Deadline: 25 April 2025
The Work Design Magazine is excited to invite applications for its Next Work Environment Competition to shape the future of work environments.
They invite creative minds from around the world to share their ideas as individuals or in teams up to 3 students. As they strive to create workspaces and experiences that inspire, nurture, and empower individuals, they offer an extraordinary incentive: the chance to make a profound impact on people’s lives.
Categories
- Workplace: With traditional offices now competing with home offices, coworking spaces, and other flexible work options, this category challenges students to design an inspiring and innovative workplace that allows employees to work their own way.
- Pick a Problem: This category challenges students to identify and solve a specific issue related to work and their relationship with the workplace.
- Experiential: As the demand grows for engaging, inspiring spaces, this category challenges students to design environments where the experiences or amenities enhance the lives of daily visitors, while also enticing patrons into the building for optimal ROI.
- Third Place: This category challenges students to design a “third place” that supports work outside the traditional office while fostering social interaction and community.
Prize Information
- Overall Student winner will come to IFMA’s World Workplace Conference between Sept 17 – 19 & receive their $1500 scholarship at a live awards ceremony.
- Winners also get a custom article about them and winner packs for their LinkedIn profile.
Eligibility Criteria
- Current Undergraduate & Graduate Students (18 yrs old+).
- Enter solo or in a team of up to 3.
Judging Criteria
- Their esteemed Jury will judge submissions based on their originality, viability, and value it could bring future work experiences.
Application Requirements
- Each submission should include:
- Your contact information including name, cell number, school and post-school email.
- Students must include the name of their educational institution and their graduation year.
- A name for your solution or idea.
- A description of specific idea or solutions (500-words).
- AI-generated visuals are welcome, but your core idea must be your own.
- Supporting images (up to 10 images max). You have complete discretion on the number, format and choice of visuals submitted. All images must be submitted in JPEG format.
- Canva and powerpoint presentations that are 10 slides or less are also accepted.
- You can include a supplemental video, Instagram Reel or TikTok as well. Suggested length: 7-30 seconds. Max length: 3 minutes.
For more information, visit Work Design Magazine.
