Home Climate Wellbeing by IRSAP

Participation is free of charge and open to designers and creative talents of any nationality aged 18 years or older. Participants can submit one or more projects, but only the projects published on the www.desall.com website, via the upload page related to this contest will be accepted.
 

For the correct realization of your proposals, please take into consideration the following guidelines:

Product typology: While you should keep domestic heating at the heart of your project, the designed product or system may include air treatment functions, as well. The latter, besides air heating, could potentially comprise air cooling, air purification, humidity control functions, and the like.
It is also possible to envision other elements, besides air, with which the product or system could interact with or act upon: objects, human beings/users, and other components and actors that inform the domestic environment (food, plants, pets, liquid substances, interior decor, and furnishing items…).
In this regard, keep in mind that the maximum temperature reached by electric radiators is 70°C, while for hydraulic ones it ranges from 30°C to 40°C.
It is also possible to create a product or a system for a specific area of the home. A towel rack, for instance, as clearly illustrated by its dedicated functions, is designed with the toilet and bathroom areas in mind.
There are no limitations imposed on the general characteristics of the requested product or system, which may be wall-mounted, free standing or constitute a functional surface, a management tool like a digital application, and so on.

Additional functions: additional functions may be presented without particular restrictions, for example, in the form of accessories, sensors, a controlling app or the integration of 2 products into 1, as well as into a multi-product system where the individual elements communicate with each other and work synergistically. Overall, the type of functions proposed should pertain to the domestic use of the product or system proposed, but it may include additional air treatment features (such as air cooling, air purification, humidity control, etc.), monitoring and signaling features (temperature, humidity level, air quality, weather, etc.), interior decor features (as in seating areas, shelves, object holders, clothing racks, etc.), as well as original features that are not mentioned among the listed examples.

Style: although the development of new functions is the main objective of this contest, you are invited to design a product that is both aesthetically pleasing and technologically advanced. Overall, a minimal and modern style should be preferred.
In the case of functionalities connecting more than one product, it is possible to represent your project schematically.

Context of use: the designed product or system should be destined primarily for indoor domestic use, although outdoor use is also admitted.

Technology and materials: All submitted products should be designed for industrial production. There are no other considerable limitations when it comes to the technology and materials that may be employed. However, for products with heating surfaces, it will be necessary to adapt the chosen materials accordingly, thus opting for suitable materials and coatings, such as steel, aluminum, etc.

Logo: the IRSAP logo may be placed on the designed products in a discreet way, with a suggested size of 3x1cm. You can find the logo in the Material files downloadable from the contest page.

Target user: the requested project should cater to 35 to 45-year-old users with medium-level purchasing power.

Deliverables: upload all images in order to present your projects in the best possible way. The images in the gallery (maximum 5) must have a proportion of 4:3. Allowed file formats: .jpg, .gif o .png; colours: RGB; max file size: 1MB.

Evaluation criteria: in the evaluation of your submissions the Sponsor will take into account the following criteria:
Innovation 5/5
Functionality 5/5
Consistency with the context of use 4/5
Aesthetic 3/5
Economic viability 3/5