You’ll need to familiarise yourself with them before you get started – it’s a 2-minute read and we promise it’ll save you time in the long run.
Step-by-step guidance
- Create an account on the entry platform effectivedesign.awardsplatform.com - you can fully edit your submission right up until the deadline, 5pm BST, Monday 14 July.
- Entries should be up to 9 pages long, following the structure outlined on pages 8-9 in the entry pack. Begin structuring and then writing your entry as early as possible to do justice to your work and make the process easier for yourself.
- Images are purely illustrative and never used as part of the judgement. Pick ones that support what you’ve written in your case. Only include 3-6.
- No design agency or in-house team names or marques are allowed. Client names can be included.
- All entries must be made online on the entry platform effectivedesign.awardsplatform.com and submitted in the form of a PDF report, black font on white background, font size 10, portrait, written in English and A4 in size.
- We encourage you to include graphs that support the case. However don’t spend studio time on extensive art working at this stage.
- To validate your results, reference your research, including audit or market data and appropriate sources.
- The project may have been launched at any time, however your entry must include some up-to-date evidence collated after 1 January 2023.
- Confidential data must be dealt with carefully – please refer to rule 5 on page 16 in the entry pack.
- For the full details on how to structure your entry, please see pages 8-9 in the entry pack.
