include an application form, copyright release form, and project documentation.
Applications are due by 5pm on May 17, 2021. The forms and the project documentation should be
emailed as a PDF.
There will be no physical deliverable requirement this year. Digital deliverables should be emailed to
materiallab@pratt.edu as a single combined PDF with the subject line “Material Lab Prize 2021.” In the
body of the email please state your project title and full name.
PDFs should be named in the following manner:
ML_Prize_ProjectName_Spring2021
Application Form Project Documentation
This is the information that will accompany your Your project documentation is a way for you to
submission for the jury. Please be as complete share your final product, as well as your design
as possible. process and the development of your work with
the jury. Please include at least four images of
You can find the Application Form at the end your final object. The document should include
of this document. Please include this in your 5–12 pages in 11”x 17” landscape format.
application PDF.
Project documentation can include a wide range
Copyright Release Form of content including, but not limited to research,
material explorations, stages in your design
You can find the Copyright Release Form at the
iteration, preliminary models, user testing, detail
end of this document. Please include this in your
shots, technical drawings, mapping, and other
application PDF.
supporting graphics. Please feel free to use any
Sponsor Form graphic style that is comfortable for you: hand
drawing, digital drawing, photographs, Illustrator
Each submission must be approved by a project and CAD renderings are all accepted. Each
sponsor, who should be either a faculty or staff submission must be approved by a project
member at Pratt. This sponsor must sign off sponsor, who should be either a faculty or staff
on the submission to confirm that it fulfills the member at Pratt. This sponsor must sign off
Material Lab Prize prompt. Think of this as a on the submission to confirm that it fulfills the
recommendation or reference. Material Lab Prize prompt.
You can find the Sponsor Form at the end of this
document. Please include this in your application
PDF.
3Material Lab Prize 2021
JURY
A guest jury will select the winner based on the evaluation criteria below. Each year our jury is made up
of a group of interdisciplinary design professionals who use reclaimed material or material exploration is
central to their work. Past members of the jury have included: Lighting designer Joseph Algieri, fashion
design professional Dara Douglas, fashion designer Tara St. James, architectural designer Carlos
Arnoldo Gamez, and artist designers Misha Kahn and Pat Kim.
The 2021 jury will be announced in the spring.
EVALUATION CRITERIA
Use of Material
Did the project use reclaimed materials for a significant portion of the design? Does the
use of these materials contribute to the sustainability of the final design?
Function
How effectively does the design fulfill its stated purpose? Will it continue to fulfill its
purpose over the intended life cycle?
Form
Does the form of the design communicate and contribute to its function?
Innovation
Is the design forward-thinking? Does it embrace new technologies, ways of thinking,
social developments and/or needs?
Communication of Ideas
Does the process book and physical object together communicate the designer’s
message? Are the goals of the designer clearly defined?
Craftsmanship
Is there a professional level of craftsmanship evident in the submission and project
documentation? Is the documentation presented in a cohesive and compelling way?
4Material Lab Prize 2021
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Q. Who is eligible to apply? Q. Is there a limit to the number of students
A. Any student currently attending Pratt who can apply?
Institute is eligible. Both undergraduate and A. No, all submitted applications will be
graduate students from all departments are reviewed with equal consideration.
encouraged to apply.
Q. Are team applications accepted?
Q. When can I submit my design? A. Yes, team applications are accepted. Each
A. You can submit your work any time between member should submit a separate application
now and May 17, 2021. form and copyright release form, together in
their joint application.
Q. When will the winner be announced?
A. The winner will be announced on June 7, Q. Does it have to be something I’ve made
2021. recently?
A. Submissions should be work created within
Q. Where will my work be exhibited? the most recent academic year, but let us
A. Submissions will be exhibited on our website know if you have questions or concerns!
after the competition.
Q. How will I be judged?
Q. Will my work be exhibited even if I A. Work will be judged blindly by a guest
don’t win? panel of design professionals. The work
A. The winning submission will be exhibited will be evaluated based on use of material,
alongside a select group of runners-up. functionality, form, innovation, as well as
communication of ideas.
Q. What is the role of the project sponsor?
Q. Can I submit an in-process piece?
A. Each submission must be approved by a
project sponsor, who should be either a A. We ask that work is submitted in a finished
faculty or staff member at Pratt. This sponsor state, meaning a well-considered and
must sign off on the submission to confirm developed design that is manifested in a well-
that it fulfills the Material Lab Prize prompt. crafted physical model.
Q. I have more questions, who should I ask?
A. Further questions should be emailed to the
Material Lab at materiallab@pratt.edu.
5Material Lab Prize 2021
PRESS
““…Masters of Industrial Design candidate Sophia Yimeng Sun was given the top accolade and
a $1,000 prize for her Cocoon lamp. The luminaire features a pleated, helical lampshade derived
from single use bonded HDPE plastic grocery bags. With her pared-back prototype, the up-and-
coming designer demonstrates how one of the worst types of waste could easily be reused in
various home furnishing applications. The lamp illuminates like one of Isamu Noguchi’s Akari
sculptures..”
“The new material Newspaperwood, designed by Industrial Design graduate Asad Jawed Ahmed,
received second place in the awards. It is a raw material made of newspapers, resulting in a
structure and visuals similar to wood.”
“This year’s grand prize winner was awarded to Sophia Yimeng Sun (MID ’21) and her
project “Cocoon.” Sun used HDPE plastic bags to create pleated lampshades.”
“The prize, which includes a $1,000 grant to grand prize winner Sophia Yimeng Sun (MID ’21),
draws attention to the importance of a material exploration, particularly when it comes to reusing
material found in waste streams.”
6Material Lab Prize 2021
APPLICATION FORM
Project Information
Your name as it should appear in print and press materials:
Project title:
Project description:
Additional designers and collaborators (if any):
Applicant Information
First name: Last name:
Mailing address: City: State:
Zip code: Phone:
Country of origin (optional):
Academic Information
Major: Minor: Student ID:
Circle one: Undergraduate / Graduate Expected graduation:
Previous institution(s) attended (optional):
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SPONSOR FORM
Project Summary
Project title:
Project summary:
Sponsor Information
First name: Last name:
Email: Phone:
Department:
Sponsor Signiture
First name: Last name:
Signature: Date:
8Material Lab Prize 2021
COPYRIGHT RELEASE FORM
Re: The Material Lab Prize Submission Release Notice
To: Pratt Institute School of Design
Name: Student ID:
Email: Phone number:
Address:
Description of Design:
To Whom it May Concern: I hereby affirm that I am the sole author and copyright holder of all
materials submitted for the Material Lab Prize including text, drawings, diagrams, and images. I hereby
release and grant the Pratt Institute School of Design the right to print, publish, broadcast and use
this media in applications such as press releases, presentations, marketing publications, its website,
exhibitions, social media and similar applications. Pratt Institute School of Design affirms that students
still maintain the sole intellectual property of their designs.
Print name:
Signature: Date:
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