2024 Design Essay Competition

For your article to be considered for the cash prizes, your submission must:

  1. Pertain to the prompt “What is a real-world design (from the last 100 years) that you think could be improved and how you would do so?”

  2. Be between 1000 and 2000 words in length

  3. Be submitted in PDF format

  4. Be the original work of the author

  5. Follow the outlined terms and conditions

  6. Be emailed to designreview@byu.edu, with the subject “Essay Competition Submission”

  7. Be submitted by the deadline, 11:59pm, March 30th, 2024

First place prize will be $300, second place will be $200, and third place will be $100. For more detailed instructions, please read these Terms and Conditions.

Read our launch article!

Need inspiration? Check out these articles on well-designed products. However, remember that the prompt is asking for more than just a description of “Good Design”: