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The search is on for Australia''s brightest young talent in digital design and animation.
The 8th annual Secondary Schools Digital Design Challenge will be hosted by the Queensland College of Art Griffith University (QCA) in Brisbane on July 20. Students can also compete externally from any school in Australia.
In 2005, the challenge attracted 345 students from 60 schools throughout Australia. Last year’s overall winner was the web page design of Brisbane Girls Grammar School student Sherlyn Hii.
The competition will measure students''ability to conceptualise a product and then design it using the computer software of their choice – all within just three hours. Students from the Brisbane area are encouraged to compete at QCA. Those from further afield will undertake the challenge at their school and submit entries via e-mail.
Schools can enter only one team in each of the categories, which includes animation and a new category of junior animation, three-dimensional design, graphic design, web page design and architectural design – all of which are taught at QCA.
Competition manager, Design lecturer Larry Vint, said students would receive a design brief and then be assessed on their creativity and innovation in tackling the problem and their technical skills used in illustrating the design and presentation of their plan.
Last year''s challenges, within the theme of the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games included a Queen''s baton relay logo/signage for a town, city or region, a Game'' poster design for the Regent Theatre, Melbourne and two linked web pages for the Games.
"Students can do any amount of sketching and planning with pencil and paper first, and then complete the design exercise using their computer," Mr Vint said. "Students are evaluated on how they articulate and communicate their ideas based on industry expectations and requirements."
Mr Vint said the competition was designed so teachers benefited as much as students.
"Teachers are able to mingle and discuss work programs, software programs, the results they have achieved, teaching strategies, classroom layouts, operating systems, network issues and student projects."
The 2006 winners will be announced at a ceremony at QCA on Friday, August 25 where judges – all members of the Design Institute of Australia – will give feedback to competitors. The winners will receive an award certificate and their designs are published in magazines, journals and on the web.
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