After a successful edition in 2017, Dell concluded the second edition of Designathon, a 24-hour challenge driven event with teams participating from organizations in fields of Architecture, Engineering, Manufacturing, Fashion & Lifestyle and Media & Entertainment.
Dell Designathon, unlike the usual design challenges, is for companies depending on design led innovation for their products and solutions. It reaches out to 2D & 3D design enthusiasts from various industries to showcase their prototype on a designated theme to bring their ideas to life. The theme this year was ‘enabling human progress through design for sustainable urbanization’, and was hosted as part of the much coveted Dell Technologies Forums across Mumbai, Delhi, Hyderabad and Bangalore. Designathon this year, received a remarkable response with over 339 registrations across four cities.
This event saw submissions of 40 creative & thought-provoking ideas & designs for sustainability – to develop a market that embraces imperfect food buyers with good deal and community sharing program; to cut down the human intervention to clean the garbage and plastic waste from the rivers and seas; to design a semi articulated truck that functions exclusively as a bus and vice versa at the click of a button, ensuring that the bus per unit economics improves quite substantially, among others.
The event is endorsed and supported by the Association of Designers of India [ADI]. This year, Dell also hosted ‘Design Circle’, a mentorship program delivered via workshops for shortlisted teams to augment their design thinking before competing in the challenge. At the challenge, participating teams were provided with access to cutting-edge technology from Dell’s powerful Precision line-up of workstations – Precision Tower 5820 and the Dell 43-inch Ultra HD 4K monitor. Dell Precision portfolio is a top choice for design led businesses with the recent most collaboration with Marvel Studios for ‘Antman and the Wasp’.
Speaking on the last leg of Dell Designathon in Bengaluru, Srihari Palangala, Senior Director, India Marketing at Dell EMC said
Dell Designathon is a platform for design tech enthusiasts, and we are delighted to offer this opportunity for aspiring innovators. For over 20 years, Dell Precision products have provided the foundation for bringing amazing creative ideas to life, thanks to their high-performing, fully-customizable features designed for the needs of today’s professional creators. The Dell Designathon, is our way of bringing creativity and technology together that address real challenges with real solutions.
Of the 40 teams shortlisted for Dell Designathon across four cities, the intent was to select winners across verticals:
- Mumbai – Team Mumbai Hackerspace for Transport System for Sustainable Urbanization
- New Delhi – Team Agribazaar for their Imperfect food with perfect stories
- Hyderabad – Team Satyam Engineering for their solution to use printed paper to print multiple times
- Bengaluru – Team Boiled Corn Productions for their concept of selfies for innovation
For more details on Designathon, please visit Dell Designathon