Terms of Participation
Students and recent graduates from all design-related courses and programs (up to 2 years after graduation) are welcome to register their entries for the iF DESIGN TALENT AWARD 2020_01 free of charge.
The concepts should not be older than 2 years at the time they are submitted. We will also accept works by small teams of designers with no more than 4 team members.
For this edition, you are encouraged to submit your concept only to the categories of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (1-15). Concepts that do not meet these goals thematically will not be accepted and thus not admitted to the jury.
Since 1990, extreme poverty rates have been cut by 50%. But one in five people in developing regions still in live on less than $1.90 a day.
It is time to rethink how we grow, share and consume our food if we are nourish today's 795 million hungry people.
Sustainable development depends on ensuring healthy lives. More efforts are needed to increase life expectancy.
Basic literacy skills have improved tremendously, yet bolder efforts are needed for achieving universal education goals.
Equality for women and girls is not only a fundamental human right, it will fuel sustainable economies and benefit societies at large.
Due to poor infrastructure, millions of people die from diseases associated with inadequate water supply, sanitation and hygiene.
The goal is universal access to modern energy services, improved efficiency and more renewable sources.
The creation of quality jobs will remain a major challenge for almost all economies well into the future.
Without technology and innovation, industrialization will not happen, and without industrialization, development will not happen.
To reduce inequality, policies should be universal in paying attention to the needs of disadvantaged and marginalized populations.
Cities enable people to advance socially and economically, but some cities face congestion, a shortage of adequate housing and declining infrastructure.
Responsible consumption and production aims at "doing more and better with less", resource and energy efficiency and access to a better quality of life for all.
Climate change is now affecting every country on every continent, disrupting national economies and affecting lives.
Careful management of this essential global resource is a key feature of a sustainable future.
Forests cover 30% of the Earth's surface and are key to combating climate change, protecting biodiversity and the homes of the indigenous population.
In order to win an iF DESIGN TALENT AWARD, your idea must get above-average marks in terms of answering the following questions for evaluation and must clearly stand out among other submitted entries. The better you score in as many criteria as possible, the greater your chance of winning an award will be.
Each entry must be described using both text and images so that the jury is able to fully understand and properly assess it.
What we need:
Please note: Google Translate does not always provide a correct translation! Without a clear and understandable English description your application will not be accepted.
Please upload 1 or 2 images of your entry as follows:
If you win an award, we will use your entry description and images also for the iF design app and for our press work.
Every team member must provide eligible certification of study with clear indication of university and year of study. All certifications should be included in one PDF.
As a student please upload a scan of your student ID. As a recent graduate please upload a scan of your graduation certificate.
The core of your application is the presentation poster! You can submit 1 or 2 pages for each entry. It should represent your idea clearly in words and images.
Poster details:
You will find a good example of how the poster should be structured in the "Information for Participants" (PDF file). You can also have a look at the following screenshot:
Optionally you can also submit a video to explain your entry. The video should not be longer than 3 minutes and it must be possible to play it using standard software.
We will have an online judging session. Experts from all over the world will select the award winners per category. The jurors will decide on the winners and the prize money winners.
The total prize money for all 2020_01 award categories is EUR 20,000.
Registration deadline |
30 January 2020 |
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Jury session |
March 2020 |
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Information to the award winners |
Beginning of April 2020 |
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Publication of the award winners |
Beginning of May 2020 |
iF WORLD DESIGN GUIDE , iF design app, press release |
The participation in the iF DESIGN TALENT AWARD is free of charge.
We offer all award winners the following advertising tools:
You can submit as many entries as you like - but each entry can only be submitted once per competition. You are not permitted to submit the same entry to several categories.
To admit your concept to the jury, the online registration has to be complete! After you have submitted your online registration, we will immediately send you a confirmation email. Until you receive a confirmation email from us, your design has not been registered.
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