CONCOURS D'INNOVATION LOW-TECH

LOW-TECHS & DECATHLON

Decathlon's mission is to make the pleasure and benefits of practicing sports lastingly accessible to as many people as possible: SPORT FOR ALL!

For us, LOW-TECH is a particularly relevant approach since it makes it possible to develop know-how, products or services for a sporting practice with a low environmental impact, reliable and promoting collective resilience, while deeply questioning the needs .


COMPETITION OBJECTIVES

Promote low-tech culture in sports practice and reveal the talents of tomorrow!


THE GAME'S RULES

  • Open to any major individual residing in France.
  • Team of 1 to 5 people.
  • Projects must be posted on the co-creation platform before July 7, 2023.
  • Only projects in the ideation or prototyping phase are eligible.
  • Commercial or confidential projects are not eligible.
  • In a spirit of sharing, the projects that best meet the criteria will be available for consultation online.


THE BRIEF

Sober and exciting hiking!

Imagine an original solution to a problem encountered before, during or after hiking.

For example :

  • How do you keep your food cool when hiking in hot weather?
  • How to regulate your temperature in hot weather?
  • How to avoid getting lost?
  • How to combine "comfort" and "hygiene" when hiking?
  • How to encourage children to go hiking?


CONTEST PROCEDURE

  • Registration : from February 15 to May 1, 2023.
  • Project submission : from May 1 to July 7, 2023, via the co-creation platform.
  • Announcement of the 5 finalist projects : from July 13, 2023
  • Workshop : from July 18 to 20, 2023, at the Mountain Store Decathlon in Passy (74), for the 5 finalist projects.
  • Closing ceremony and announcement of the winning project: July 20, 2023


DELIVERABLES

When submitting the project (from May 1 to July 7, 2023), you will have to answer the following questions:

  • What problem does my project address?
  • In concrete terms, how does that work ?
  • How is it low tech?
  • How is it unique, original, new?
  • What difficulties did you encounter during the development of the project?
  • What are your next steps?
  • We strongly recommend that you attach photos or videos (sketches, prototypes, experiments, usage test, tutorial, environmental impact estimate, for example). It is also possible to attach a pdf document, provided that it is concise and completes the questions you have already answered.


REWARDS

  • For the 5 finalist teams: 3 days at the Mountain Store in Passy (74) with the Quechua teams to prototype their project. The package includes half board as well as travel reimbursement up to €150 per person.
  • For the winning team : a prize of €2,000


FAQ available in the "News" tab

The rules are available here .

By ANNE SOPHIE