Private Competition — Summer 2026

Imagine Discover Create

Part One

Insight
Artifact

A mobile-first artifact exploring the relationship of two things that seem unrelated — a non-obvious connection, contrast, or idea that otherwise relates the two.

Must
  • Be self-explanatory, visually strong, clear and intentional
  • Communicate one central idea effectively
  • Show a real point of view — not just collected facts
  • Feel new, surprising, worth seeing
Format
  • Mobile-optimized
  • Can be animated
  • No live presentation
  • No separate explanation

Part Two

Coded
Interactive

A mobile-friendly coded interactive. Useful, playful, aesthetic, strange, clever, or beautifully niche — the concept is yours. But it must actually do something with what the user gives it.

Must
  • Accept user input
  • Do something meaningful with it through code
  • Return output that changes based on the input
  • Involve actual coding or real code modification
  • Be understandable and usable on a phone
What “Meaningful” Could Look Like
  • Interpreting input
  • Transforming input
  • Generating from input
  • Adapting based on input
  • Revealing something invisible to the user

These are examples, not limits.

Does Not Qualify
  • A static page
  • A dressed-up chatbot with no real interaction design
  • A template with only cosmetic edits
  • Something that looks interactive but doesn’t materially process input

Standard: It should feel like a real small product — clear, intentional, responsive. Different inputs must produce meaningfully different results.

The Rules

How This
Works

Two parts. Both required. Judging is anonymous — judges won’t know whose submission is whose, and won’t know which Artifact goes with which Interactive. Each part is scored independently.

Every participant must submit both a Part 01 Insight Artifact and a Part 02 Coded Interactive. Submitting only one part does not constitute a valid entry. Both deliverables must individually satisfy their respective requirements.

Part Winner Runner-up*
Part 01 Insight Artifact
$500 $250
Part 02 Coded Interactive
$500 $250

*Runner-up must fully satisfy requirements to place

Submission Deadline TBA