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.
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About the nomination
The Fashion Brand category welcomes projects from fashion labels (clothing, footwear, accessories, jewelry) as well as startups in the fashion industry, including initiatives focused on sustainable consumption, eco-friendly production, and related services. Projects should showcase the development of the idea, product or service, and the visual identity of the fashion brand, store, or startup.
Submission requirements
To enter the competition, your project should be presented as a comprehensive presentation including:
• A description of the idea, goals, and objectives
• A mood board
• Product or collection development through sketches or 3D visualizations (or, for services, offerings, or initiatives in the fashion sector, a detailed concept)
• A visual platform, including logo, packaging, space design, and elements for lookbooks and social media shoots
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.
References
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Educational tracks
HSE ART AND DESIGN SCHOOL offers programs in Communication Design, Fashion Design, and Fashion Branding, providing education at the Bachelor’s, Master’s, and continuing education levels.
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