Rocket is a competition for Ontario’s graduating industrial designers hosted by ACIDO. Graduates nominated at the top of their class from Carleton University, Humber College, OCAD University, and Sheridan College have the opportunity to pitch their final year thesis projects to a jury of select industry professionals with the top winners announced at the Rocket Awards Ceremony.
Congratulations to our 4th-year student Rocket 2022 Nominees and Award Winners!
The School of Industrial Design had 14 nominees (https://acido.info/acido-rocket-2022/).
| Shannon Chlistovsky | Chris Lee | Cora Vasut |
| Vanessa Gunnell | Sash Mahara | Ren Wang |
| Amelie Houle | Shiva Moin | Alexander Whiteley |
| Jun-Won Kim | Drew Robinson | Nate Wiersma |
| Mitchell Lebrun | Delayna Smith |
The Rocket’s awards are broken down into two areas, 3 awards of excellence and 11 sponsorship awards. Our students took second and third place for the awards of excellence and won seven of the sponsor awards. Congratulations on amazing projects!
2nd Place – Ren Wang
Project: Shorelines
3rd Place – Cora Vasut
Project: Iceline
Merit and Speciality Awards:
| Copernicus – Future Generations Award Vanessa Gunnell Project: Groove |
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| Cortex – Design User Experience Award Cora Vasut Project: Iceline |
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| Entro – Design Thinking Award Sash Mahara Project: MemoryCache |
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| Healthcraft – Innovation Award Nate Wiersma Project: Pelto |
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| Inertia – Design Concept Award Chris Lee Project: Shift |
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| Modus – Research Award Amélie Houle Project: Freddy |
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| Eventscape – Prototype Award Amélie Houle Project: Freddy |
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