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Guidelines
All submissions are final.
Entry fee must be paid by April 15th 2008 at 11:59 pm.
Entry fees are non-refundable.
Student submissions must be entered no later than April 26th 2008 11:59 pm, otherwise your project will not be judged.

Participant Qualifications

• Open to final year design students from Carleton University, Humber College, and Ontario College of Art and Design.
• Design must be submitted in the following format
(Refer to 1.4 Step-by-Step Entry Guide for further details):
• 3 boards that describe the thesis work with text and images
• Minimum of 1 CAD rendering
• Minimum of 1 photo of product in use (with human scale)
• One page of development sketches (include sketches from start to final design where possible).
• Scroll through PDF version
• Submitted prior to deadline (April 26th 2008)

Judging Criteria

The Rocket 2008 judging is based on the following criteria. These criteria are weighed equally by the judges as they deem appropriate for the category:

• Innovation: how is the design new and unique?
• Aesthetics: how does the appearance enhance the products?
• User: how does the design solution benefit the user?
• Design Research: what validation is given that the design solves the problem?
• (Research only): Rigor/relevance/reliability
• (Design Strategy): Internal Factors & Methods, Implementation