Australasian Student Design Awards 2010

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General Information

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:

  • Permanent residents of Australia and New Zealand or international students under a Student Visa in Australia andNew Zealand.
  • Currently studying full time equivalent or apprentice tertiary courses at a Certificate III, Certificate IV, Diploma or Advanced Diploma or Degree level, or graduated from any of these courses in Semester 2 2009.

Why enter the ASDA?

The ASDA program offers great opportunities for young designers:

  • Expose your work to a national and international design audience
  • Gain positive public recognition of your skills as an innovative emerging designer
  • Gain peer recognition of your work
  • Launch your new design and ideas into the market place
  • Media attention through media releases circulated to major media outlets and features on the DIA Website, tri-annual Newsletter “Spark”, Facebook page and weekly E-Newsletter
  • Winning work will also be recognized by prizes and Australasian Student Design Awards 2010 Certificate

The ASDA program also offers opportunities for Tertiary Institutes:

  • Provide your graduates with a unique opportunity and advancement tools as they commence their professional careers.
  • Promote your school’s design capabilities to a national and international audience.

 

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


  • Interior Design

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..

  • Interior Decoration

Residential or commercial applications: designs should consider surface decoration including colour applications in paint, fabric and furnishings, overall lighting plans and sustainable design practices.

  • Exhibition / Display Design

Trade, retail or exhibition applications: designs should outline furnishings, fixtures, display stands, signage, visitor flow, overall floor plan and sustainable design practices.

IMAGE


  • Visual Design

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


  • Industrial Design

Object, light fixtures or packaging applications: designs should focus on functional and aesthetic aspects, human usage and behaviour, and sustainable design practices. 

  • Jewellery Design

Wearable applications: designs should pay particular attention to ergonomic, functional and aesthetic aspects, and sustainable design practices.

  • Furniture Design

Movable object applications: designs should allow for all aspects of furniture that relate to human usage and behaviour, product appeal and sustainable design practices.

  • Textile Design

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.

  • Fashion Design – new 2010

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:

  • Sustainability
    • Demonstrated understanding and use of sustainable resources
    • Consideration of economic, social and ecological design practices
  • Concept
    • Clear understanding of the parameters of the original brief from tertiary course work
    • Evidence of research, development and resolution of the original brief from tertiary course work
  • Creativity
    • Innovative ideas translated from conceptual approach
    • Effective communication of ideas
  • Space / Function / Materials / Technology (where appropriate)
    • Design intent reflects and is supported by spatial arrangement
    • Demonstrated functional practicality
    • Appropriate and innovative selection of materials
    • Demonstrated understanding, integration and resolution of manufacturing processes