Student Symposium presented by ASID Texas Chapter

Design competitions are a great marketing tool. Start entering design competitions while you are in school. Not only will your wins impress interviewers, but you will create the career-building habit of entering competitions that will serve you well when you become a practicing designer.

This design competition provides the chance for students to share their work outside of the academic environment and - if they win - brag about it to prospective employers:

• First Place recipients will receive a $250 cash prize, a trophy and a complimentary Student Profile for one (1) year on the ASID Texas Chapter website.
• Second Place recipients will receive a trophy and a complimentary Student Profile for one (1) year on the ASID Texas Chapter website.
• All winners will be recognized in the ASID Texas Chapter quarterly magazine, Design Texas.
• All winners will be recognized on on the ASID Texas Chapter website, as well as on the Student Symposium website, asidtxstudentsymposium.org, throughout the 2011-2012 leadership year.
• All winners will be recognized in an official ASID Texas Chapter email to all member categories: Practitioners, Industry Partners and Students.

The DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES IS OCTOBER 1, 2011, and the winners will be ANNOUNCED AT THE STUDENT AWARDS CEREMONY, which takes place Saturday, October 15, 2011.

Note that the ONLY category where group projects may be submitted is in the COLLABORATION category.

• COMMERCIAL | corporate, healthcare, institutional, etc.
• HOSPITALITY | hotel, restaurant, spa, etc.
• RESIDENTIAL | whole residence, bath, kitchen, bedroom, etc.

• PATTERN DESIGN | for textiles: carpet, fabric, rug, wallcovering 
• ONE UNIQUE SPACE | conceptual or tangible, it's anything that doesn't quite fit into the categories above
• COLLABORATION | any project involving more than one person

It's as easy as 1-2-3...

1. CLICK HERE to download the Entry Form (PDF) and read it thoroughly.
2. Find a relatively current past project that you are proud of or jazz up one that you wish you had had more time to flesh out.
3. Complete the Entry Form and mail in to the ASID Texas Chapter office so that it arrives no later than 5pm on Saturday, October 1, 2011. [If hand-delivering, know that office hours are Mon-Fri from 9am-12noon & 1pm-3:30pm, so call ahead and plan accordingly.]
   

It's that simple. Just do it.

Contact 2010 Student Symposium Co-Chair, Aaron Duke, Allied Member ASID, LEED AP:
469.231.4438 c | aaronbduke@yahoo.com

We want to persuade you to enter the  Annual ASID Student Design Award Competition. This contest is open exclusively to all ASID Student Members in any year of study. This year, the winning entry will receive a $2,000 cash award and will be featured in ASID ICON, ACCESS student newsletter, and on the ASID Web site.

The deadline date for all entries is January 15, 2012. GO HERE to find out more, download the Program Overview & Submission Requirements and the official Competition Entry Form, as well as to see last year's winners and project and winners and projects from previous years' competitions.