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The first edition of the contest One Day Design Challenge by Roca was held in Katowice, Poland on Saturday, February 17th. A large amount of students and professionals of the architecture and design sectors met in the city to face the challenge presented by the jury.

The premise under which the contestants had to work was to design the best washbasin and faucet set so that when conceived together the result should be a perfect match.

The jury was formed by Jerzy Wuttke,designer, author of many projects on design, interior design, exhibition arts and educational programs and university professor; Tomasz Konior, designer, architect and awarded professional; Tomek Rygalik, designer, curator and educator with a PhD in Industrial Design; Agnieszka Kaczmarska, architect and president of the Polish Architects Association; Xavier Torras, brand communications director at Roca and director of the We Are Water Foundation.

The five professionals decided thatMist by Jarosław Markowicz and Ewa Nowak from Uniwersytet Pedagogiczny and Akademia Sztuk Pięknych w Warszawie respectively, deserved to be the winners of the contest. The member of the jury Tomasz Konior highlighted “good design means usefulness, durability and beauty. The selected project combines these features by continuing good patterns and finds original features as an added value”.The second price went to Aleksander Łukaszewicz, Bogna Bochenkiewicz and Kaja Borowskafrom the Akademia Sztuk Pięknych w Warszawie for the project MO-VI, a modulable faucet. The third place was for Liky Compatibility by Anna Rudnicka, Anna Wozniakowska and Paweł Lasota, the first two from Zieta Prozessdesign company and Collegium Da Vinci the last one, an integrated washbasin and faucet. Andthe We Are Water Foundation price went to the project Foggy Egg by Dominika Czuber and Aleksandra Lesisz, two students of the Silesian University and Politechnika Śląska w Gliwicach, a project that stands out for its commitment to  sustainability.