January 31st - February 2nd, 2025
About
Students will create a prototype of an app or website (no coding required) that addresses a specific problem. During the design-a-thon, students will have the opportunity to attend beginner-friendly workshops and meet student designers from all across the country. All experience levels are welcome. Registration is open to undergraduate students living in the US.
Event rules
All members of your team must be an undergraduate college student with an associated institutional email. Bootcamp students are NOT allowed unless they show proof of undergraduate student enrollment.
Teams must not exceed four people total.
Each team may only submit one submission.
All work submitted to Rice Design-a-thon must be original work. Any submissions with plagiarized work will be disqualified.
You may not submit work previously designed before Rice Design-a-thon. All designs must be made between the dates of January 31st, 2025 to February 2nd, 2025.
Late submissions will not be accepted.
If there are any adjustments made to your prototype after Sunday, February 2nd 10:00 AM CST, your submission will not be considered for judging.
Schedule
All in Central Standard Time (CST). The passcode for all meetings is 923048.
Friday, January 31st
Saturday, February 1st
2:00-3:00 PM: How to Design at Industry Level (Visual + Interaction Design) with Naheel Javeed
Prizes
Additional prizes include Figma swag, full enrollment to Avocademy's UX design bootcamp, and discounts on General Assembly and Fast Track UX courses!
KODAK PIXPRO Digicam ✨
UNIQLO Gift Cards 🧥
Judges
Lian Chang
Principal Product Designer @ New York Times Games
Jeremy Beasley
UX Lead @ Google
Sara Clayton
Senior Product Designer @ Dropbox
Marisa Chan
Chuck Aligbe
Senior UX Designer @ VML
Frank Dankwa
Senior Designer @ Lucid Software
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