Who can enter the ASDA?
Entry is open to design projects created in 2nd Semester 2009 or 1st Semester 2010 from entrants aged 18 years or older who are:
Why enter the ASDA?
The ASDA program offers great opportunities for young designers:
The ASDA program also offers opportunities for Tertiary Institutes:
Entry Process
Step One: | Educators – Read the Call for Entries which includes Category Descriptions, Judging Criteria and Terms & Conditions. |
Step Two: | Educators – Register Your School and pay $60 (incl GST) + booking fee per entry by 17/3/10 |
Step Three: | Educators – Judge your students overall body of work and submit your Entrant Nominations Form outlining your top three student projects per category by email or fax by 1/4/10 |
Step Four: | Educators – Send the Entry Specifications to your nominated Students. |
Step Five: | Students – Once nominated, read the Entry Specifications and submit your best project in the form of a presentation board and PDF on CD by 9/4/10 |
Categories
SPACE |
Residential, commercial or retail applications: designs should consider and resolve the treatment of space and spatial volume, structural requirements, traffic flow, furniture, fixtures, furnishings, overall lighting plans, surface finish and sustainable design practices.. |
Residential or commercial applications: designs should consider surface decoration including colour applications in paint, fabric and furnishings, overall lighting plans and sustainable design practices. | |
Trade, retail or exhibition applications: designs should outline furnishings, fixtures, display stands, signage, visitor flow, overall floor plan and sustainable design practices. | |
IMAGE |
2D text, symbol or picture based applications: designs should have particular emphasis on clarity of communication, the matching of information styles to audience requirements and sustainable design practices. |
OBJECT |
Object, light fixtures or packaging applications: designs should focus on functional and aesthetic aspects, human usage and behaviour, and sustainable design practices. |
Wearable applications: designs should pay particular attention to ergonomic, functional and aesthetic aspects, and sustainable design practices. | |
Movable object applications: designs should allow for all aspects of furniture that relate to human usage and behaviour, product appeal and sustainable design practices. | |
Fabric applications for use in furniture, soft furnishings, clothing, vehicles, finishes, plastics or other products: designs should consider aesthetic and functional aspects, materials, weights, textures and sustainable design practices. | |
Wearable applications: designs should include a focus on functional and aesthetic aspects, pay particular attention to relationship of the apparel to the human form and sustainable design practices. |
Entry Requirements
To give entrants the best chance of success, we strongly suggest they consider the Category Descriptions, Judging Criteria, Terms & Conditions and adapt their class design project accordingly.
Download ASDA Entry Specifications
Judging Criteria
Entries in each of the 9 categories will be judged based on the following equally weighted criteria: