iF Design Student Award 2025 (EUR 50,000 prize)

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About iF Design Student Award

The iF Design Student Award is one of the most important design prizes for students from all over the world, with about 10,000 submissions each year. Together with their Sponsors, iF Design provides a platform for students and their future-oriented concepts. Winners receive international acclaim and the best concepts earn a share of the 50,000 EUR prize money.

The categories for the Prize are the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations (Goal 1-15):

• End Poverty
• End Hunger
• Healthy Lives
• Quality Education
• Gender Equality
• Water & Sanitation
• Clean Energy
• Economic Growth
• Resilient Infrastructure
• Reduce Inequality Everywhere
• Sustainable Cities & Communities
• Sustainable Consumption
• Climate Action
• Life below Water
• Life on Land

• Sponsor Organisation: iF

Benefits of iF Design Student Award

• Recognition: Winning a design award is a reward for your great work during university.
• Funding: All winners are considered for part of EUR 50,000 in prize money.
• Networking and PR: Get your name out in the wider design community! Winning an award can open doors to future jobs and more.
• Challenge Yourself: See how well your design stacks up to other students around the world.

iF Design Student Award Requirements

• Open to students from all over the world;
• Students and recent graduates of all design-related courses and programmes are welcome to register their concepts;
• If you are currently enrolled at a university or graduated no more than 2 years ago, you can participate.

Evaluation Criteria 

The five criteria will be used by the jurors to give scores to individual aspects of each entry:

Problem-solving: Does it solve a problem?

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

Moral-ethical standards: Does it reflect or promote high moral-ethical standards?

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

Solidarity: Does it strengthen group relations?

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

Economic Calculation: Does it make economic sense?

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

Beneficial experiences: 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

Application Date and Process

Submit as many concepts as you like - but each can only be registered once per competition. You are not allowed to submit the same concept to several categories. Your concept can be a product, a project, an application, a communication idea or a service concept. Entries can be submitted by individuals and also by teams of up to four people.

Application Deadline

05 February, 2025

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