The iF Student Design Award is one of the most internationally renowned as well as biggest young designers competition. Already since 2008 they are looking for the most intelligent, most innovative concepts from all fields of design every year. To reflect the range of contributions, the iF Student Design Award accepts entries in seven disciplines, most of them sub-divided in several categories: • Product • Packaging • Communication • Interior Architecture • Service Design • Fashion Design • Photography Furthermore there are five fields of change, the 'trend roots', which they have developed in cooperation with the TRENDBÜRO in Munich. They indicate a change in society that the entry is most likely to achieve. When registering, every entry has to be assigned to one discipline and to one trend root: • Social Change • Cultural Change • Economic Change • Ecological Change • Technological Change The intellectual property rights of all submitted designs remain with the participants. The organisers will not implement any concepts submitted to the iF Student Design Award. There is no entry fee. Eligibility: Students and recent graduates that left university within the last two years are allowed to submit their entries. Prize: The iF Student Design Award has a total prize money of EUR 30,000 (approx. 38,200 USD). All winning entries will receive the iF Student Design Award logo. As an award winner you are entitled to use this logo for commercial purposes. Winning an iF Student Design Award not only signifies outstanding achievements in design, but also ensures that the universities of the award winners will receive points in the iF ranking university.
