The concept, design, development, and production of the Open Education Awards for Excellence trophy that has been sent to all Individual Award winners every year since 2020.
The design represents dynamism and forward-thinking in the open education movement and evolved from a two-dimensional image to a 3D printed object. We thought it would be an awesome way to recognize the work of the award winners.
Special thanks to the wonderful design work of Open Education Global’s Creative Director, Mario Badilla, and to the Fab Lab Kä Träre, at UNED, Distance State University of Costa Rica for creating this trophy.
The video below shows the the trophy being generated from the original design by 3D printers at the Fab Lab.
Here’s a picture of the awards in their box before being shipped. 📦💨
Designed by: Mario Badilla, OEG Creative Director
Fabricated by: Fab Lab Kä Träre, UNED, Distance State University of Costa Rica
Trophy Updates
New Design for 2024
The OE Awards Trophy and its case have been redesigned in 2024 with a new color. These are preview images shared with us by Fab Lab Kä Träre (who themselves won an OE Award this year!)
An OEG Live visit to Fab Lab Kä Träre
On September 14, 2023 we arranged for an OEG live streamed tour of the Fab Lab where the team showed all of the steps in the production of the 3D trophy and the custom designed container box. Many thanks to Luis Fernando Rodríguez and Farith Tabash for coordinating this visit.
Follow the thread of the OE Awards trophy in OEG Connect.