For the first time IxDA is going to include a student competition as part of the Interaction conference. We have gathered judges from education and practice from all over the world to be on our jury but to make this truly work, we also need financial support.
We are still working on specific details, but here is the outline structure we will be working with. At the end of September we will be posting the details of the competition itself. The first part will allow any student (graduate or undergraduate or recent grad within the last year) to submit work done as a student. The Jury will review these submissions in the form of process books with supporting media such as videos and prototypes (all virtual as the team will be remotely distributed around the world). From these submissions 3-5 students will be chosen as finalists. Finalists (this is where the funding comes in) will be sponsored attendees of the conference including travel, accommodations and conference admission. During the conference, these finalists will work on a project as a team and then present their work to the conference as a whole. Further, they will present their submissions to the whole conference. Both of these in conference events will add further opportunities to excel in front of the jury in attendance to chose a single winner. We hope that part of the submission process will include a process poster of some sort that can be included in the Art Gallery we will be curating as part of Interaction 10 (another brand new addition). Any sponsor can gain exposure as part of the Student Competetion display and of course will be part of the program, and any presentations made before, during and after the conference in press, etc. While IxDA's roots has been squarely focused on industry practice of those doing interaction design, as we mature, it is clear that our practice will be greatly influenced by the education eco-system. This competition is a key way to show support, and bring guidance to the education community about what is IxD, and what is good IxD. It will be an opportunity for the community as a whole to comment and critique the educators who work with these students. I hope that one or some among you would be interested in taking this on. As for specific dollar amounts, we can discuss that through further correspondance, but I'm sure you can imagine the bare minimum to cover the cost of 5 students traveling from around the world as a good starting point. Thank you. Sincerely, Dave Malouf Professor of Interaction Design Savannah College of Art & Design -- Dave Malouf http://davemalouf.com/ http://twitter.com/daveixd http://scad.edu/industrialdesign http://ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [email protected] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
