The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs) e-Booklet Cover Design Competition (the Competition) aims to engage members and the wider community in creating an eye-catching and impactful cover design for the UNSDGs e-Booklet, which is currently under the HKIE's development. The design is expected to represent the essence of sustainability and the importance of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) advocated by the United Nations (UN). The Competition is now open for submission until 5pm, 31 December 2024 (Hong Kong Time).
About the UNSDGs e-Booklet
The UNSDGs are a global set of interconnected objectives aimed at eradicating poverty, protecting our planet, ensuring prosperity, and meeting other sustainability challenges. In line with the HKIE's commitment to sustainability development practices, the e-Booklet is being created to promote and raise awareness of the UNSDGs within the engineering community and beyond.
The e-booklet will discuss Hong Kong engineers' contribution to the UNSDGs. It will provide interpretations for each of the 17 goals from an engineer's perspective, and showcase exemplar projects and forward-looking technologies to inspire readers who are engineers or from the general public. This will be an essential resource for knowledge dissemination, fostering a deeper understanding of sustainable development principles among the target audience and inspiring actions.
Objectives of the Competition
- To generate interest and awareness about the UNSDGs among members and the broader community
- To create a visually appealing cover design that represents the significance of sustainability and the UNSDGs
- To foster collaboration between different engineering disciplines, even outreaching to other professionals, to create a cover that integrates different disciplines and showcases how they can work together to achieve the SDGs
- To motivate young people and students to become more involved in sustainability and engineering, potentially leading to future careers and innovations in these fields
- To foster active participation and engagement with the HKIE initiatives, especially those related to sustainability
- To provide an encouraging platform for participants to showcase their artistic skills and creativity
Eligibility
- Open to all aged 15 years or above
- No admission fee
Requirements
(i) Design*
- Essential message: Reflect the UNSDGs and their relevance to engineering and society
- Format: .jpg or .pdf format with a minimum resolution of 300 dpi.
- Design size: Suitable for an A4-sized booklet cover.
- Design concept: A brief description of design concept (up to either 50 words in English or 100 words in Chinese) in the Application Form .
* If the design is done with Adobe Illustrator, please provide working files, both outlined and non-outlined. AI art and premade art of any kind will not be accepted. Entrants can download the HKIE logo at here for incorporation in the cover design (please refer to "Terms and conditions" at the page's bottom for further clarifications).
(ii) Submission
- A submission should consist of the design and the signed Application Form.
- Each entrant can submit more than one work without any upper limit. However, for the sake of fairness, each person can only win a maximum of one prize.
- Deadline: By 5pm, 31 December 2024 (Hong Kong Time) via email to unsdgs.competition@hkie.org.hk with email subject: [Submission] UNSDGs e-Booklet Cover Design Competition.
Judging and Selection
- Judging criteria:
- Relevance to the essential message and goals
- Creativity and originality
- Visual impact and aesthetical appeal
- Alignment with the HKIE's mission and values
- Number of shortlisted finalists: Ten
- Number of winning entry: One (selected from the shortlisted finalists)
Prizes and entitlements#
Winner:
A Certificate
A cash prize of HK$5,000
The design will be selected as the cover for HKIE's UNSDGs e-booklet with accreditation to the design winner.
Result announcement on HKIE's website, Facebook and Instagram page on or before February/March 2025 and notification by email
Recognition on the HKIE website and social media platforms
Finalists:
- A cash prize of HK$1,000
- Recognition on the HKIE website and social media platforms
# Prizes are non-transferable.
Enquiries
Corporate Communications Section
The HKIE Secretariat
Tel: (852) 2895 4446
Fax: (852) 2882 6825
Email: unsdgs.competition@hkie.org.hk
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