Design ‘Hack’-a-thon Design ‘Hack’-a-thon

Ajeenkya D Y Patil University (School of Design) is hosting an inter-school Design 'Hack'-a-thon for students in Grade 10 to Grade 12. The hackathon will be an opportunity for students to understand the basis skillsets required to be a designer and will wind their creative thought process towards problem solving. The hackathon will also encourage students' involvement in research oriented topics. The program courses at the higher education level can be leveraged if the students have basic understanding on critical thinking aspects. Moreover, participation in such design competitions will additionally help them in making a career choice in future.

CATEGORIES FOR PARTICIPATION
  • Fashion Design
  • Graphic Design
  • Product Design
  • Transportation Design
  • User Experience Design
  • Digital Modelling
WHY TO PARTICIPATE
  • Learn the 21st century skills - Teamwork, Communication, Critical thinking, problem solving, Information literacy, Social responsibility, and others.
  • Get mentored by Design experts
  • Hands-on experience of designing a solution
  • Get participation certificate and Scholarship from Institute
PARTICIPATING TEAMS

Students will participate in Team (minimum 2 and maximum 4)

Duration
  • One challenge
  • One day
  • Seven Hours
6 STAGE PROCESS OF DESIGN THINKING
Empathize
Define
Ideate
Prototype
Test
Impliment
EVENT FORMAT

Design Hackathon will be conducted online. Zoom or Google meet will be used for giving brief lectures on each stage of the process. Students will be requested to connect with their teammates via Google meet.

The participating teams will be supported by Student mentors and Faculties from the institute. Every step of the process will be explained in detail during the event.

FINAL DESIGN SOLUTION

The solution will be presented in the form of 5 images and a short video defining each stage of the problem statement and the proposed design solution.

WINNERS

One overall winner and five top projects in each category will be awarded.

Scholarships will be provided to select students for pursuing courses in design from the University.

REGISTRATION PROCESS

Step 1: Form your team (Your teammates can be from different schools)

Step 2: Fill the registration form. There is no registration fee for participation

Step 3: Save the email address [email protected] for any further communication