With the evolution of technology and our constant changes in society, Steelcase believes in developing new landscapes for the work environment, as our education system seems to be lacking in providing a successful learning space.
According to the company, "Steelcase has been bringing human insight to business by studying how people work, wherever they work. Those insights can help organizations achieve a higher level of performance, by creating places that unlock the promise of their people."
Like their business approach, they are currently seeking design students to compete in a challenge to create tomorrow's classroom. The education settings that the majority of students experience currently are the same as they were 20 to 30 years ago. As we change and develop as a society, our academic system should be evolving with us to provide satisfying, engaging workplace and learning environments that appeal to students' needs today.
Participants of the competition must be junior-senior level design students with registration submissions opening Sept. 1 and will end Oct. 3. The winner of the classroom design challenge will be published in the Steelcase 360 magazine and receive recognition on a global scale, while also be given a personal cash prize as well as a donation to the participating university.
Submit your final entries by Nov. 21 and qualifiers will find out in December along with a travel opportunity to Steelcase headquarters in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Madelyn Hankins, principle at Design Alliances at Steelcase told Interior Design, "Most education spaces today are decades old and as a result, inadequately support the needs to today's students and educators." The next designer to find solutions to this problem could be you, good luck potential competitors!
For further information, visit: NEXT Student Design Challenge
