I spent an afternoon writing down all of the competitions I was interested in. I was looking for awards that would be useful in my career at a later date, and possibly competitions with a placement involved as I thought that would be a good way of getting my foot in the door when I leave university.
The main competitions I had a look at for the substantial project of my brief were:
The RSA Awards - Highly respected however costs up to £35 to enter
D&AD New Blood Awards - 2015/2016 briefs not currently released
Starpack Student Awards - Packaging design could be interesting
The Penguin Random House Design Award - Would be fun to design a book cover
The YCN Student Awards - 2015/2016 briefs not currently released
The British Journal of Aesthetics - Deadline too soon: 24th October 2015
IIDA Student Design Competition - Very interesting brief however costs $70 to enter
I thought all of these briefs were interesting to me but there were some briefs I found that I could excel at more than others. I then limited these briefs to a limited few.
The RSA Awards
IIDA Student Design Competition
(When briefs are released)
D&AD New Blood Awards
YCN Awards
I had a look at the RSA briefs for 2015/2016 and I think the one I would most like to do is the brief to "Design a way for people to improve their financial capability and manage their money better."I think this will be quite a difficult brief to stand out on because there have been countless money management programs through the ages and to create something original and useful could prove difficult. However, I think setting myself a big target will help me massively in overcoming obstacles and trying to create effective, original ideas on a wide scale.
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