HSE CREATIVE OPEN: A Global Student Competition by HSE ART AND DESIGN SCHOOL
The competition aims to bring together original ideas and standout projects across design, contemporary art, and fashion, while highlighting career opportunities in the creative industry.
Students from any university, anywhere in the world, are welcome to participate.
About the nomination
The core mission is to explore the most contemporary ways of conveying knowledge through the modern book. Participants are tasked with crafting a seamless communication flow and an immersive user experience, grounded in a strong structural and compositional design. Methods for achieving powerful imagery and expressiveness must be clearly defined, with no restrictions on volume, genre, or format.
The goal of this category is to create a collection of relevant knowledge in relevant forms, making full use of the possibilities of the book as a medium.
All book formats are welcome, from printed editions to e-books. Projects can target children or adults, and the focus is on the concept and effective presentation of information, while the format can remain traditional or become experimental. Both fully realized works and prototypes are eligible for submission.
Evaluation criteria
The Concept
1.1 Relevance of the topic, understanding of the target audience, innovative mechanics, storytelling techniques, and functionality of the publication in the chosen format.
Presentation
2.1 The project must clearly convey the book’s content, concept, composition, structure, and design. 2.2 The project must clearly convey the publication’s graphic design, including external layout, standard spreads, and pacing. 2.3 Consistency in compositional, graphic, typographic, and design solutions, as well as the choice of materials, should align with the content, meaning, and functional goals of the publication. 2.4 Projects not intended for mass production, or layouts that do not provide a complete picture of the publication, are ineligible. 2.5 For projects on the books.deziiign and kiiids.art platforms, the longread must demonstrate the project’s internal mechanics and justification (screen transitions, animations). 2.5.1 The book must contain at least two chapters with 16 screens each and at least four animated elements (GIF illustrations or short videos). 2.5.2 The project must include at least three digital reproductions uploaded to shop.artzwork.
Competition timeline
October 31 — Project submissions open
April 15 — Final deadline
Prizes
1st Place: 50,000 RUB 2nd Place: 30,000 RUB 3rd Place: 20,000 RUB
Interested in participating? We’ve prepared two guides—a text guide and a video guide—showing how to sign up, create a project, and submit it to a competition.
Educational tracks
HSE ART AND DESIGN SCHOOL offers undergraduate, master’s, and continuing education programs in Communication Design.
With a project-based learning approach, professional portfolio development, experienced instructors, and direct exposure to the creative industries, our graduates go on to become internationally recognized professionals in design, fashion, contemporary art, photography, theater, programming, game design, media, advertising, film, animation, sound art, and visual effects.
Contact us
HSE ART AND DESIGN SCHOOL Moscow, Malaya Pionerskaya st., 12 creativeopen@hsedesign.ru