And the winners are...

Thanks to everyone who participated! You all got creative and produced some really beautiful new cases for the Blackboard reader device. The jury was really impressed! We believe these designs are the best solutions based on our goals of marketable, cool, ergonomic, shows design thinking, and simple manufacturing with plastic materials. We've taken an in-depth look at how each finalist performed within those areas. You can see how each performed, below. Now, meet your winners!

- Blackboard Transact and GrabCAD

1st Place Winner
Blackboard MRD4 by anouar.barodi-1

Blackboard MRD4

The overall shape fits the Blackboard use nicely and we also like the detail at the bottom around the buttons. We think it looks the part - marketable and cool. It is easy to make and easy to use.

Marketable and cool: 1
Ergonomic: 1
Design description: 8
Simple design and MFG for plastics: 3

- Blackboard Transact and GrabCAD

2nd Place Winner
Levant - Reader Device Challange by jose-52

Levant - Reader Device Challange

We like the ""smile"" LED indicator integrated with the magstripe slot. It has a very marketable and cool look, we like that it is easy to hold, and that the slot is also the LED indicator.

Marketable and cool: 2
Ergonomic: 2
Design description: 10
Simple design and MFG for plastics: 2

- Blackboard Transact and GrabCAD

3rd Place Winner
Fast Transactions - Near Field Communication (NFC) / Mag Stripe reader device by adrian.vallejo-1

Fast Transactions - Near Field Communication (NFC) / Mag Stripe reader device

This entry has a unique shape and clean lines! It had a great design description, is marketable and cool, and is an easier design to manufacture.

Marketable and cool: 3
Ergonomic: 9
Design description: 1
Simple design and MFG for plastics: 4

- Blackboard Transact and GrabCAD

4th Place Winner
BB Magstripe/NFC Reader new device by hein.miessner-1

BB Magstripe/NFC Reader new device

This entry has good looks and a cool shape and we like the textured sides for gripping. We like that it is easy to manufacture.

Marketable and cool: 7
Ergonomic: 4
Design description: 4
Simple design and MFG for plastics: 7

- Blackboard Transact and GrabCAD

5th Place Winner
NFC/ Mag stripe reader by deividas.juozulynas-1

NFC/ Mag stripe reader

Nice clean look! This design appealed to us because it's so ergonomic. We like the easy to use hand-held shape, great read head mount and slot.

Marketable and cool: 11
Ergonomic: 3
Design description: 12
Simple design and MFG for plastics: 1

- Blackboard Transact and GrabCAD

6th Place Winner
Blackboard reader device by rokas.bortnikas-1

Blackboard reader device

Cool shape! We like the translucent back.

Marketable and cool: 12
Ergonomic: 5
Design description: 5
Simple design and MFG for plastics: 6

- Blackboard Transact and GrabCAD

7th Place Winner
BB Transact by david-1957

BB Transact

The device is the most interesting part of this entry. We like the shape and markings.

Marketable and cool: 4
Ergonomic: 7
Design description: 14
Simple design and MFG for plastics: 5

- Blackboard Transact and GrabCAD

8th Place Winner
Reader Device Challenge by anish.mathew-1

Reader Device Challenge

We like the shape of this entry. The look of the bottom is nice for carrying.

Marketable and cool: 5
Ergonomic: 8
Design description: 7
Simple design and MFG for plastics: 11

- Blackboard Transact and GrabCAD

9th Place Winner
Ergonomic NFC and Mag Stripe Card Reader by seied.muhammad.yazdian-1

Ergonomic NFC and Mag Stripe Card Reader

This entry found a nice way to handle the read head.

Marketable and cool: 6
Ergonomic: 12
Design description: 6
Simple design and MFG for plastics: 9

- Blackboard Transact and GrabCAD

10th Place Winner
Blackboard NFC/Mag reader by angelo.donofrio-1

Blackboard NFC/Mag reader

This device is possible to manufacture and practical.

Marketable and cool: 13
Ergonomic: 11
Design description: 2
Simple design and MFG for plastics: 10

- Blackboard Transact and GrabCAD

11th Place Winner
ReaderDevice by pouriya-1

ReaderDevice

We like that this device could be produced more easily.

Marketable and cool: 8
Ergonomic: 6
Design description: 15
Simple design and MFG for plastics: 14

- Blackboard Transact and GrabCAD

12th Place Winner
Blackboard Onyx by eric.m.sia-1

Blackboard Onyx

We really like the LED lens designs. Nice!

Marketable and cool: 10
Ergonomic: 10
Design description: 13
Simple design and MFG for plastics: 12

- Blackboard Transact and GrabCAD

13th Place Winner
Hiterma Mag Strip Reader by ridwan.sept-1

Hiterma Mag Strip Reader

Very clever design ideas!

Marketable and cool: 14
Ergonomic: 14
Design description: 3
Simple design and MFG for plastics: 15

- Blackboard Transact and GrabCAD

14th Place Winner
ReaderZingh by john.huizingh

ReaderZingh

Nice and practical design! It should be easier to produce.

Marketable and cool: 9
Ergonomic: 13
Design description: 11
Simple design and MFG for plastics: 13

- Blackboard Transact and GrabCAD

15th Place Winner

This entry has a cool and simple design!

Marketable and cool: 15
Ergonomic: 15
Design description: 9
Simple design and MFG for plastics: 8

- Blackboard Transact and GrabCAD
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