Aluminum Extrusion for IPOD

Ilya Yakubov, a third-year Industrial Design student from Dawson College in Canada, won top prize in the 2007 International Aluminium Extrusion Design Competition.

Yakubov competed internationally against students from technical and university programs, walking away with first place and a $3,000 (US) prize for his design proposal of an extruded aluminium MP3 holder.Yakubov’s design accommodates popular MP3 players, as well as some cell phones. Yakubov attributesthe efficiency of the extrusion process to being able to produce a product with fewer parts at a reduced cost.
Noting that any MP3 player accessory would have a significant market, one of the judges noted that the design was adaptable yet had a clean, structural look.