NEXT Student Design Competition

Hybrid collaborative space design including meeting pods, room dividers, and solo work areas

The NEXT Office

There is no denying that how, when and where we work is changing. We challenge future designers to join us in this student design competition to create the NEXT office of the future.

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About NEXT

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What’s NEXT in office design? Are your design students ready?

WELCOME TO THE 11TH ANNUAL STEELCASE NEXT STUDENT DESIGN COMPETITION FOR 2023

To create the best possible hybrid work experience, organizations will want to offer a range of spaces and technology solutions to easily support diverse types of collaboration. The future of the workplace is hybrid and so is the future of collaboration.

Challenge your interior design students to imagine the workplace of the future. The 11th Annual Steelcase NEXT Student Design Competition will be a workplace environment of approximately 11.000 SF intended to support the changing work behaviors and expectations of the workplace. Have your students prepared to respond to the ever-changing demands of workplace design, inclusive design principles, and incorporate this competition into your 2023 fall curriculum. Participants will have the chance to win a trip to Steelcase, present to professional judges, and ultimately compete for both cash and product prizes.

To participate, email us at design4next@steelcase.com

For more information on the competition, please review information from last year’s competition at www.steelcase.com/design4next

The future is theirs to create!

Resources

Shown are (NEW) resources for the 2023 competition.

(NEW) 2023 NEXT Contest Overview + Program

(NEW) 2023 Floor Plans

(NEW) 2023 AutoCAD Files
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2023 NEXT ACAD File
2023 NEXT ACAD File 3D View

(NEW) 2023 REVIT File

(NEW) 2023 Photos of unfinished space

(NEW) Question + Answer (questions through 9.22.23)

(NEW) 2023 Contest Background and Judging Criteria

(NEW) 2023 Official Rules

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Key Dates

Prizes

Key Dates

(Mid-August) – 2023 NEXT resources (plan, etc.) loaded on our competition website
September 5 – Competition and open registration begins (all students must individually register for the competition)
September 11 – Question + Answer period begins
September 29– Registration and Q+A periods both close
December 6 – All submissions are due by 5pm PST
December 13 – All submissions distributed to judges for review
January 16-17 (2024) – Judges meet to select semifinalists and honorable mentions
January 19 – Announcement of semifinalists and honorable mentions
February 19-21 – Semifinalist presentations to judges at Steelcase Headquarters
February 23 – Announcement of winner

Prizes

Grand Prize (1)

$2,500 for the student.
$2,500 contribution to school’s design program or to a charity of their choice.
All expenses paid trip to Steelcase University to present project to judges panel, meetings with Steelcase executives and other learning opportunities. Expenses include flights to Grand Rapids, MI, hotel accommodations, meals and transportation during the stay.
Custom ordered Think or SILQ chair.
Recognition as the grand prize winner in select Steelcase marketing.

Semi-Finalist (4)

$1,250 for each semifinalist not selected for Grand Prize (4)
$1,250 contribution to school’s design program or to a charity of their choice for each semifinalist not selected for Grand Prize (4)
All expenses paid trip to Steelcase University to present project to judges panel, meetings with Steelcase executives and other learning opportunities.
Custom ordered Think or SILQ chair.
Recognition as a semifinalist in select Steelcase marketing.