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SVID Design Open – Sweden's largest design competition for students

03 Sep, 2010
SVID Design Open.

Welcome to SVID Design Open – a design competition for students at high school and university level. Future designers and business developers from all around the country meet in a unique competition to develop services and products that inspire the industry to think new.

During SVID Design Open new business ideas are born and developed to eventually be launched in the market. The goal is to contribute to a sustainable development of society and to strengthen the role of design as a competitive tool.

SVID Design Open kicks off in three cities

Sundsvall September 21
Stockholm September 23
Gothenburg September 24

Welcome to a whole day of inspirational lectures and start of the working process. The competition runs throughout the fall semester with prize ceremony in the spring.

Each team gets a professional designer as a coach. The coach supports the team for a total of 16 hours during the competition period.

The competition can be integrated in many ways in teaching. At secondary school level as part of design hours and at university level as elective course, project work or part of other design courses.

This year's competition task will focus on "Energy in everyday life" How can we influence people's behavior? How can we become aware of our energy consumption, can it be fun to be energy efficient, what are tomorrow's smart products, services and concepts?

Find more information at www.designopen.se