Poster courtesy Dan Sturges, Intrago. Logo by Kit Hinrichs, Studio Hinrichs

JURY CRITERIA

These are the simple criteria for both competitions, Spark Pro and Spark Concept.

Is your design a Spark? Does it Spark?
Does it ignite, break new ground—is it the beginning of something bigger? Is it a new or far-reaching idea—is it "Lead Thinking?" Is your design about the beginning, or the end of the process? Creation or refinement? Spark is about the Future—most competitions are about the Past.

Does your design sustain the Spark of Life?
Does it in some way improve the quality of the environment and human condition? Contribute to happiness, intelligence, longevity, progress? Does it sustain or preserve our Earth's limited resources?

Then it's a Spark. Now the fun begins!

The criteria for excellence are the same for both the concept design competition and the produced-work competition—and are based on the Spark core vision—designing our future. Spark’s mission is to initiate positive design-led change, by highlighting the best new ideas and the best new solutions.

Spark:Concept promotes great ideas with the specific goal of sparking their development. Spark:Pro promotes the recognition of designers and organizations who have tackled the difficulties of production, and still emerged with beautiful, elegant and efficient design solutions.

Sparks are big ideas “embodied as great designs”. Spark awards the biggest ideas in a wide range of disciplines and catagories. Spark crosses traditional design boundaries (industrial, graphic, interiors, etc.) to highlight the power and value of great design.

The submitted designs are evaluated by expert and independent judges from design and related fields. Their knowledge and experience are the ultimate arbiters of the Spark Awards. The criteria reflect the key factors that they take into consideration. The judges look for these "big ideas" when they make their choices.

>ENTER SPARK:PRO
>ENTER SPARK:CONCEPT

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