External Contests
FIT shares contests and projects that are open to the general public or to the general collegiate population only as a convenience and for informational purposes. FIT does not sponsor, organize, or endorse these contests or projects in any way, and FIT is not responsible for the accuracy, legality, content, or terms of any such contest or project. FIT encourages interested persons to carefully review the terms and conditions of any contest or project before participating and to contact the contest or project sponsor for questions or concerns.
Sergio Cereda Eyewear Design Award
Details: The USA Sergio Cereda Design Award was created in honor of Sergio Cereda as a tribute
to one of the most influential designers in the optical industry and to recognize
distinctive and emerging talent in the United States. Sergio Cereda’s remarkable journey,
began in the early 1960s, has left an indelible mark on the world of eyewear.
Submission Deadline: November 30 , 2024
Winners Selected: February 2025
Competition Guidelines: Theme and Criteria: The central theme of the award revolves around “Eyeglasses in Their Pure Form: Balance Between Proportion and Harmony, Innovation and Disruption.” We invite participants to delve deep into this theme, creating designs that showcase a profound understanding of styles and models, balancing innovation with disruption. These participants are encouraged to use their creativity with the theme. Submission Requirements: Entrants must be 25 years or younger, and currently enrolled in design school in The United States of America. Entry is free. Entrants must submit at least 6 hand sketches, graphics, renderings, physical models, and prototypes (3-D printed or handmade). Entrants are also encouraged to include any creative content and inspirations to to amplify the project’s essence. If submitting a 3-D printed prototype, please take screenshots and upload in the submission link below. Any questions, please email: [email protected].
Enter the Sergio Cereda Eyewear Design Award
About Sergio Cereda: Mr. Cereda’s career unfolded at Samco, a division in the injection department of Mazzuchelli S.P.A. in the 1960s. His creative prowess continued to flourish in the 1970’s at Ratti in Torino, Italy, where he became one of the first designers of Persol. His portfolio expanded globally, contributing his talents to renowned collections for brands like Roy Tower, Krizia, Cerutti 1881 Roberta di Camerino. In the 1980’s , he reached new heights with his work for Luxottica on the first Giorgio Armani collection in 1988 and the initial Chanel collection in 1985. A pivotal moment came when Harvey Ross, founder of Viva International Group, met Sergio Cereda and their collaboration led to an extensive new brand portfolio, with Sergio Cereda becoming the director of design for Viva International Group. The partnership touched premium fashions and brands, including collaborations on such eyewear collections as Guess, Tommy Hilfiger, Beau Monde, Harley Davidson, Benetton, Catherine Deneuve, and many more.
The Unfast Fashion Blowhammer Contest
Details: The contest aims to involve fashion designers from all over the world to rethink
the way fashion is created and consumed. The challenge is to create a piece of clothing
following Blowhammer's Unfast Fashion philosophy: developing innovative and sustainable
approaches to garment creation, focusing on reducing environmental and social impact,
extending product lifespan, and making fashion more accessible and message-driven.
Submission Deadline: December 15 , 2024
Winners Selected: January 2025
Competition Guidelines: The competition is open to all designers, professionals and amateurs. The works will be assessed according to the following criteria: originality: From 0 to 25 points, consistency with the theme: From 0 to 25 points, creativity: From 0 to 25 points, message and increased awareness of the theme: From 0 to 15 points, production sustainability and life cycle: sparing use of resources, environmentally friendly production technologies, fair and safe working methods, transparent and local production processes and supply chains. From 0 to 10 points, eco-compatibility of materials: type, recyclability, compostability, possibility of reuse and/or regeneration of the raw material, accessibility of the resource in the country of production (zero km or production with low social and environmental impact), durability and high quality. From 0 to 10 points: affordability of the product: From 0 to 15 points, positive impact on society: From 0 to 20 points, impacts on the environment and people: From 0 to 25 points. Each work must take into account sustainability, accessibility, transparency and the social and environmental impacts of production and/or realisation; however, it is not necessary to meet all evaluation criteria. The jury will be composed of the internal team of the Blowhammer collective and the ESG department of the parent company BHBLASTED s.r.l. Benefit Society.
Enter the The Unfast Fashion Blowhammer Contest
About Blowhammer: Blowhammer is a collective of designers and artists passionate about streetwear. They design garments that speak to people, telling fragments of our present, far from fleeting trends and the haste of fast fashion.
IFFTI Annual Conference at London College of Fashion Fashion Film Student Awards
Details: The theme of the IFFTI 2025 Fashion Film Awards is "Forming Futures". "Forming Futures" encourages students to explore ethical inquiries and representations in design, technology, digital objects, communities, business systems, and pedagogy through the medium of fashion film. Sposnor looks forward to seeing the innovative and thought-provoking works that emerge from this initiative!
Submission Deadline: January 10, 2025
Winners Selected: March 2025
Competition Guidelines: Brief of Fashion Film - A fashion film is defined as a that has a running time of
5 minutes or
less, including all credits. The fashion film must be produced after 2023 and must
not be publicly presented or exhibited previously anywhere. The fashion film SHOULD
NOT violate any current law nor infringe any privacy and/or intellectual property
rights (this includes any music, sounds or sound effects that do not include a license).
English subtitles are required for non-English-based films. The Fashion Film categories
may include: Direct shooting, 2D animation, 3D animation, Al-generated (must be declared
in the video), The minimum required fashion film resolutions: ⁃ Full HD (1920 × 1080),
⁃ 2K (2048 ×1080), ⁃ 4k (4096 × 2160), ⁃ Your fashion film format must be H.264/MP4.
About IFFTI: International Foundation of Fashion Technology Institutes (IFFTI) was registered as a Society on 14th October 1999 at New Delhi, India. Since then IFFTI has grown into the most comprehensive and prestigious international organization representing leading fashion higher education institutions in areas of design, technology, and business. The foundation presently comprises 55 institutions from 22 countries.
The Gallery Collection 18th Annual Create-A-Greeting-Card Scholarship Contest
Details: The Gallery Collection Create-A-Greeting Card Scholarship is a 13th Annual Create-A-Greeting
Card $10,000 contest. You can design a greeting card for the opportunity to win yourself
a $10,000 scholarship and $1,000 for your school. Plus, your winning entry will be
made into a bona fide greeting card by The Gallery Collection.
Submission Deadline: March 3 , 2025
Winners Selected: May 15, 2025
Competition Guidelines: This contest is open to all high school, college, and university students enrolled during the time period of the contest in an academic program designed to conclude with the awarding of a diploma or a degree. By entering the Contest, applicant warrants that the submission is an original work, has not been previously published or won any award, and that applicant is aware of no conflicting rights in the submission including but not limited to copyright or other intellectual property rights.
Enter The Gallery Collection 18th Annual Create-A-Greeting-Card Scholarship Contest
About Prudent Publishing: Prudent Publishing Company, Inc has been a publisher of premium, personalized greeting cards for over 85 years. Their Gallery Collection© lines of Holiday and All-Occasion cards are sold through direct mail catalogs and website only and are targeted to a corporate clientele. The cards are of the highest quality, using rich paper, heavy embossing and foil stamping.