External Contests
FIT shares contests and projects that are open to the general public or to the general collegiate population only as a convenience and for informational purposes. FIT does not sponsor, organize, or endorse these contests or projects in any way, and FIT is not responsible for the accuracy, legality, content, or terms of any such contest or project. FIT encourages interested persons to carefully review the terms and conditions of any contest or project before participating and to contact the contest or project sponsor for questions or concerns.
Dezeen x Bentley: Start Something Powerful Competition
Details: Through the design contest, Dezeen and Bentley aim to discover prototypes that could
serve as a blueprint for future living, anticipating the needs, technologies and lifestyle
trends for the next century.
Submission Deadline: August 21 , 2024
Winners Selected: October 2024
Competition Guidelines: Contestants are tasked with envisioning concepts that respond to rapid advancements in technology, evolving societal norms and environmental concerns to transform people's lives. Proposals should have a significant positive impact on people's health and wellbeing, as well as on the natural environment, to empower people to live fulfilling lives for years to come. Entrants must submit a description of their idea explaining how it meets the brief, along with supporting imagery showcasing the concept. Entrants have the option to produce a video or animation of the design, which should be uploaded to an external hosting platform such as YouTube or Vimeo and submitted via a URL. Entries will be judged by a panel of designers and journalists from Bentley and Dezeen. Judges will be looking for bold, ambitious and forward-looking concepts that could reimagine the way future generations live, just like Bentley redefined the motor car in the 1920s and continues to do so today. Proposals must align with the Bentley brand, demonstrating the highest levels of innovation, beauty and craftsmanship.
Enter Dezeen x Bentley: Start Something Powerful Competition
About Dezeen: Dezeen is a popular and influential architecture and design website. Dezeen Awards is the benchmark for international design excellence and the ultimate accolade for architects and designers everywhere.
Kyoto Global Design Awards
Details: Kyoto Global Design Awards honors extraordinary designers from around the world.
Jury members are diverse, independent and are responsible for selecting award-winning
design projects, thus proving the quality and value of student's work.
Submission Deadline: August 31 , 2024
Winners Selected: October 2024
Competition Guidelines: Each Kyoto Global Design Awards winner has undergone an extensive review process. Award winners are selected through a series of reviews and evaluations that look at their trend-setting capabilities and influence from various angles. The Kyoto Global Design Awards jury is composed of high-level experts from multiple fields, including design, art and culture and environment. Entries are reviewed from various angles, with a focus on lifestyle and human nature. Judges look for designs that impact an entire field and lead to new opportunities for creative or business collaboration.
Enter Kyoto Global Design Awards
About Kyoto Global Design Awards: (KGDA) is an international design competition established in 2019, with the aim of recognizing outstanding designers from across the globe. With its headquarters in the Netherlands, KGDA intends to become one of the most prestigious design awards in the Asia-Pacific region. As a means of promoting collaboration between design and society, KGDA provides designers from around the world with an opportunity to showcase their work, regardless of their country of origin or background.
Global Creative Graduate Showcase 2024
Details: The Global Creative Graduate Showcase 2024 is your chance to share your creative
work alongside your peers from around the world and get it judged by industry leaders.
Last year's Global Design Graduate Show was a huge success with 5823 entries representing
117 countries from 472 higher education institutions. It is your chance to curate
your creative personality by mixing research with 2D/3D development documenting all
the different creative and technical development stages up to the final outcome. It
would be good to know your personal creative journey, whether by photo or film.
Submission Deadline: August 31, 2024
Winners Selected: October 2024
Competition Guidelines: Open to all undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate art and design disciplines for those that have graduated between September 2023 - August 2024 (Southern Hemisphere graduating after September 2023). Awards will be given in a variety of categories - FASHION / ACCESSORIES / TEXTILES / DIGITAL / VISUAL COMM / FILM, PRODUCT / ARCHITECTURE / INTERIORS, FINE ART / PHOTOGRAPHY / CRAFT / JEWELLERY. Please note there are many specialisms within ARTSTHREAD you can tag yourself to.
Enter the 2024 Global Design Graduate Show
About ARTS THREAD: ARTS THREAD is the world’s only creative student and graduate website. It bridges the gap between education and the creative industry. For the first time ever, design students, graduates, universities, schools and the creative industry can network worldwide.
The Functional Clothing Contest
Details: Team FTC 2025 invites entries for the “Functional Clothing Contest” to be held as
part of the 4th International Conference on Functional Textiles and Clothing FTC2025.
This unique contest aims to showcase functional clothing on the catwalk for the first
time. Functional clothing could be Protective, Medical or Assistive, may enhance Sports
performance or may have body shaping or any other capabilities. The functional elements
should be discreet and not obvious. Innovative design, materials and construction
may be used to create these clothing pieces. This contest aims to both demonstrate
the possibilities of this new and exciting field and to encourage contestants to think
and design creatively to incorporate functionality into clothing.
