If you’re a designer, or if you’re looking to post your own crowdsourcing design competition, then you’ll find plenty of inspiration looking through Cad Crowd’s finished design contests. In this week’s recap, we highlight 5 of the most popular design contests we’ve seen to date.
1. 3D Advertising Pylon with Smart Trash & Recycle Bin – Product Design Contest
Is that not the prettiest trash bin you ever did see? If only all of our garbage cans and recycling bins looked this pretty! For that matter, imagine if all of our advertising billboards were as ornate and decorous as this design! This is a beautiful combination of functions that merges a luxurious and brilliant advertising platform with pleasant way to deal with our garbage. How nice!
2. Robot Lawn Mower – 3D Modeling Design Contest
It seemed that not long ago we were all having our socks blown off by the possibility of a robot vacuum. Well, this one is an even better idea. This robot lawn mower is cooler and more sinister looking than most robots from Star Wars. Your grass will never mess with you again once it gets a sight of this slick piece of machinery. And your neighbors probably won’t, either.
3. Canadabs Beaver Box – General Design Contest
Well right off the top of my head I can think of all kinds of things I would want to keep in a box like that. But this particular Canadabs Beaver Box was meant for electronics. Designed with an eye to the Canadian nickel. A truly patriotic box, or one for large rodent enthusiasts. Look at that industrious little beaver!
4. Smart Water Carafe – Product Design Competitions
There are a few smart things about this smart water carafe design. For one thing, it looks pretty darn smart. Also, it can be poured in any direction without having to open up the lid. Keeps your orange and cucumber slices inside, and dust and debris outside, while being usable with just one hand! Elegant. And if you haven’t tried that cucumber water thing, definitely give it a try.
5. Firefighter Bath Toy – 3D Modeling Design Contest
This one is pretty cute, come on. A firefighter bath toy that attaches to the faucet and splits the water into two streams. This thing will contribute to many wrinkly over-bathed children once it finds its way to store shelves.
This super fun crowdsourcing design contest brought in a variety of quite different designs. The creator of the contest had a tough choice to make. Here’s another one of the runner’s up:
All of these contests were successful because the designer knew what they wanted, communicated those needs in their contest description, and set a fair prize for the contestants. And, of course, because they posted their contest on Cad Crowd! And so should you! Here’s how.