{"id":5223,"date":"2024-07-26T11:55:45","date_gmt":"2024-07-26T11:55:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/design\/?page_id=5223"},"modified":"2026-06-16T11:25:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T11:25:14","slug":"the-annual-show","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/design\/events\/the-annual-show\/","title":{"rendered":"The Annual Show"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Design<\/a><\/p>\n

Each year the OU Design Group showcases the work of students from across our design courses in the Annual Show.<\/p>\n

You can find all past Annual Shows here:\u00a0 https:\/\/www.oudesignshow.org\/ <\/a><\/p>\n

Key dates for 2026<\/h1>\n

Submission deadline: 21 June 2026<\/p>\n

Online award ceremony and event launch: 18:00, 14 July 2026<\/p>\n

Overview<\/h2>\n

The Design Group is excited to showcase projects from OU students across all design modules \u2013 U101, T190, T217, T218, & T317 – through an annual design show and competition. As a student on these modules, you are invited \u2013 and strongly encouraged – to submit a maximum of two entries showcasing designs completed during your study this year. This is an excellent opportunity to share your work with others, show off your project on a public website and refine your design and presentation skills!<\/p>\n

Visit https:\/\/www.oudesignshow.org<\/a>\u00a0for past shows.<\/p>\n

A panel of judges will choose winners from each module who will all receive a voucher and have their work promoted on social media. This document provides competition guidelines, recommendations, and submission guidelines.<\/p>\n

Competition Guidelines<\/p>\n

The submission should include a series of clear images that describe and illustrate your design as well as text that explains the project and provides information about your submission. Your entry will be shown as a webpage.<\/p>\n

Images<\/h2>\n

Include a series of images that showcase and explain your design. This can include sketches, prototypes, or photos taken during the process max. 1MB per image, and jpeg or .png format:<\/strong><\/p>\n

One eye-catching main image of your project that provides a full view of the design.<\/p>\n

Up to 3 compelling images that show details or explain the process: this includes storyboards, sketches, prototypes or testing in action (square, landscape, or portrait<\/strong>\u00a0format).<\/p>\n

Text<\/h2>\n

Descriptions will help others to understand the purpose, values, and, and processes of your project.<\/p>\n

A Title to the project<\/p>\n

A description of the project including (approx. 200 words):<\/p>\n

Project detail: What is your proposed intervention? How does your project work? What is the benefit of your intervention?<\/p>\n

Problem Statement: What is the problem you tackled within the project? Who experiences this problem, and how does it impact them?<\/p>\n

Your Process:\u00a0What research did you do? How did you generate your initial ideas? How did you select and refine your idea?<\/p>\n

A short description of yourself (25 words), your goals during the module and aspirations after graduation.<\/p>\n

Optional<\/em>: your contact details, including your email or links to your social media profile or personal website<\/p>\n

Submission<\/p>\n

Email to the Design Group (design@open.ac.uk<\/a>) with the email title DESIGN SHOW SUBMISSION by midday 14 June 2026\u00a0including the following compulsory elements:<\/p>\n

Images clearly titled:<\/strong><\/p>\n

MAIN IMAGE, DETAIL 1, DETAIL 2, DETAIL 3 in .jpeg or .png format<\/p>\n

Text Information in a Word doc or similar:<\/h2>\n

Your Name<\/p>\n

Module: [U101, T190, T217, T218, T317]<\/p>\n

Project Title:<\/p>\n

Description of Project:<\/p>\n

Description of Yourself:<\/p>\n

Optional:<\/em>\u00a0An email address that we can put on the show website<\/p>\n

Optional<\/em>: Link to your Social Media Profile e.g. Twitter, Instagram or TikTok handle:<\/p>\n

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Each year the OU Design Group showcases the work of students from across our design courses in the Annual Show. You can find all past Annual Shows here:\u00a0 https:\/\/www.oudesignshow.org\/ Key dates for 2026 Submission deadline: 21 June 2026 Online award ceremony and event launch: 18:00, 14 July 2026 Overview The Design Group is excited to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":5216,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5223","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5223"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5223\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6618,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5223\/revisions\/6618"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}