CUT & PASTE Shanghai

CUT & PASTE Digital Design Tournament Shanghai took place this past Sat.
This was the first time the tournament came through China in its 5 years history.

I was asked to be on the judge panel for the 3D part of the competition, and I had no idea what to expect walking into it.

Each participant was given 15 mins to compose a 3D piece following one given theme. 15mins, to me, is not alot of time, and to do this LIVE in front of about 400 people, I can’t even imagine the pressure the participants had to bare during the competition.

All 4 participants performed amazingly well. It was a pain to rate them with simply a 1-4 scale. But that was the deal, and ranked them we did.  My attention didn’t really went to the final piece,  but more towards the work process each of these 4 designers had, their behavior.  It was fun to watch.  They all had 15mins to use, all shared the same theme/topic, it was up to them as to how they use that time wisely.  One person spent about 3 mins to fidle with his iPod before he started work while the others jumped right in there. And still, he was able to finish his amazing rendering under that 15mins mark. He didn’t win, but he ranked right up there, I can tell you that!

The event was well recieved.
Attendance was very good. I can see that many had a great time watching the competition unfolded. I take my hat off to the organizers (Panthea, Beck and the rest of the crew) and of course, the brain behind CUT & PASTE, John Fiorelli.

See you in Shanghai again soon.

(Photo credit: Kosuke Sato.)