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Terra Carta Design Lab competition announces 2024 shortlist
40 finalists include a biodegradable alternative to micro-plastic made from fish scales, a speed detection system for animal road crossings, and an affordable early detection solution for wildfire communities.
This year the competition has been run in conjunction with Dubai Institute of Design and Innovation (UAE), National Institute of Design Ahmedabad (India), Rhode Island School of Design (USA) and the Royal College of Art (UK).
40 finalists include a biodegradable alternative to micro-plastic made from fish scales, a speed detection system for animal road crossings, and an affordable early detection solution for wildfire communities, detecting wildfires before they can grow out of control.
Overall, ten finalists from each design school have been evaluated and shortlisted by experts from within each school, with a final review to be led by Sir Jony Ive and Sustainable Markets Initiative CEO, Jennifer Jordan-Saifi over the summer.
The eight winners will be announced this autumn and will receive funding and mentorship to further develop their innovations and enable them to be scaled and taken to market.
Jennifer Jordan-Saifi, CEO of the Sustainable Markets Initiative, said: “At the Sustainable Markets Initiative we are accelerating a sustainable future through the collision of ideas and co-creation between the private sector and the next generation of global leaders, including our Design Lab finalists. Their work exemplifies what is possible when we put design, engineering, innovation, technology, art and global experience at the heart of systems-level change.
“At the SMI we are finding ways to connect industry, financial and country systems with the many innovations that are emerging around the world so that, together, we can scale solutions globally. As one people, sharing one planet and facing one common future, we have much to learn from this optimistic, multi-disciplinary and multi-generational approach that is embodied in the Terra Carta Design Lab.”
Sir Jony Ive, Chancellor of the Royal College of Art and Terra Carta Design Lab Global Judge, said: “I am thrilled that the Terra Carta Design lab has gathered momentum this year to include four international design schools.”
“The lab elevates the rigorous and imaginative ideas from all these students, and demonstrates the power and importance of multidisciplinary design and collaboration in meeting global challenges.”