Vileda Next Generation Ironing Board

Vileda Next Generation Ironing Board now is over!

Vileda Next Generation Ironing Board: New product design contest has been recently organized by Vileda and Desall inviting you to submit concept solutions for a new ironing board with innovative and recognizable features from an aesthetic and functional point of view.

➜ Short description

Vileda recently has released its new product design contest inviting designers and creative talents of any nationality to submit concept solutions for a new ironing board with innovative and recognizable features from an aesthetic and functional point of view.

Vileda is looking for an innovative ironing board concept dedicated to the mass market (non-professional users) characterized by an added value/premium positioning and an ability to to emerge and immediately differentiate itself from competitors.

You’re invited to develop a solution with:

➜ a modern and distinctive design, without compromising on the user experience;
➜ new alternative features that will be particularly appreciated by consumers and which will make it a superior product when compared to current market standards (for ironing boards paired with both iron and iron with boiler);
➜ optimized ergonomics to make the ironing process easy and simple;

The product must be aesthetically innovative, with a clean, current and distinctive design. The shapes must be minimal and simple.

➜ Submission requirements:

➜ Upload detailed descriptions and a series of images to best present your projects. The images must have an aspect ratio of 4:3 and need to be saved as .jpg, .gif or .png in a color mode RGB, maximum single file size need to be 1MB. You are invited to upload a .zip archive containing the 3D files and high-resolution images of the proposals. Maximum size of the .zip is 100MB.

➜ Evaluation Criteria:

➜ Functionality/Usability/Ergonomics 5/5
➜ Aesthetics 5/5
➜ Innovation 4/5
➜ Technical feasibility 4/5
➜ Economic sustainability 4/5

➜ Who may enter?

Participation is open to designers and creative talents of any nationality aged 18 years or older.