3C AWARDS

3C Awards includes various international well-known initiative in favor of the Design field and its development. On an Academic perspective, the Awards allow the students to challenge themselves in an international context and to receive wide visibility from the sector and the public, a great opportunity for their advancement and future career.

Annamaria Lambri, M.A., Assoc. AIA, RIBA, APID 

Associate Professor of Interior Design and Outreach Coordinator – Interior Design

American University in Dubai (AUD)

For the Design Faculty of the Anáhuac University, it is very important to show the work of the students internationally, both in national and international exhibitions as well as in design competitions where we always obtain great results. This helps to measure the academic level at an international level, to generate professional experience in students who meet professionals of international stature and to have highly competitive curricula.

Lilian González-González

Industrial Design Academic Coordinator

Anahuac University of México

Students’ fresh ideas, suggestions, observations have always been creative and productive. The fact that they are positioned on the side of life that produces solutions as much as possible and their questioning thoughts have always impressed me. The 3C award competition, with its inviting and inclusive structure, brings together the ideas and suggestions of the students with the world. The number of participants who focus on experience and our planet is increasing day by day. Participation from different cultures and geographies gives hope for our future. I congratulate everyone who contributed to the organization and the participants. Good luck to all students.

Sertac Ersayin

President, ETMK

Board Member, WDO

The Faculty of Design shares common goals and visions with 3C Awards, but perhaps the
most important ones are values; those are about recognizing, developing, supporting,
educating, nurturing and last but not least to celebrate open young creative minds.
We try to meet creative individuals where they are at and design an environment where
everyone can be their best selves and do their best work through choice. Together with 3C
Awards we try to emphasize the significance of seeing the problems everyday people face as
design problems. Good design is informed by creativity that is born out of human experience
and necessity. We cannot agree more with the Hambeukers saying: if to design is to be a
creative problem solver, then to design well, is to have heart.
Receiving 3C Awards is helping our students to build their confidence and motivates them to
explore creativity even more. Sometimes awards serve as great navigators throughout the
times when the creativity path is long and uncertain and tested with self-doubt. Designer’s
work comes with no shortage of highs and lows. Awards recognize thought processes and
creative labour of young creatives and most importantly, they show respect to their time; time
spent helping create new design solutions.
In a vastly complex world that demands tasks be made easier to complete, we as mentors
and our students, face a never ending challenge to create well designed products or services
and contribute to solutions that make a better place. We are glad to be part of the 3C Award
partnership, which respects and recognizes great efforts of young creative individuals. We
express a lot of gratitude towards the 3C Award and share enthusiasm to showcase design
projects and we’re looking forward to new challenges.

Jan Krmelj

Head of the Department for International Affairs, Science and Research

Fakulteta za dizajn/Faculty of Design Slovenia

Mexico City is one of the most congested and crowded cities in the world. More roads for automobiles are continually being opened, but they are not enough, they will never be enough; as with natural ecosystems, the key to life is to diversify and slow down. In the case of improving urban roads and wellbeing, one of the alternatives is to promote other means of micro mobility using bicycles, skateboards, scooters, or skateboards. In tune with this vision, the third semester students of the Fashion Design and Sustainable Textiles degree program created proposals for clothing integrated with technology to promote these practices, making them not only safer and more visible, but also more attractive. Design is present and makes possible all our daily activities of life in the city, such as transportation and sports. In this case, the students generated proposals considering sustainability, usability and user experience that seek to improve the quality of life of people in an inter relational way with the city and the environment.

The projects carried out by Mariani, Tania, Paola, Montserrat and Camila have that vision, they were demanding projects because of the time dedicated to ethnographic research and the subsequent time dedicated to technological intervention, since they are students of fashion and textile design who made electronic circuits with code to integrate them to the function of the outfit. The recognition given by the FIT Sport Design Award to these 5 students is a great incentive to continue working on projects of social impact through design, and we also appreciate having had winning projects and honorable mentions in such a specialized and knowledgeable award.

Ileana Jalil Kentros

Académica de Tiempo Completo

Universidad Iberoamericana Ciudad de México