Design Competitions: From a Judge’s Perspective

When allowed, consider submitting the same project to multiple contests, making better use of the expense for creating the entry.


Knowing the Ropes

Judging various design competitions has been a humbling experience for me, and an amazing opportunity to learn from the work of serious design talent.

Although we all know that we are not to take the results of a competition personally, I’m not sure how we can really do that.

I appreciate that the expense in time, money and emotion required to enter a design contest is not insignificant, and today, neither is the compensation for the winners.

Hopefully these insights from the perspective of one judge may help to ensure that your efforts will be appropriately rewarded.