Pure Creativity Competition - THE WINNER


The winner Roland Kreiter meets Philippe Starck
© Pure Creativity Competition winner

Philippe Starck has crowned the the winner of the Pure Creativity competition. Taking home the prize is Roland Kreiter from Germany for his Core2 Lemon Press design.

The competition, run by mydeco in collaboration with MGX and Philippe Starck, offered 3D Design students between the age of 18–25 the opportunity to create an innovative, intelligent and practical object, inspired by the new opportunities created by 3–dimensional stereo lithographic technology.

And the prize? Every designer's dream: to have his/her design made into a prototype using the stereolithographic process with MGX.

Not only will Roland Kreiter's lemon press design become a reality, but the lucky young designer got to meet Philippe Starck himself in his Paris studio and be interviewed for a joint article to be published in IDFX magazine.

Not only has he seen his creation come to life, but whilst sitting in Starck's studio, Philippe actually got Alberto Alessi to say ‘Alberto, you should be making this.’ I'm surprised the guy didn't fall off his chair!

Core2 Lemon Press by Roland Kreiter
© Roland Kreiter

Background to the competition

The idea for Pure Creativity was born when the design team at mydeco were chatting with Philippe Starck at his Paris office. We were all hugely excited about the new possibilities of 3D printing, and saw this competition as a unique chance to break the current boundaries of design and creativity. Most importantly, we wanted to give young talent the opportunity to explore new ways of thinking and making.

Competition entrants were asked to create a model using 3D software and submit their design on their mydeco profile. The finalists were then selected by Philippe Starck himself, Naomi Kaempfer (Head of MGX) and the design team at mydeco.

The short–listed designers were invited to visit the MGX factory in Leuven, Belgium, and met with a Starck Network designer. There they had the chance to experiment with revolutionary technologies and meet the MGX technical team to discuss their designs for optimisation using Magics software. Following the visit, finalists had a month to modify and improve their designs. See the thirteen finalists' designs here.

But there could only be one winner. Congratulations to Roland Kreiter!

For more information about 3D modelling services, go to mydeco 3D.

mydeco offers commercial 3D modelling and 3D models via our 3D services site, mydeco3d.com.

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andrew chong

Posted | 5th February 2009

wow... the competition result will be announce next monday... awaiting for it... mr starck please choose me... :P

Maaike Kock

Posted | 31st January 2009

Nope. No answer here.

yehudi

Posted | 31st January 2009

is there anyone who has got an answer yet about the shortlist?

Laavs

Posted | 25th January 2009

Very nice competiton!I`m in! Good luck to all!!

monikaszawiola

Posted | 9th January 2009

me too

maro design

Posted | 6th January 2009

I´m in

David and Jenny

Posted | 5th January 2009

were in!

nitrorayso

Posted | 4th January 2009

just how to know if we have our's name on a list

design_fedir

Posted | 4th January 2009

Good luck all!!!

nebilavas

Posted | 3rd January 2009

im in it!

Le_Brimet

Posted | 3rd January 2009

I´m in too...waiting for the shortlist

Peter Hermans

Posted | 1st January 2009

When will the shortlist be announced?

What I've seen so far is very nice :)! Any way to get an overview of the entries?

seti_on

Posted | 1st January 2009

Cool competition, good opportunity!

Devonmi

Posted | 31st December 2008

I heart Philippe Starck!

saurabhbhide

Posted | 31st December 2008

I'm In too ! :)

saurabhbhide

Posted | 31st December 2008

I'm In too ! :)

saurabhbhide

Posted | 31st December 2008

I'm in too ! :)

kangnar

Posted | 31st December 2008

just found out about it

Sergiodj182

Posted | 31st December 2008

mee to

ROKWEN

Posted | 31st December 2008

I'm in also

model_bananova

Posted | 30th December 2008

and me
!!

electrockchoc

Posted | 28th December 2008

I'm in !! =D

Maaike Kock

Posted | 28th December 2008

I'm in.

arcturus

Posted | 26th December 2008

it's a pity u'd hav to fund ur own travel, in case ur shortlisted :(

JB___

Posted | 26th December 2008

im in

GrafvonHohenfels

Posted | 24th December 2008

I want a battle with Starck...
in pressing lemons ;-)

chara gr

Posted | 5th December 2008

join the competition!its a good chance.

Vera Sant Fournier

Posted | 2nd December 2008

. . . Just signed up for this, should get it done in time...

einshinghaf

Posted | 2nd November 2008

I think it should cover the age range of 18-26 to include all students.

tbalaguer

Posted | 2nd November 2008

This is great, SLA allows forms to have undercuts! I think this could be a good opportunity for designers to go beyond usual manufacturing boundaries.

3Danny

Posted | 13th October 2008

Perfect competition for me right now, shame I can't enter because of the age limit :-(

chloe

Posted | 8th October 2008

this competition is so cool, it is a great opportunity to challenge ourselves as designers and get to know Mr Starck

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