Who can participate?

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.

Categories

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.

01 No Poverty

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.

02 Zero Hunger

It is time to rethink how we grow, share and consume our food if we are nourish today's 795 million hungry people.

03 Goodhealth + Well-Being

Sustainable development depends on ensuring healthy lives. More efforts are needed to increase life expectancy.

04 Quality Education

Basic literacy skills have improved tremendously, yet bolder efforts are needed for achieving universal education goals.

05 Gender Equality

Equality for women and girls is not only a fundamental human right, it will fuel sustainable economies and benefit societies at large.

06 Clean Water + Sanitation

Due to poor infrastructure, millions of people die from diseases associated with inadequate water supply, sanitation and hygiene.

07 Affordable + Clean Energy

The goal is universal access to modern energy services, improved efficiency and more renewable sources.

08 Decent Work + Economic Growth

The creation of quality jobs will remain a major challenge for almost all economies well into the future.

09 Industry, Innovation + Infrastructure

Without technology and innovation, industrialization will not happen, and without industrialization, development will not happen.

10 Reduced Inequalities

To reduce inequality, policies should be universal in paying attention to the needs of disadvantaged and marginalized populations.

11 Sustainable Cities + Communities

Cities enable people to advance socially and economically, but some cities face congestion, a shortage of adequate housing and declining infrastructure.

12 Responsible Consumption + Production

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.

13 Climate Action

Climate change is now affecting every country on every continent, disrupting national economies and affecting lives.

14 Life below Water

Careful management of this essential global resource is a key feature of a sustainable future.

15 Life on Land

Forests cover 30% of the Earth's surface and are key to combating climate change, protecting biodiversity and the homes of the indigenous population.

Evaluation Criteria

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.

Does it approach or solve a relevant problem?

  • Degree of innovation
  • Degree of elaboration
  • Uniqueness
  • Use value and usablity

Does it reflect moral-ethical standards?

  • Human dignity
  • Respect for the individual
  • Justice and fairness
  • Awareness of environmental standards
  • Social responsibility

Does it strengthen or promote high group relations?

  • Sensivity for cultural traditions and power relations
  • Concern for common goals and the collective
  • Addressing social conflict through dialogue

Does it create a positive experience?

  • Respect for the individual, justice + fairness, positive experience and fun
  • Aesthectical potential, spatial ambience
  • Social responsibility, comfort and pleasure

Does it balance effort and use value?

  • Efficient use of resources
  • Feasibility and ease of implementation
  • Long-term perspective

What we need for registration

1. Entry description

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:

  • English language text /description (max. 650 characters incl. spaces)

Please note: Google Translate does not always provide a correct translation! Without a clear and understandable English description your application will not be accepted.

2. Images

Please upload 1 or 2 images of your entry as follows:

  • Image size: 1536 pixels min. edge length, max.15 megapixel
  • Aspect ratio: Landscape, 4:3
  • File format: JPG
  • File size: max. 5 MB
  • Color space: RGB
  • Naming: your Entry-ID_name of your entry_No. of picture, an example: 342-222222_car_1

If you win an award, we will use your entry description and images also for the iF design app and for our press work.

3. Student ID

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.

4. Presentation Poster

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:

  • Format: DIN A1, horizontal (840 mm length x 594 mm height)
  • Font size for description and index data: 20 pt
  • Font: Frutiger or other sans serif fonts such as Arial, Franklin Gothic,
  • Futura, Helvetica, Univers
  • Resolution: 300 dpi at 100% positioning
  • Data must be sent as platform independent PDF-X3 file
  • Maximum file size: 5 MB (each poster)
  • General information must include: category, name of your entry, name(s) of student(s), name of university, city and country

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:

5. Video

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.

Jury and Prize Money

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.

Dates and Fees

Registration deadline

30 January 2020

Jury session

March 2020

Information to the award winners

Beginning of April 2020

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.

Benefits

We offer all award winners the following advertising tools:

  • Winner logo for download
  • Winner certificate in PDF form
  • Your award-winning entry will be specially marked and shown in the iF WORLD DESIGN GUIDE unlimited in time.
  • All winning entries will be published in the iF design app. This app is free and has already been downloaded 108,500 times.
  • Your entry will be presented in the iF design exhibition Chengdu.
  • Our iF press and PR work helps you get media attention for your successful design.

Registration

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.

Address data

  • Please use the index tab “Address data” to indicate your university address. If already available in “my iF addressbook” just choose an address from there. If you want to create a new address as your university address, please click on the button “Change” under your university address and then click on “Add New Address”.
  • If you have studied at more than one university, please enter the one where the entry you are submitting was mainly designed.

Team projects

  • Teams with up to four members can submit entries together. You can only create one user account for the whole team.
  • In order to add up to three additional team members, go to “Address data” and click the button “Change” under your university address. There you can add the further team member(s) with name and university.
  • All correspondence will be sent to the team member who created and manages the user account for the team. If your team concept will be awarded, all team members will receive an award.

Contact

Andrea van Velzen
Andrea van Velzen
+49.511.54224-217
Email
Serena Lin
Serena Lin
+86.28.61300770
Email