The Retail Design Institute Canada Chapter Invites You to Participate in its First Annual Canadian Student Design Competition

11/21/22

Students from creative post-secondary disciplines in Canada will compete, share and exhibit their best work.

Compose a digital (MP4) video portfolio that demonstrates your retail design talent and artistic abilities within your creative field.

We are searching for students with an artistic approach who display diverse skillset. Students are asked to create a clear and consistent aesthetic throughout their narrative that exhibits a range of projects. This is a small collection of your best retail design work.

ELIGIBILITY

  1. Must be enrolled full-time in a Canadian college or university and in their final year in one of the following programs:
    1. Architecture
    2. Experiential Design
    3. Graphic Design
    4. Industrial Design
    5. Interaction / Gaming Design
    6. Interior Design
    7. Visual Merchandising
  2. Must display a passion and maintain focus on retail environments or user experience in a retail setting
  3. Must have a minimum 3.0 GPA

 

DELIVERABLES

The following must be included in the submission, failure to include all items will result in disqualification.

  1. A MP4 Video Portfolio with Narrative (minimum 60 seconds – maximum 120 seconds)  – a dynamic portfolio showcasing retail passion through original projects.
  2. A minimum of three project examples.
  3. A portfolio narrative must be branded to represent the candidate’s skills and characteristics. Team projects must be identified as such, with student role clearly identified.
  4. Projects may be photographs, videos, hand-drawn or computer-generated renderings.
  5. Retail projects are not limited to traditional store design, work may include elements of mixed-use spaces,  (i.e. food and beverage, hospitality, service retail, financial institutions, healthcare services such as medical or spa, kiosk, and pop-up concepts) windows, and visual merchandising displays.
  6. One letter of recommendation (PDF) from a program coordinator, faculty, or employer outlining why you are a candidate for this award. Letters must be on school or company letterhead. Recommendations cannot be friends or family members.
  7. Current Resume / CV (PDF)
  8. Proof of GPA (PDF) Minimum requirement 3.0.
  • Note: the intent of this competition is not to create a new portfolio of work, but use work you have already created and convert it into a video portfolio

 

JUDGING CRITERIA

1. Creative approach to a video narrative

2. Innovation in retail design concepts

3. Originality

4. Branding continuity

 

TIMELINE

November 15, 2022 | Submittal window opens online. Each student may submit one (1) entry.

January 15, 2023 | Submission window closes at 11:45 p.m. EST.

January 16 – 25, 2023 | Projects are juried. Winners and their respective faculty will be notified prior to the announcement.

February 2023 | Finalists announced at an Awards Ceremony (exact date and location TBD).

 

 

AWARDS

First Place:  $3000

Second Place: $2000

Third Place: $1000

Honorable mentions are awarded at the discretion of the jury with no monetary award.

 

 

COMPETITION RULES

  1. One entry per person.
  2. All work in the portfolio narrative must be your own (unless teamwork as outlined above).

*Please note that all work submitted to the competition may be used by the Institute for social media and / or promotional purposes.

 

 

HOW TO SUBMIT

1. One letter of recommendation (PDF) from a program coordinator, faculty or employer outlining why you are a good candidate for this award on school or company letterhead.

2. Current CV / Resume (PDF)

3. Proof of (min) 3.0 GPA (PDF)

4. Maximum 2-minute long (MP4) video portfolio narrative showcasing (minimum 3 projects) your most innovative retail design work and your personal brand.

Email your PDFs and MP4 as one compressed file (WeTransfer) to canada@retaildesigninstitute.org no later than January 15th, 2023 11:45 pm.

 

 

 

QUESTIONS AND INQUIRES DIRECTED TO: canada@retaildesigninstitute.org

The Canada Chapter is a collective of the most talented retail designers, manufacturers, and contractors. Our members included architects, interior designers, store planners, visual merchandisers, brand strategists, graphic designers, lighting designers, trade partners, editors, publishers, educators, and students of design.

 

REGISTER NOW!

Starts Tue Nov 15 2022, 09:00am EST
Ends Sun Jan 15 2023, 11:45pm EST

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