International Wild Bird Feeder Student Design Competition

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 Perky-Pet®, trusted experts in backyard bird feeding since 1958, announces the launch of the 2017 Wild Bird Seed Feeder Student Design Competition. The international competition encourages post-secondary students to demonstrate their inventiveness and imagination by designing a bird feeder that is functional, aesthetically pleasing and easy to manufacture.  

The top three design competition winners will share $3,000 in cash prizes. An additional $1,000 will be awarded to the school attended by the first place winner. Complete information on the competition entry process, prizes and guidelines can be found here.  

The wild bird feeder design competition is open to all undergraduate and graduate students in any country who are enrolled in an industrial design, engineering, product design or equivalent degree program. Individual students, or student teams of two, may enter the contest.

Participants must submit their entries by August 2, 2017. Entry forms must be accompanied by clear photos, drawings, design studio sketches and/or computer-generated images of the student’s bird feeder design. Incomplete entries will be automatically disqualified. There is no fee to enter. 

All correctly completed entries will be forwarded to a jury of industry professionals who will select a shortlist of entries. The shortlisted entrants will be required to send their final submissions no later than August 9, 2017. Final submissions must include isometric and orthographic views of the bird feeder design, along with a concise design statement explaining the relative material types used, why the design is innovative and how it works.  

More information about the Wild Bird Seed Feeder Student Design Competition can be found here.