In July 2010 I entered the iida 2010 Green Heart competition with my Teaching Green honours project. I entered it under the pretence that it was a hugely difficult competition to be involved in due to its international appeal. Regardless I decided to enter anyway, stating exactly what the design and idea was about and left it at that.
Two weeks ago I recieved an email requesting higher resolution images of my proposal and was shocked that i was shortlisted from 3800 entries to the top 213!!
This was indeed a great honour and I was thrilled to have been shortlisted, however I found out this week that I didn't win anything! I'll admit, I was slightly gutted, BUT I was still immensely excited to have been shortlisted in such a big international competition!
I may not have won anything but it has inspired me to realise that there is always an opportunity to showcase and demonstrate one's design ideals and abilities and I can always look forward to future design competitions.
This has spurred me on to always keep my design background in mind and to keep coming up with creative solutions to problems, whatever they may be!
