The first edition of
RESHAPE | digital craft competition, winning projects and wards ceremony at Fab10! The competition involves several partners:
IaaC (Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia),
Fablab Barcelona,
Solido3d and the
Mediterranean Fablab, with the media partnership of
Archello,
Cityvision, e-architect and 3d-dreaming. The competition has selected various innovative ideas in the field of design and digital fabrication. The selected projects, and the related manufacturing processes will now be inserted into our online platform and proposed on the market through a specific e-commerce website.
To produce these objects,
RESHAPE has identified a community of makers unique in the world. Many FabLab and digital craftmans have joined our network and are now ready to produce the proposals of our designers. The jury that selected the winners was composed of experts from various fields of design and digital fabrication as well as architectural criticism and information. It was an honor for us to have as members of the jury:
Tomas Diez [director of
Fab Lab Barcelona];
Luis Fraguada [computational expert at
IaaC and director of
BAD Barcelona];
Andrea Graziano [computational expert and co-founder of
Co.de.It];
Filippo Moroni [expert and director of
Solido3d];
Giorgia Olivieri [freelance journalist and communication manager];
Emmauele J. Pilia [critic director of
Deleyva Editore]. We received projects from all over the World, emphasizing the international success of
RESHAPE. The
winner of the first edition of
RESHAPE is
Wooden Furokishi designed ??by the group formed by
Yuko Ishizu (Japan),
Xexaki Evi (Greece), students from
ETH Zurich. The
second price is
Aleph by
Massimiamo Lorenzo (Italy),
Arturo Tedeschi (Italy),
Maurizio Degni (Italy) and
Elnaz Ghazi (Iran).
Third price for
Robotic Surface Manipulation Peter Sprowls (USA) and
Rossitza Kotelova (Bulgaria) from
Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Have also been selected with the honorable mention:
BeadBot of
Ahmend Hosny (USA),
Amanda Lee (USA) and
Jared Friedman (USA);
Joinery Based Deployable Structure of
Nicholas Germann (USA);
Transformable Table by
Kwok Tung Chun (China);
L+L side table by
Joris Nielander (Netherlands);
Soma by
Lorenzo Massimiano (Italy),
Andrea Galli (Italy),
Elnaz Ghazi (Iran);
Biotube by
Samanci Sinem (Turkey),
Rodolfo Parolin Hardy (Brazil),
Grugiel Sebastian Alvarado (Costa Rica);
T by
Daniel Gillen (USA). The online voting selected first
Henka of
Michela Ruggiero of Marble Eco Design and
Gildo Incitti. Second Prize for
Flip of
Ramy Aydarous; Third Prize for
Plaint of
Plarent Berhamaj and
Paolo Nazzari. The numbers of the first edition of
RESHAPE say:
162 applications received.
180 designers from
24 countries and
44 cities. Students from
49 Universities around the world.
17 Fab Labs involved.
10 Projects selected.
7 Honorable Mentions.
3 Prize Winners.
1 Winner. This first edition ends with a series of important lessons which we learn for the future. The results of
RESHAPE show how around topics such
digital fabrication and
computational design there is a
receptive and entusiasthic community. From the other side also evidence that the real challenge is to
teach, explore and share properly these issues. The team of
RESHAPE is
ready to accept it.