19 August 2008
CALL FOR STUDENT SUBMISSIONS: DESIGNING WATER'S FUTURE
New York (United States) - Open call to students around the world: Use your creative talent and strategic design skills to address the global water crisis.
The Aspen Design Challenge is an annual call to students worldwide, inviting them to address an international problem that is not only crucial in today's world, but critical to our survival and the world that we will one day inhabit.
Designing Water's Future is aimed at generating exceptionally creative and original design thinking to raise awareness of the emerging global water crisis - and to do so in ways that inspire people to act. Reaching beyond all boundaries, the initiative seeks to reframe how we think about water, how we manage it, how we save it. It will address the design problem of the crisis, redefining the outdated, limited cultural mythologies that have become obstacles to progress on one of the world's gravest threats.
Eligibility
Teams of students, working collaboratively with others of different disciplines, are eligible to participate. It is expected, but not required, that teams will be led by a faculty member or tutor.
Submission procedure
Deadline for entries: December 15, 2008
Download the Project brief (PDF - 152KB)
For more information, please visit: www.aspendesignchallenge.org
About the Aspen Design Challenge
The Challenge is a partnership between AIGA, the professional association for design, in the United States, and INDEX:, a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to changing global mindsets by exploring and showing how design can improve life for people. This year's challenge, "Designing Water's Future," is a collaboration between Circle of Blue - an international network of journalists, scholars and citizens that connects humanity to the global freshwater crisis - and COLLINS:, a communication design and innovation firm based in New York City.
The Aspen Design Challenge is an annual call to students worldwide, inviting them to address an international problem that is not only crucial in today's world, but critical to our survival and the world that we will one day inhabit.
Designing Water's Future is aimed at generating exceptionally creative and original design thinking to raise awareness of the emerging global water crisis - and to do so in ways that inspire people to act. Reaching beyond all boundaries, the initiative seeks to reframe how we think about water, how we manage it, how we save it. It will address the design problem of the crisis, redefining the outdated, limited cultural mythologies that have become obstacles to progress on one of the world's gravest threats.
Eligibility
Teams of students, working collaboratively with others of different disciplines, are eligible to participate. It is expected, but not required, that teams will be led by a faculty member or tutor.
Submission procedure
- An online entry system will be available October 1, 2008.
- Statement of creative strategy providing an explanation of your idea and overall thinking (maximum of 500 words).
- Up to 10 images depicting the actual project or explaining the thought process behind your concept.
- A comprehensive detailed description of the proposed project and any accompanying research.
- Optional: 2–4 minute video introducing your project and describing your idea as well as your background(s).
Deadline for entries: December 15, 2008
Download the Project brief (PDF - 152KB)
For more information, please visit: www.aspendesignchallenge.org
About the Aspen Design Challenge
The Challenge is a partnership between AIGA, the professional association for design, in the United States, and INDEX:, a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to changing global mindsets by exploring and showing how design can improve life for people. This year's challenge, "Designing Water's Future," is a collaboration between Circle of Blue - an international network of journalists, scholars and citizens that connects humanity to the global freshwater crisis - and COLLINS:, a communication design and innovation firm based in New York City.
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