Evaluation criteria The products presented will be examined under the following criteria both by the committee of experts and the jury: • Adaptability: products which respond to people’s needs despite their social and cultural differences. • Responsibility: Products that are guaranteed to be safe to use and beneficial while having minimal environmental impact. • Coherence: products which display an appropriate use of technology, colour, materials and all components in the process of manufacture and distribution. • Image: products which communicate strongly, giving an clear interpretation of function and encouraging the emotional satisfaction of the user. • Innovation: New use or notable improvement of objects, services, processes, technologies or forms of organization related with product design. This innovation may include aspects such as productivity, availability in the market, social or environmental impact, accessibility or the values promoted.
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AP reflects an approach to technological development, characterized by creative and sound engineering, that recognizes the social, environmental, political, economic, as well as, technical aspects of a proposed technological solution to a problem facing a society. Generally appropriate technologies are smaller scale technologies, that are ecologically and socially benign, affordable, and often powered by renewable energy