Hasta La Ideas

If you’ve got a good imagination and great sketching skills, here’s a fun way to win a free Wacom tablet: Design the winning entry in ID Sketching’s 72-Hour Survival Kit Design Sketching Competition.

Scenario – Imagine being stranded after a major disaster in a major city. Most of the city’s power is out, the water is undrinkable and food is scarce. As we’ve learned in the last few years from many a sad sad experience, most people just aren’t prepared for conditions following a natural or otherwise major disaster. What would you take with you? What would be the ultimate 72 hour survival kit?

Challenge – Design a backpack or other portable soft-goods product that could be used to carry equipment in an emergency situation, store a 72-hour supply of food and water and a few other survival tools as well. Think of the needs of an individual stranded or isolated in a disaster situation and come up with a unique and interesting concept that is visually compelling and functionally exciting.

First prize gets a spanking Intuous 4 drawing tablet. Second and third prize ain’t too shabby either–free copies of Alias Sketchbook Pro 2010. Enter here!

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