Winners have been announced for Stanford Center on Longevity's first Design Challenge, which launched last fall. As previously written about on Scope, 52 teams representing 31 universities in 15 countries submitted entries, all of them centered on improving the daily lives for people with dementia as well as their families and caregivers.
Stanford News reports:
There were seven finalists, including one student team from Stanford.
Sha Yao from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco won the $10,000 first place prize for her project, "Eatwell," which involved the design of tableware specifically for people with Alzheimer's.
For example, blue was chosen as the color of the insides of bowls because dementia sufferers can become confused when food and bowl have similar colors, according to Smith. As spills are common when bowls are tipped to get the final bits out, Yao designed a slanted bottom that eliminates the need to tip. The cups have low centers of gravity and are difficult to knock over.
The piece describes runner-up prize winners and the center's new design contest, themed "enabling personal mobility across the life span."
Previously: Finalists announced for Stanford Center on Longevity’s Design Challenge and Soliciting young minds to help older adults
