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Language and Arts | Visual and Performing Arts

Cooper Hewitt National High School Design Competition

  • Last Updated: May 4, 2025

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  • Contact: designcompetition@si.edu
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  • Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
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About the competition

This competition challenges high school students to solve real-world problems using design and data visualization. Students create projects that help communities understand data in innovative ways.

Comp Info

  • Estimated Ann. Participants: 100
  • Cost: Free
  • Estimated Time Commitment: Light
  • Participant Format: Individual
  • Event Format: Online Asynchronous
  • Competition Format: Design, Original Submission
  • Reach: National
  • Event Size: Very Small

Participation Information

Students submit sketches and written explanations of their design ideas, which are judged anonymously. Finalists move on to mentorship and present their final designs to a panel of experts.
Open to high school students in the U.S. aged 13-19.
$5,000 scholarships for top designs, trophies, and recognition
Students submit sketches and written explanations of their design ideas, which are judged anonymously. Finalists move on to mentorship and present their final designs to a panel of experts.
1. Register and submit a design concept online. 2. Finalists engage in mentorship and prepare for final presentations.
Sketching materials, internet access for submission, and research tools.
Based on creativity, innovation, relevance, and clarity of the design concept.

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