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| THE MODERN JOURNEY accessibility on public transport Nordic Design Competition |
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| Travel on public transport is a necessity if society is to run smoothly. More and more people realise that a great deal is to be won both environmentally and in terms of time spent on travel on public transport. Many people are quite simply not in a position to use public transport today. Amongst others, this applies to people with different kinds of functional dis-ability, as well as to parents with small children and a growing number of senior citizens. In order to encourage progress towards travelling habits which are in line with modern demands for accessibility, a better quality of life and socio-economic commitments, the Nordic Council on Disability Policy, in conjunction with the Nordic Ministries of Transport, has decided to arrange a Nordic Design Competition in 2001. Competition period April 4 - December 14, 2001. What is the objective? The objective is to develop public transport into a modern means of travel that encourages more people to use it. It may relate to vehicles for road, rail, air and sea but also to other products, such as payment systems and information displays, which are all part and parcel of the trip. The newly developed products are intended to co-exist with existing products so that the favourable experience of the journey will be improved. Competition entries should be well thought out and well developed so that it would be possible to produce a prototype based on the submitted material. Who can take part? Students of design Designers of all disciplines Opening conference in Copenhagen The competition will be launched with a conference April 4, 2001 at the Danish Design Centre in Copenhagen, at which prominent representatives from the field of transport research and design will share their knowledge and competence with the participants. The objective is to provide a stimulus for the new ways of thinking that the competition is expected to generate. The closing date of the competition is December 14, 2001. The winners will be announced at a conference in Helsinki in April 2002. Prizes The total value of the prizes in the competition will be 1 million Swedish kronor. Organisers The competition is being arranged jointly by the Nordic Council on Disability Policy and the transport ministries of Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden in conjunction with Vinnova (the National Agency for Innovation Systems) and SVID (the Swedish Industrial Design Foundation). The competition id funded by government authorities and agencies, transport providers, manufactures and organisation in the Nordic countires. Applications shall be submitted by everyone who intends to compete. The application sshall be sent to the competition secretariat by no later than September 28, 2001. You can apply by sending an e-mail to the competiton secretariat, Gunilla Haggård Lindvall, gunilla.haggard@svid.se. The application shall state for the person who intend to participate: Name Company Address Area code and Area Country Telephone number In the case of teams the name of a contact person shall also be stated More information: http://www.nsh.se/in_english/in_english.htm |
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