2009 Exhibition | Runner up Digital Media - Our City Our Music, Megan Smith

Brief: This category invites submissions from three areas of Interactive Media design:

  • Web Applications
  • Mobile Applications
  • Electronic Gaming

Innovative solutions and media which demonstrate a high level of technical competency will be favoured by the judges and entrants that clearly describe how their entry is suitable for its purpose and its intended users will do particularly well. Finished or working applications are not compulsory for entry and students are invited to enter 'concepts' as long as they are presented professionally and clearly.

Prize: Five finalists will be selected from all of the entries in this category. The finalists will be invited to an awards evening where the winner will be announced.

The winner will receive a £1000 cash prize and a chance to become the Maurice Miller Design Champion. Second prize will be awarded £100 and third prize will receive £50.

If you are aged 16-18 your entry will automatically be entered into the Young Northern Designer award. Five finalists from across all of the competition categories will be invited to the awards evening where the winner will be announced. The Young Northern Designer will recieve a £500 cash prize and £250 for their school, college or university. The two runners up will receive a prize of £250 each and £100 for their school, college or university.

Criteria: If a student wishes to submit a completed website or mobile application in this category, it should be hosted online and they should provide us with a URL to their work. Similarly, for online electronic games entries, these should also be available online. Video demonstrations and/or printable presentations that include screen shots of work will also be accepted for entries in this category. Please upload video demonstrations to YouTube or another recognised online video sharing service and provide us with a link to the work.

For 'concept' entries or supporting documentation, entrants are invited to provide a PDF presentation of their work on a maximum of four sheets at a size no bigger than A2. Students that prefer to submit JPEG image files instead of PDF's are welcome to do so as long as the images are saved in the RGB colour format (not CMYK). The JPEG files must not exceed A2 size and there can be no more than four files.

Important: As part of the entry process, entrants will be asked to submit a rationale (description) for their project. This should be prepared in advance and pasted in to the appropriate box during the submission process. The rationale should include details of the original brief, the process undertaken, the tools and techniques used and a personal reflection on any learning outcomes.

By submitting a well constructed and thorough description of their work, students are likely to do better in the competition because the judges will be able to better understand the purpose of the piece and the student’s interpretation of the original brief. Because of the professional nature of the competition, the judges are likely to favour entries with good use of language and grammar for the project and the rationale.

File requirements: Entrants should ensure that all URL's submitted include the full address including the http:// at the start. Supporting files can be submitted in PDF or JPEG format (RGB colour only). Entries can either be one single file or multiple files, but the total entry size must not exceed 50MB (this 50MB quota does not include any videos, website, games or applications hosted externally). For further information and support, please download the competition resource sheet*.

Judge: TBC

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