Designer of Tomorrow

Andersen EV, the UK’s leading provider of premium home chargers for electric vehicles (EVs), collaborated with the University for the Creative Arts (UCA),to inspire next generation designers and explore the future of home charging. The competition invited design students to create new fascia concepts for the luxury A2 home charger, conveying the societal and environmental benefits of electrification through their design.

Students were asked to highlight one of the following environmental or social issues:
● Electric vehicles
● Future homes
● Advanced mobility
● Clean air
● Renewable energy
● Connectivity / technology

The artists behind the shortlisted designs had a month to sculpt, build, create and finalise the physical concepts which were on display at London Design Week (11th to 15th March) at Design Centre Chelsea Harbour. One overall winner and five runners-up were chosen, and all ten students can add this iconic event in the design calendar to their portfolios.

The winning design, which was announced on the opening day of London Design Week, is named ‘Java’ and highlights the impact of the coffee industry in the UK. Its fluted fascia panel is created from spent coffee grounds in a bio-resin composite to represent the 500,000 tons of coffee waste which ends up in landfill each year.