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Grand Prix

Title: LIFE ALARM
Comcept: People often walks indifferently by people who have collapsed or lain unconscious because there is a psychological barrier or passers-by simply think that the lying people are drunk. In most cases, life loss in the street or in a public place could be avoided if passers-by were given a clear signal.
Life Alarm is designed for people with risk of life loss. For the main risk group which will be the consumer of Alarm, I have chosen a group at risk from heart attack - the sick with coronary, hypertension, genetic predisposition and the elderly, risk group are diabetics, also for the sick and elders living alone.
Life Alarm alarms other people when the user is unconscious. It shines with red pulsing light and emits sharp sound, heard by passers-by in the street or neighbors. Alarm must be noticed by a witness, call his attention, make him act, and give an explicit signal that help is needed. That is why the alarming light is red. Red is a colour which calls attention.
Life Alarm is a simple, modern, ordinary bracelet which in case of danger turns into real alarm which one cannot ignore.
Coment: The Grand@Prix winner has proposed an excellent work; it not only strongly matches the theme "For Someone Else" but presents potential risks that could happen in everyday life in our society. Unsure what to do, we may hesitate when encountered by a person lying unconscious on the street. This alarm will be a very useful communication tool under such circumstances. A signal that informs others of one's crisis holds potential for designs that communicate a message in critical situations. A life almost lost due to the indifference of others could be saved with the LIFE ALARM. This work is highly feasible and the technological and mechanical problems yet to be dealt with are likely to be solved in the near future.
Profile
Name of Applicant: Agata Kulik
Date of Birth: 1976/11/5
Sex: Female
Nationality: Poland
Residence: Poland
Academic History: Graduated from the Faculty of Industrial Design, Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk, Poland in 2003
Occupation: Freelance designer / Design group@MALAFOR
@ Awards:
-Grand Prix 2003 in the Competition of President of the Republic of Poland for the Best Diploma Project in Design Arts Studies
-Second Place in "Handitec" Competition for Handicapped, Paris France 2004
-Opus Design Award 2004 , winning work
- "Shelter in a Cart" competition 2006, honorable mention
@ Exhibitions: - Inspired by Cologne 2006 , Cologne, Germany
Collaborator: Pawel Pomorski
Date of Birth: 1974
Sex: Male
Nationality: Poland
Residence: Poland
Academic History:

Graduated from Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk, M.A. diploma  at Interior Architecture and Design Faculty(2003)
Occupation: Freelance designer / Design group@MALAFOR
@ Awards:

2002 - Grand Prix  the 5th edition of ARCHITEKTURA-muratorfs student competition "The Vantage Point in the City"
2003 | 3rd Price for Young Designer, International Competition  "Young Packaging"
2005 | foundation design team MALAFOR ,  www.malafor.com
2005 | Second round of BraunPrize 2005,
2006 | Grand Prix TARGETTI LIGHT ART AWARD
@ Exhibitions:

2003 - Institute of Design in Warsaw
2004 | "Handitec" on 9 European Exihibition at Parc Expositions of Paris
2004 - Institute of Design in Warsaw
2005 | Art Fair "Art Poznan 2005"
2005 | "Young Design 2005" Institute of Design in Warsaw
2005 | BraunPrize Exhibition in Frankfurt, Turin, Lisbon
2006, January | Inspired by Cologne, Koln Germany
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