Submission Deadline: September 15 , 2024
Winners Selected: February 2025
Competition Guidelines: The submission shall comprise of : Completed Personal Information Form
A concept note of the designed clothing, indicating the functionality(Protective/
Sports/ Medical/ Assistive/ Other), and A Project Portfolio (digital) including the
Research (optional), Design development, Technical Drawings, Material Swatches, HD
Images/photos of the clothing designed or Rendered sketches/illustrations of the clothing
design and References. A video presentation, not exceeding 1 min, explaining the main
features of your garment can also be sent). Entries from Fashion Schools must be accompanied
by a forwarding letter from the Head of Department. Conveyance of Short-listed concepts
: October 15, 2024; Registration by the participants for participating in the show:
November 1, 2024; Final Show: Demonstration of the final garment on the ramp (8th
February 2025); Short-listed contestants will be required to display their functional
clothing live and in person at FTC 2025. Designs must be worn by a team-member/end-user
who will demonstrate the ease-of-use and functionality of the clothing, while showing
their design on the catwalk. Evaluation Criteria: The entries will be judged on the
following criteria by a distinguished panel of experts – Functionality, Wearability,
Novelty, Aesthetics, and Catwalk Presentation.
Enter the contest by sending all materials via WeTransfer (www.wetransfer.com) to [email protected]
About Functional Textiles & Clothing Conference: (FTC) is a biannual conference held at IIT Delhi, New Delhi, that brings leading scientists, researchers, designers, and the textile and apparel industry together, to enable exchanges on latest scientific findings, design developments, cutting edge technologies, innovations, trends, concerns, challenges, and opportunities in the field of Functional Textiles and Clothing. Three editions of FTC have been held in 2018, 2020 and 2023, each of which saw participation from nearly 80 universities across the world.
Sergio Cereda Eyewear Design Award
Details: The USA Sergio Cereda Design Award was created in honor of Sergio Cereda as a tribute
to one of the most influential designers in the optical industry and to recognize
distinctive and emerging talent in the United States. Sergio Cereda’s remarkable journey,
began in the early 1960s, has left an indelible mark on the world of eyewear.
Submission Deadline: November 30 , 2024
Winners Selected: February 2025
Competition Guidelines: Theme and Criteria: The central theme of the award revolves around “Eyeglasses in Their Pure Form: Balance Between Proportion and Harmony, Innovation and Disruption.” We invite participants to delve deep into this theme, creating designs that showcase a profound understanding of styles and models, balancing innovation with disruption. These participants are encouraged to use their creativity with the theme. Submission Requirements: Entrants must be 25 years or younger, and currently enrolled in design school in The United States of America. Entry is free. Entrants must submit at least 6 hand sketches, graphics, renderings, physical models, and prototypes (3-D printed or handmade). Entrants are also encouraged to include any creative content and inspirations to to amplify the project’s essence. If submitting a 3-D printed prototype, please take screenshots and upload in the submission link below. Any questions, please email: [email protected].
Enter the Sergio Cereda Eyewear Design Award
About Sergio Cereda: Mr. Cereda’s career unfolded at Samco, a division in the injection department of Mazzuchelli S.P.A. in the 1960s. His creative prowess continued to flourish in the 1970’s at Ratti in Torino, Italy, where he became one of the first designers of Persol. His portfolio expanded globally, contributing his talents to renowned collections for brands like Roy Tower, Krizia, Cerutti 1881 Roberta di Camerino. In the 1980’s , he reached new heights with his work for Luxottica on the first Giorgio Armani collection in 1988 and the initial Chanel collection in 1985. A pivotal moment came when Harvey Ross, founder of Viva International Group, met Sergio Cereda and their collaboration led to an extensive new brand portfolio, with Sergio Cereda becoming the director of design for Viva International Group. The partnership touched premium fashions and brands, including collaborations on such eyewear collections as Guess, Tommy Hilfiger, Beau Monde, Harley Davidson, Benetton, Catherine Deneuve, and many more.
The Gallery Collection 18th Annual Create-A-Greeting-Card Scholarship Contest
Details: The The Gallery Collection Create-A-Greeting Card Scholarship is a 13th Annual Create-A-Greeting
Card $10,000 contest. You can design a greeting card for the opportunity to win yourself
a $10,000 scholarship and $1,000 for your school. Plus, your winning entry will be
made into a bona fide greeting card by The Gallery Collection.
Submission Deadline: March 3 , 2025
Winners Selected: May 15, 2025
Competition Guidelines: This contest is open to all high school, college, and university students enrolled during the time period of the contest in an academic program designed to conclude with the awarding of a diploma or a degree. By entering the Contest, applicant warrants that the submission is an original work, has not been previously published or won any award, and that applicant is aware of no conflicting rights in the submission including but not limited to copyright or other intellectual property rights.
Enter The Gallery Collection 18th Annual Create-A-Greeting-Card Scholarship Contest
About Prudent Publishing: Prudent Publishing Company, Inc has been a publisher of premium, personalized greeting cards for over 85 years. Their Gallery Collection© lines of Holiday and All-Occasion cards are sold through direct mail catalogs and website only and are targeted to a corporate clientele. The cards are of the highest quality, using rich paper, heavy embossing and foil stamping.