WORKSHOP ON APPLICATION OF MALAYSIAN STANDARDS AND UNIVERSAL DESIGN FOR PRODUCT DESIGN
May 19, 2011
Date: September 21, 2011 (Wednesday)
Time: 8.30 am – 12.30pm
Venue: Kulliyyah of Architecture and Environmental Design (KAED), IIUM, Gombak
In conjunction with UDPC 2011 Competition, a workshop is organized. The workshop will provide some insights on the application of universal design in designing products for disable person, elderly and children, as well as highlighting the Malaysia Standards (MS) with regards to designing universal design product and its development. The inviter speakers will be experts in the particular groups, and Standards Malaysia’s officer-in-charge in developing Universal Design Standards in Malaysia. The target audience for the workshop will be the students, designers, manufacturers and educators.
FEE
Registered participants of the Universal Design Product Competition (UDPC 2011) will be invited to the workshop and the admission is free.
ASSESSMENT
Assessment date by the judges: 16th – 17th November 2011
ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
The organizer has the right to appoint any jury to assess the participating entries and decisions made by the panel of jury are final. The assessment is based on:
- Novelty of product (How novel is the idea or concept. Is the product unique?)
- Inventiveness (Is the product innovative or modification of a similar existing product? Would it likely lead to a new product, system, design, material or process?)
- Functionality (Fulfilling its intended functions, reliability and problem solving)
- Educational impact (Contribution of the design / invention on the needs for the disable person, elderly and children development)
- Ergonomic and safety requirement (The interaction between user, product and environment; physically and psychologically which follows the Standards Malaysia requirements)
- Commercial potentialities (Market potential of the invention – Is there any evidence of market need? Is the product / invention comparable or superior to similar product in the market?)
- Presentation and demonstration quality (The whole idea / design / invention are presentable which qualify its designers to be awarded as the winner such as quality of its prototype / model, writing, sketches, drawing and verbal presentation /explanation
RULES AND REGULATION
The organizer cannot be held liable and responsible for any damages, claims or lost of ideas before or after the competition. Design protection according to the Intellectual Property Rights Act: All participants are encouraged to register their designs under the Intellectual Property Rights Act and to keep all documents as proof of ownership before sending or exposing their design to the organizer.
The competition can be participated individually or group 2/3, which means members of the group to share the same prize.
PRIZES
Category A: Product Design for Disable Person
Prototype (scale 1:1)
1st Prize Winner RM 3,000.00 + Certificate
2nd Prize Winner RM 2,000.00 + Certificate
3rd Prize Winner RM 1,000.00 + Certificate
Consolation 2 Winners RM 500.00 + Certificate
Category B: Product Design for Elderly
Prototype (appropriate scale)
1st Prize Winner RM 3,000.00 + Certificate
2nd Prize Winner RM 2,000.00 + Certificate
3rd Prize Winner RM 1,000.00 + Certificate
Consolation 2 Winners RM 500.00 + Certificate
Category C: Product Design for Children
Prototype (appropriate scale)
1st Prize Winner RM 3,000.00 + Certificate
2nd Prize Winner RM 2,000.00 + Certificate
3rd Prize Winner RM 1,000.00 + Certificate
Consolation 2 Winners RM 500.00 + Certificate
Jointly Organizer
Department of Standards Malaysia (STANDARDS MALAYSIA)
Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation
Century Square, Level 1 & 2, Block 2300, Jln Usahawan
63000, Putrajaya
Website: www.standardsmalaysia.gov.my
CONTACT US FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
KAED Universal Design Unit (KUDU), IIUM
Kulliyyah of Architecture and Environmental Design (KAED),
International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM),
P.O. Box 10, Jalan Gombak
50728 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Tel: (6) 03 6196 5271 / 5241 Fax: (6) 03 6196 4864
Secretariat of Programme / Person in charge: Br. Tun Aiman / aiman_tun86@ymail.com
Email: udpc2011@gmail.com
Applied for CPD points from relevant bodies:
- Board of Architects Malaysia (LAM)
- Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM)
Universal Design Product Competition 2011 (UDPC 2011)
May 18, 2011
INTRODUCTION
KAED Universal Design Unit (KUDU) IIUM and Department of Standards Malaysia (STANDARDS MALAYSIA) is organizing a half day Production Design Workshop on Universal Design Product Competition (UDPC 2011). In conjunction with this event, a competition on Universal Design Product Competition 2011 (UDPC 2011) for all is being held to expose the community about the products where the design, technology, material and standards of products designing in Malaysia are applicable for all people including disable, elderly and children.
The competition is supported by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI), and in collaboration with Majlis Rekabentuk Malaysia (MRM) and Yayasan Inovasi Malaysia (MYM).
Products winning the Universal Design Product Competition will be awarded the ‘Malaysia Good Design Mark’ issued by the MRM. In addition, MRM will also assist in the commercialization of the relevant products in the market.
THE AIM
The aim of the competition is to provide an opportunity for designers, especially higher institution students to enhance their creativity, ideas and innovativeness in designing universal design product for all with the application of Malaysian Standards (MS) in mind. It is hoped that with the application of MS, appropriate technology, new ideas and inventions by the participants, the competition will be able to generate interesting, good, safe and educationally relevant product to be utilized for all kinds of people, especially for the disable person, elderly and children development. (MS 1184: 2002, MS 1331: 2003, MS 1183: 1994 and MS 2015: 2006 (Part 1))
The winners will be announced during the seminar on the International Conference on Universal Design in the Built Environment (ICUDBE2/2011), on the 22nd November 2011.
THEME
UNIVERSAL DESIGN PRODUCT – DESIGN FOR ALL PEOPLE WITH THE APPLICATION OF MALAYSIA STANDARDS (MS)
CONCEPT
The concept of the competition is “Safety, Functional and Reliable Experience”
DESIGN CATEGORIES
- Category A: Product Design for Disable Person
– Prototype (scale 1:1)
- Category B: Product Design for Elderly
– Prototype (appropriate scale)
- Category A: Product Design for Children
– Prototype (appropriate scale)
PARTICIPATION CATEGORY
- University / College students (local university or college)
REGISTRATION
- Opening date: July 4, 2011 (Monday)
- Closing date: September 19, 2011 (Monday)
FINAL SUBMISSION (Universal Design Product Competition (UPDC) 2011)
- Submission date: November 2, 2011 (Wednesday)
- Time: 9.00am – 3.00pm
- A1 Presentation Board – clear concept rationale and design (not more than 500 words), explaining the items listed below:
– Target user
– Rationale of the design
– Benefits to the users and marketing strategies
– Materials and manufacturing process proposed
– Manual / computer rendering of design details:
- Presentation drawings (Top, front, back and side view)
- Technical drawings (Top, front, back and side view)
- Perspective view
– Product and user (how to use)
- Prototype
– Category A: Product Design for Disable Person (scale 1:1)
– Category B: Product Design for Elderly
– Category C: Product Design for Children
- Presentation Idea Development Drawings
ICUDBE2011 