Submissions for 2025 are open from February24 – March 10!
Hello students, please pay careful attention to the guidelines listed below.
Each submission must come with a digital image of the work. To make your digital image follow these guidelines:
File Type and Size – Using Photoshop, save the image, go to File/Export/Save for Web, choose ‘JPEG’ for the file type and ‘High’ for the file quality. Please be sure the ‘.jpeg’ file extension is present on your file
Follow this link to go to the submission form
2025 Categories and Submission rules
Remember that you may submit as much work as you’d like to as many categories as applicable. The only restriction is that if the piece has been accepted into a previous positive space show, it may not be entered again.
Interior Architecture & Design:
Students may include all or some of the following: models, perspectives, plans, elevations, sections, concept development, process, boards, and materials – so long as the submittal is a cohesive design package.
ID – Micro (or small scale) Design
Interior Design projects that are less than 500sf, such as kiosks, exhibits, and hospital rooms.
ID – Residential Design
Interior Design projects that focus on living spaces of all sizes.
Projects may be an individual area (such as kitchen or bathroom), or may include
an entire living space design.
ID – Hospitality Design
Design projects for the hospitality sector, including hotels, restaurants, and retail design.
ID – Commercial Design
Projects for all commercial settings outside of the hospitality sector,
such as corporate offices, healthcare spaces, and educational spaces.
Graphic Design:
GD – Package Design
All dimensional packed products including food, beverage, games, etc.
GD – UX/UI
The human-centered design practice of web and mobile interfaces and or digital media
GD – Branding
Logo and identity systems, integrated branding and promotional systems
GD – Publication
Books of all kinds, covers, brochures and any media in a sequential book format
GD – Typography
Projects demonstrating excellence in typography.
GD – Information Design
Any single or multiple piece visual focusing on the visualization of information-rich content
Multi-Discipline:
Illustration
Any illustration and image-based design pieces
Animation / Special Effects
Any film that is fully animated or relies heavily on animation and/or special effects.
Foundations
Projects demonstrating basic design elements and principles at work
3D Modeling
Handmade 3-dimensional work. Anything from life-size furniture,
to scale models, to foundation projects qualify.
Fine Art
All media, painting, collage, mixed-media, etc.
Photography:
Students are only permitted to submit 2 entries per category. Each entry may consist of a series of photos, up to 5. One entry per student can be larger than a standard 8×10. No AI generated concept or imagery is allowed under any circumstances (photoshop tools are OK). Failure to follow these guidelines will automatically dismiss the entry. All finalists will be asked to submit source image files.
Photography – Original Color
Original photographs in color
Photography – Original Black and White
Original photographs in black and white
Photography – Composite
A combination of 2 or more photographs to create a new photograph. Entries must use at least one original image.
