Product Design Engineering student wins prestigious design award
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
For the second time in three years, a Product Design Engineering student has won the student category of the Reece Bathroom Innovation Award.
Lochlan von Moger, a final-year student, designed the 'Ishi' shower that includes several water saving features, winning $10,000 for himself and $5000 for Swinburne's Product Design Engineering (PDE) program.
He set out to design a shower that could allow the user to have a number of water saving options yet stood out as a feature piece within a bathroom.
“The main aim of this design was to create a sense of styling not seen in the current market place,” Lochlan said. By adjusting a slider in the shower head, two water flow states can be selected. A unique water saving option of a pause button allows the user to wet themselves and pause the flow of water to lather up before rinsing.
Lochlan's design was commended by the judging panel for “the innovative application of materials with groundbreaking functionality and outstanding design”.
The Reece Bathroom Innovation competition is one of the highest standard design competitions in the country. It was established by Reece Australia to encourage and recognise original and outstanding bathroom product design. This year 115 student entries were received with three of the 10 shortlisted designs being submitted by Swinburne students. The two other Swinburne finalists were PDE students Edward Taylor and Sebastian Bradilovic.
The competition finalists and winners designs can be viewed at: Reece Bathroom Innovation Award