The closing date for the Vectorworks Design Scholarship is fast approaching, but there is still time for you to enter and win up to $3000 USD
The Vectorworks Design Scholarship is open to any students studying a degree related to architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, landscape design, or entertainment design at either an undergraduate or graduate level.
You can win up to $10,000 USD across the two awards
Participants have the chance to be named as a regional winner, with a potential $3,000 USD reward(depending on location).
Regional winners then compete for the Richard Diehl Award, named for Vectorworks’ founder, which comes with a grand prize of $7,000 USD.
As part of the prize package, the winners of the Vectorworks Design Scholarship will gain access to Vectorworks design software, free Vectorworks lab licenses and training(in-person or virtual) with one of Vectorwork’s expert team.
Entries will be showcased to a jury of designers and professors, allowing entrants to gain more professional insight on their projects.
This year’s Vectorworks Design Scholarship judges include:
- Blair Barnette — chairperson, British Film Designers Guild
- Eric Berg — principal, Pacific Coast Land Design, Inc.
- Vanessa Brady — founder and CEO, The Society of British & International Interior Design
- David Chadwick — editor and chief writer, CAD User and Construction Computing Magazine
- Steven Chavez — landscape architect and founder, SCLA and NAMLA
- Colin Davis — director, Studio Partington
- Jonathan Emery — landscape architect, DSA Environment & Design Ltd.
- David Farley — set and costume designer, David Farley Design
- Victoria Farrow — associate professor & BA Architecture course director, Birmingham City University
- Curt Henry — senior architectural designer, Dwyer Architectural
- Stephen Jones — professor, Theatrical Design, California State University – Sacramento
- Len Levine — lighting designer and International Cinema Lighting Society (ICLS) member
- Will Metcalf — designer, SWT Design
- Anne Militello, head of the Master of Fine Arts Lighting and Design Program, California Institute of the Arts
- Cristina Murphy — professor and co-founder of XCOOP
- Caitlin Saunders — senior project designer, Starbucks
- Ashley Scheidel — founder and creative director, Ashley Scheidel Design Studio
- Edward Turner — senior director, Pegasus Group
- Eric Winter — architect, Alchemy Architects
“This is such a great opportunity. You can submit a project that you’ve been working on for your degree, so it’s not even any extra work. Why wouldn’t you!?” said David Farley, of David Farley Design, who will also be on the judges panel.
The deadline for entry is 31 July 2023
Winners will be announced on 8 December 2023.
For those unsure where to start, Vectorworks has a variety of free resources such as an inspiration gallery and educational software to help.
You can apply for the scholarship and find additional resources here.
