Shaw sponsors virtual invention challenge
Shaw Industries Group Inc. has partnered with Bridge Innovate, Industrial Designers Society of America and the Design Foundation for the 2021 Bright Spark Virtual Invention Challenge.
The 2021 Bright Spark Virtual Invention Challenge encourages students to explore and concept the Future of Home by posing the question: “How might we enable the homes of the future to be smarter and more sustainable to meet the ever-changing needs of families?”
Working individually or on a team, students are tasked to identify a realworld need and design a solution, complete with a 90-second pitch video of their invention submitted online and voted on by the public.
“After the success of last year’s Invention Challenge, we are thrilled to partner
with Bridge Innovate, IDSA and the Design Foundation on this year’s bold, new challenge,” said Jay Henry, director of innovation for Shaw. “Shaw utilizes principles of Design Thinking to develop smarter, better products and services that are customer-centric and plan for the future needs of people and the planet. And, since these students are the future, we thought it would be fun to ask them to imagine how they think homes will actively support the
ways we all live, entertain, learn and thrive in the next five years.”
This free, virtual learning challenge is open to students in grades four through 12 (or equivalent) around the world.
Registration must be completed online by Sept. 24, and video submissions are due in late October. Winners will be announced in November.
To learn more and get your student(s) or local school(s) involved, visit bridgeinnovate. com/invention-challenge.