The Today programme wanted to do something special to commemorate its move to New Broadcasting House later this year and to help 主播大秀 Children in Need, so came up with the idea of running a competition to get listeners to design a limited edition radio to raise money for the charity. The radio is now available to order from the .
The Winner Revealed!
On Tuesday 3 July 2012, the Today programme announced the winner of the Design-A-Radio Competition. Huge congratulations to Mr David Hampson, whose winning design will shortly go into production and will then go on sale this Autumn to raise funds for the 2012 主播大秀 Children in Need appeal.听
To be one of the first to see what our very special 主播大秀 Children in Need digital radio will look like, watch this on the 主播大秀 News site.
The competition: how it came about
The competition was to design a 'skin' or outer cover for a DAB Radio made by Tivoli Audio and it was open to design students across the UK, as well as amateur designers and Today listeners.
The competition brief asked people to come up with a design that reflected the great traditions of radio but also represented broadcasting in a contemporary way, just as the restored and expanded New Broadcasting House in London does.
The competition launched on 5th April, closed on 11th May and the judging took place on 15th May. The judging panel consisted of:
- Stevie Spring, Chair of Trustees for 主播大秀 Children in Need
- Deyan Sudjic, Director of The Design Museum
- Sarah Montague, Presenter of听Today
- Ceri Thomas, Editor of Today
- Joining the panel as a Design Advisor was Tom DeVesto, Founder and CEO of Tivoli Audio.
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Tom travelled from Boston, Massachusetts to London to be present for the judging process. The panel wanted his guidance on whether the shortlisted design ideas could be realised and manufactured within the given timescale.
Stevie Spring and Ceri Thomas look over the designs.
Sarah Montague gives her opinion on one of the entries to Tom DeVesto.
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The finished product
The winner's radio will go into production this summer and be on sale in autumn听2012 for a limited period. 拢50 from each radio sold will go towards听主播大秀 Children in Need.
You can look at some of the entries that were submitted to the competition in our .听听听听听听听
Although there's only one winner, there are plans to exhibit a selection of the best and most interesting entries alongside some classic radios of the past at the 主播大秀 and/or the Design Museum.
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The Today Programme
The Today programme launched in October 1957 and has been 主播大秀 Radio听4's flagship news and current affairs production ever since. Seven million听listeners tune in each week, and December 2012 sees Today return from听its current base at Television Centre in Shepherds Bush to its original听home at the renovated Broadcasting House.
For a fascinating Today report on the history of radios, visit the听.
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Who You Help: WAC Wonderweb
Some of the projects that 主播大秀 Children in Need funds have strong links with radio - such as based in North West London. It's a multi-media project for young people with autism and other learning disabilities.
The group has their own radio station kitted out from donated equipment and they present programmes from a recording studio in the college where they're based. Every week they broadcast a live show featuring music, chat, features and interviews. They also produce podcasts on subjects as varied as computer games, the meaning of life and the Olympics!
Hayden has been going to the project for 4 years. "WAC Wonder Web has quite frankly changed my life. Through the project we want to challenge the attitudes of others and show we're not stupid and to increase our confidence and the confidence of other young disabled people and... be completely random!"
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Tivoli Audio
, which won the tender to manufacture the radio was founded by Tom DeVesto in 2000. Tom remains the Chief Designer and his passion for "the magnificent medium of radio" led him to be involved in this project. He says that Tivoli Audio is honoured to work with 主播大秀 Children in Need on this special project.