Wettbewerb für Designer:innen!
In just a few months, the 11th edition of _Zlin Design Week <zlindesignweek.com/2025/en/zdw-en/?utm_source=emailing&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=skoly_web_eng>_ will kick off – a week-long festival full of innovative design, inspiration, and new collaborations. However, your students can become part of it now! That’s because from December 2, 2024, to February 2, 2025, registration for the international _Best in Design 2025 <zlindesignweek.com/2025/en/best-in-design-en/>_ competition will be open.
Best in Design is a platform that gives young creators a chance not only to showcase their talent and win a financial prize of up to €1,500, but also to receive valuable feedback from the field professionals and to compare their work with other designers from around the world. In previous years, talents such as Jakub Spurný from Studio Najbrt, Václav Černý from STUDIO 3, and Zuzanna Wójcik have placed at the top of the competition.
Registering for Best in Design makes sense, and we would be honored if you could provide your students with the opportunity to participate in the competition and gain valuable experience. By sending the text below to your students, you could possibly open doors to their careers.
As a thank you for sharing information about the competition with your students, we would like to offer a tailored accompanying program – we can arrange a workshop, a guided tour of an exhibition, or a discussion as part of Zlin Design Week. In the case of your interest, please do not hesitate to contact us; we will be happy to accommodate what you and your students would be interested in.
Below the line, you will find a text that you can simply copy and send to your students, along with the supporting documents that I am sending as an attachment to this email. A separate registration form can be found _here <zlindesignweek.com/2025/en/best-in-design-en/registration?utm_source=emailing&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=skoly_form_eng>_.
_At this link <drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-ajemxmcj2VWDZXOeQQApWO5rtVc43Xa?usp=sharing>_, you can find additional graphic resources and materials, which you can use for example to share the competition on your social media.
Thank you very much for your willingness to support young talents!
Wishing you a wonderful day on behalf of the entire Zlin Design Week team, Tereza Hejlová Best in Design Competition Production
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Pre-prepared email for your students:
Subject: Your path to the Best in Design title and €1500 starts now!
Dear Designer,
Do you want to take your career to the next level and show the world what you’re capable of? If so, we have a tailored opportunity for you. That’s because registration for the next edition of the international _Best in Design <zlindesignweek.com/2025/en/best-in-design-en/>_ competition has just started, taking place under the May _Zlin Design Week <zlindesignweek.com/2025/en/zdw-en/?utm_source=emailing&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=skoly_web_eng>_festival. So fill out the application and take the first step towards boosting your career!
Best in Design is a competition that gives young talents like you the chance to showcase their skills, receive feedback from professionals, meet other designers from around the world, make new connections, and, last but not least, receive financial support for their work.
What can you win? Cash prizes in each category range from €200 to €500. However, the best of the best across all categories will receive, on top of the €500 for 1st place in their category, an additional €1,000 and the title of Best in Design 2025!
Designers can compete in four categories:
* Product & Industrial Design – products, interiors, furniture, tools, or devices * Fashion Design – clothing, textile design, footwear, accessories, or jewelry * Communication Design – graphics, illustration, new media, visual communication, intermedia, or web animations * Service Design – complex designs of processes, technologies and interactions that drive provision of services
So, do you want to be Best in Design? The competition rules are simple:
* The maximum age limit for registration is 30 years, * Submitted work must be no older than two years, * There is no limit to the number of projects you can submit, * You can compete either individually or as a team, * Registration is completely FREE!
If you want to make the most of all those hours spent on your projects, click _HERE <zlindesignweek.com/2025/en/best-in-design-en/registration?utm_source=emailing&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=skoly_form_eng>_ and fill out the application. It costs you nothing, and you can only gain from it! The application deadline is February 2, 2025.
You can find all the information about the competition and its rules _here <zlindesignweek.com/2025/en/best-in-design-en/rules/>_. If anything is still unclear, feel free to _contact the competition director <zlindesignweek.com/2025/en/best-in-design-en/contact-best-in-design-2/>_, Eliška Janečková.
And to not miss anything, be sure to follow the updates on our _website <zlindesignweek.com/2025/en/zdw-en/?utm_source=emailing&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=skoly_web_eng>_ or _Instagram <www.instagram.com/zlindesignweek/>_.
We look forward to your application and see you in Zlín! /Best in Design Team/