For this edition, 5 companies from Vaud and 10 designers solved entrepreneurial problems through 4 thematic workshops. Collaborative work between entrepreneurs and designers handled several design aspects and allowed them to achieve, in a short time, tangible results by improving user's experience, communicating added value of the product / service, or even by adjusting their business model. This 3rd edition has also been a springboard for young companies and designers who can pursue their collaboration in a long term perspective. This year, the jury (made up of Mr. Jean-François Clément - Syndic of Renens, President of the Jury, Mr. Vito Vita - President of the Municipal Council of Renens, Mr. Alexis Georgacopoulos - ECAL Director, Mr. Matthieu De Lapparent - Director of the IDE Institute / HEIG-VD , Ms. Caroline Graf - Innovaud Project Manager, Mr. Simon Johnson - EPFL Business Consultant, Ms. Zina Winnaretta Singer - Head of the EHL Innovation Cluster) chose two projects who tied. The sum of 8,000 francs was thus shared between Nebulo-systems and Pneumoscope, which both won the jury's prize. As for the "Coup de Cœur" Award, the public voted for Codex D. which receives an amount of 3,000 francs.
Innovaud has been a partner of the Innovation By Design Challenge since its creation in 2017 with, every year, an Innovation Advisor in the jury. As part of this partnership, Innovaud edited and produced videos of the 2019 Challenge winners.

"Coup de coeur" Award for Codex D.

A mix between an escape game and Pokemon Go, Codex D. offers a new museum experience with an investigation via your mobile phone.

The proposed challenge is to improve user's experience of the application and create a communication medium that explains the product benefits and educates museums with this new visiting approach.

Entrepreneurs : Jeremy Bensoussan, Paul Renauld, Stephan Rotarus
Designers : Michael Vuilleumier (UX/UI designer), Pablo Bellon (Communication Designer).

Tie for the jury's Award for Nebulo-Systems

Nebulo-systems is a young EPFL startup who wants to revolutionize the Home security field.

The principle is to prevent home invasions and vandalism with the use of smoke. The designers' challenge is to making evolve the product's design to facilitate its integration into its habitat.

Entrepreneurs : Hana SAMET, Yann PAYEN
Designers : Salomé Doucet (Industrial Designer), Fernando Rivero (Industrial Designer)

Tie for the Jury's Award for Pneumoscope

Pneumoscope, a growing startup, has developed an intelligent stethoscope to diagnose respiratory diseases such as asthma and pneumonia. It is a kind of "shazam" for respiratory diseases.

The entrepreneurs challenged designers to improve the product in terms of ergonomics, aesthetics and users experience. One of the solutions provided by the designers, during the Challenge, was to change the name of the startup to "OTO".

Entrepreneurs : Alexandre Perez, David Rivollet
Designers : Tiago Neves Dias (engineer designer), Alex Tran (Industrial Designer)