About NEXT
What’s NEXT in office design? Are your design students ready?
WELCOME TO THE 12TH ANNUAL STEELCASE NEXT STUDENT DESIGN COMPETITION FOR 2024
To create the best possible work experience, organizations will want to offer a range of spaces and technology solutions to easily support diverse types of work behaviors – from individual heads down/focused work to hybrid collaboration to analogue team brainstorming.
Challenge your interior design students to imagine the workplace of the future. The 12th Annual Steelcase NEXT Student Design Competition will be a workplace environment of approximately 16.000 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 2024 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
The future is theirs to create!
Resources
Shown are (NEW) resources for the 2024 competition.
(NEW) 2024 NEXT Contest Overview + Program
(NEW) 2024 AutoCAD Files
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2024 NEXT ACAD File – 6th Floor
2024 NEXT ACAD File – 7th Floor
2024 NEXT ACAD File 3D View
(NEW) 2024 REVIT File
(NEW) Client Video: Message from Director of Client Services
More Information
Key Dates
Key Dates
Key Dates
- August 21 – All 2024 NEXT resources (plan, etc.) loaded on our competition website
- September 3 – Competition and open registration begins
- September 16 – Question + Answer period begins
- September 27 – Registration and Q+A periods both close
- December 11 – All submissions are due by 5pm PST
- December 18 – All submissions distributed to judges for review
- January 21-22 (2025) – Judges meet to select semifinalists and honorable mentions
- January 24 – Announcement of semifinalists and honorable mentions
- February 17-19 – Semifinalist presentations to judges at Steelcase headquarters
- February 21 – Announcement of winner
Prizes
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 Gesture, Karman, 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 Gesture, Karman, Think or SILQ chair.
- Recognition as a semifinalist in select Steelcase marketing.
Honorable mention
- Custom ordered Gesture, Karman, Think or SILQ chair.
- Recognition as an honorable mention in select Steelcase marketing.
2023 Winners and Judges
Winner
Winner
Leah Budd | California State University Long Beach
Professor: Eduardo Perez
Semi-Finalists
Semi-Finalists
Genesis Fajardo | California State University Long Beach
Professor: Eduardo Perez
Grace McIntyre | Maryville University
Professor: Jackie Teuber
Irena Tonnu | University of Manitoba
Professor: Kleighton Burns
Shpresa Bucaj | Virginia Tech
Professor: Alp Tural
Honorable Mentions
Honorable Mentions
Adam Demien | Maryville University | Professor: Jackie Teuber
Brittany Whalen | Arizona State University | Professor: James Bailey
Hannah Marzouk | California State University Long Beach | Professor: Britt Griffith
Paulina De La Macorra | Arizona State University | Professor: Cheri Jacobs
Sidney Franz | University of Wisconsin – Stout | Professor: Nicolette Brehm
Judges
Judges
Pictured from left to right: Ashley White, Kim Sullivan, Adriana Rojas, Carissa Mylin, Amanda Key, Jessica Bossiere, and Anne Smith
Professional Judges Panel (2023):
Adriana Rojas | HOK | Tampa
Amanda Key | SmithGroup | Dallas
Anne Smith | Perkins&Will | Minneapolis
Ashley White | Steelcase | Dallas
Carissa Mylin | SERA Architects | Portland
Jessica Bossiere | HH Architecture | Raleigh
Kim Sullivan | Gensler | Washington D.C.