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P R I Z E SFirst Place - $500
Second Place - $250
100 Dominion Dr., Suite 101, Morrisville, NC 27560
[email protected] W W W. M O NT I E . C O M
Student Design CONTEST
Montie Design
Montie Design is hosting a stu-
dent design contest for Winter
2012. Students who participa-
te are tasked with the mission
of designing a new product for
the Montie Gear line of outdo-
or, camping, shooting, hunting,
and archery products.
Montie Gear products have the
byline of Heirloom Quality -
Tested Troublesome Gap Tou-
gh. These products share the
traits of being extremely highquality, high performance,
long
life and very portable. The exi-
sting products are mostly fabri-
cated from flat aluminum shee-
ts with a water jet process and
then powder coated. Many of
the Montie Gear products are
100% American Made. We wo-
uld like to explore the use of
additional materials in this con-
test, including textiles. Especi-
ally materials that we can easi-
ly and sustainably use in the
manufacturing process at our
upcoming Spring Creek, NC
location. Successful products
can then translate into jobs for
the local population of Spring
Creek.
A limited number of students (exactnumber to be determined) will
be
accepted for a summer internship in
Spring Creek, NC. During this
internship they will help move their
design to production and also train the
local workforce to manufacture their
product.
Other:
Internship gives student the opportu-
nity to help complete the product and
participate in the product release and
launch.
2 year commission on any productsthat go to market within 2
years of the
submission date (even if they are not
a First or Second Place winner).
2 year period where the designer is
featured in an About the Designer
section on the Montie Gear website in
the product information.
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CONTEST STAGES:
CONTEST FOCUS
CONTEST GOALS
JUDGING CRITERIA
Stage 1 - Contest open to students in community college, 4 year
college or high school.
Stage 2 - Winners are invited to work with Montie Design staff
to spend the next 60 days refining
their prototypes.
Stage 3 - Winning students may be invited to spend the summer in
Spring Creek, NC putting theirproducts into production and teaching
local employees how to make them. This paid intership will be
a great way to kick off a career.
Portable equipment that uses the trunk of trees in your campsite
as the central structural support for
kitchen, storage, or camping comfort/productivity aids.
Background: Most people enjoy being outdoors. Many people avoid
camping because of the
following pain points.
1) unpredictable weather
2) difficulty getting a good nights sleep without being
uncomfortable
3) how much work it is to cook and clean up
4) continual need to organize equipment and supplies at the
site
5) difficulty washing hands or body and personal grooming
6) how much work it takes to clean up from and get ready to go
camping
Campers (especially on the East coast of the US) often find
themselves camping under a canopy of
trees. Lets put those trees to use in a way that makes camping
fun and easier.
Develop next generation Montie Gear products that make cooking,
washing or equipment storage /
organization easier with a suggested concentration on kitchen /
cooking, food prep, storage and
eating areas. Bathing, shower and shelter products are other
appropriate areas of focus.
Spring Creek currently has no manufacturing. One goal of this
project is to design products that we
can transition into manufacturing jobs for the local
population.
`1) Does it compliment the existing Montie Gear product
line?
2) Does it use existing trees in the campsite
(non-destructively) to provide the main structure
or support?
3) Does it provide work surfaces, storage, oragnization or other
creative and needed fuctions
to make camping safer, easier, less work and fun?
4) Bonus points are awarded for providing functionality and
ease-of-use that is appropriate for
emergency situation, emergency preparedness or disaster
response.
5) Is this product easy to produce with low capital expense and
high sustainability in a remote
location in Western North Carolina(Spring Creek, NC -
www.visitspringcreek.com)?
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ENTRY PROCESS:Step 1 - Submit one paragraph description of basic
product concept by mail to Montie Design, 100
Dominion Dr., Suite 101, Morrisville, NC 27560 or by email to
[email protected] before 5:00PM onFeb 1, 2012. This step helps us
to make sure that your submission is not in conflict with a
product
concept that we are already working on. A successful Step 1
submission is required to be eligible for
submitting your design for Step 2.
Step 2 - final submission due on Feb 29,2012 at 5:00PM EST.
Visit the Montie Design website (www
montie.com/contest) for guidelines on final submission formats
and expectations.
COMPANY DESIGN PHILOSOPHY AND PRODUCTS:Visit the Montie Gear
website (www.montiegear.com) for more information regarding the
Montie
Design philosophy and for examples of products that we have
developed.
1) Construction Methods - Product must be designed to use any
combination of the following
construction methods or materials:
a) 2D water jet cutting
b) manual or CNC machining
c) cut and sew for soft goodsd) materials: fabric or other
textile, aluminum, stainless steel or other non-corroding / rust
/
sunlight resistant material that is approriate for outdoor
use
Contact [email protected] with any questions.
RULES:
2) Context / Use - The best description is something you might
find at REI, Bass Pro Shops, Ca-
bellas or Brownells. The product should either have an outdoor
or shooting-related use. The con-
text can be camping, shooting, archery, tactical, backpacking,
hiking, picnic, shooting outdoor sports,
hunting product, photography, or other outdoor activity.
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3) Initial submissions (Step 1) are due on Feb 1, 2012 at
5:00PM. Final submissions (Step 2) aredue on Feb 29, 2012 at
5:00PM.
4) Entries accepted from students enrolled in NC or VA schools
only.
Products must help make camping easier or
more enjoyable.
5) Entries must comform to the concept of the Heirloom Quality /
Troublesome Gap Tough.
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