Welcome to PrintLab’s Outdoor Adventures Challenge, where you’ll design a 3D printable product for hiking, camping, or general outdoor exploration. View the challenge details below and start a free trial to PrintLab today to access the full set of resources to support you with inspiration, skills tutorials and design guidance.
Your product must enhance the experience of an outdoor activity such as hiking, camping, sailing, or any other adventure. The design should be durable, safe to use, and engineered so that if it fails, it does not pose a risk of injury.
You may design for any outdoor user group, including yourself. This could be solo hikers, families, campers, cyclists, scouts, or people with specific accessibility needs. Make sure your solution clearly considers who it is for and how it supports their outdoor experience.
Use any design process that works for you. Explore PrintLab's Tools Library for inspiration, design methods, and helpful resources. Consider user needs, outdoor conditions, and the practicalities of 3D printing when developing your solution.
Your solution should be made up of more than 50 percent 3D printed components. You can incorporate additional materials such as straps, clips, screws, or fabric if they support safe and effective outdoor use.
Your product should be an original design that is not already available on the market. You may take inspiration from existing outdoor gear, but your final solution must offer a new approach, feature, or improvement that makes it distinctly your own.
For those completing the PrintLab Level 3 Innovator Certification, you must submit three high resolution images of your product, your design and print files, and a short description of your solution and design process.
The challenge learning platform provides you with a variety of contextual resources and design tips, including a showcase of PrintLab's 3D printed camp kitchen design.
With our education licenses, you can generate a share link to give your students access to the challenge learning platform. Each section of the platform also has a teacher instructions tab, which provides you with step-by-step lesson plan instructions, curriculum alignment resources and an assessment rubric.
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