The closing date for those wishing to enter in the fourth Taihu Award Design Competition will be on April 15.

The Taihu Award is an international competition for industrial design work and is held on Taihi Lake in Wuxi, Jiangsu province. The competition favors works featuring aspects of healthy lifestyle, CMF (Color, Material and Finish), interactive experience, cultural elements and sustainable development.

The award has attracted thousands of competitors from universities all over the world, including Tsinghua University, Politecnico di Milano, Sapienza University of Rome, and the University of Dundee.

During the event, the organizing committee will help match shortlisted works with manufacturers to help make the ideas come to life as real scientific products.

Schedule of the fourth Taihu Award Design Competition

Entry application: December, 2014 – April 15, 2015

Preliminary selection: April 17, 2015

Pairing meetings between designers and manufacturers: April and May, 2015

Award ceremony: May, 2015

Standing basin was an award-winning design in the 2014 Taihu Award Design Competition. [Photo provided to China Daily]

This remote control water cleaning machine was an award-winning design in the 2014 Taihu Award Design Competition. The small machine can flexibly clean surface in lakes and pools at a low cost. [Phot provided to China Daily]

An electric bike with a detachable children’s chair was an award-winning design at the 2014 Taihu Award Design Competition. [Photo provided to China Daily]