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Prototyping: Projects, Journals & Ideas

79 Projects 19 Journals 1 Publications 18 Competitions

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Prototyping is the process of creating tangible representations of design ideas to explore feasibility, functionality, and user experience. Designers use prototypes to test concepts, gather feedback, and refine solutions before full implementation.

Community members prototype across scales and contexts, from furniture and housing systems to urban interventions and climate adaptation strategies. Work ranges from small-scale tactical installations to architectural solutions addressing housing density, migrant worker needs, and environmental challenges.

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PACKit

Packaging challenge - Design meets sustainability

Prize Pool:USD 7,000

Regular registration ends: March 28, 2027

Submission ends: April 1, 2027

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Nithin

625

AMIDST THE TEMPEST - Re-purposing Defunct Offshore Rigs

Offshore construction is merely looked at as "conquests" - advancement of only the human ego, exploitation of the seas with no regard for its inhabitants. Considering the large number of defunct offshore rigs that exist, intent of this design is to serve as a prototype, enabling these infrastructures to better serve the seas while also benefiting humans.

Shabiha and mayaboti

459

Coral reef for improving lifestyle

The main concept of this project was to promote social interaction among people. The h being cannot live alone. They always live in a community & Social interaction is most important for building a stronger community. A stronger community also helps to build a stronger neighborhood, which in turn help to build a stronger nation.

Samhita and 3 others

196

Mellow

'Mellow' is a reading pod that can also be used for other activities like sleeping, working, meditation, etc. The pod represents the transition of a user stepping into a place of solitude and calm, away from the busyness of one’s daily routine.

Ananya and 3 others

190

GRASSROOT- ANGANWARI

Anganwari - Angina, an approach to the development in a flexible modular prototype to strengthen the future human resource. Our project aims in the provision of amalgamation of sustainable, framed structure and passive design strategies.

Hasan and S

Remember The Cause (Understanding Karbala)

For the Muslims, Husayn's suffering and death became a symbol of sacrifice in the struggle for saving their religion, ‘Islam’. And for all Humanity his death became a symbol of sacrifice in the struggle for right against wrong, justice against injustice and truth against falsehood. Karbala may have happened 1400 years ago but it still lives in the memories.

akansha

Minima

Minima is a cleverly compact and crafted small footprint home catering to all the basic needs of a family of four. It is characterized by an easy assemble and disassemble process, a compact and flexible structure catering to the basic needs of all the members.

mykolas and Antonio

1x1 Industrial Urban Furniture

1X1 is a modular urban furniture system designed to be adaptable and responsive to the situation. The birthplace of the system is Refshaleoen island in Copenhagen, which is proud of its industrial heritage and mixed-use facilities. The modular system is based on a 3D grid of 1x1 meter with vertical pipe structure working as a frame for the modules.

Cristina

HABITAT Student Housing

HABITAT proposal is an aesthetically appealing, affordable, sustainable modular style housing proposal that provides a healthy community living space for many individuals including those with accessibility needs on small footprint of land. The concept could be used in many different settings and would be a positive addition to our living spaces.

Misak and AMIR

Pangolin can help mining (Leap)

The aim of the project is to design a space habitat for asteroid mining, while we need also a spacecraft as well. This brings us an idea of pulling and extracting mineral materials

Hernan and 2 others

Genesis

Genesis, the modular, cost-effective and aesthetic hand cart for a post Covid-19 street vendor scenario. Genesis offers each vendor modular personalization, a cost effective design and a blank canvas for the vendor's product, brand and personality to take the spotlight.

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