2025 COMPLETION OVERVIEW

The Osmosis 2025 All High School Design Competition challenges student designers to create products and services that showcase the true power of design; design that cures diseases, builds safe community spaces, sparks innovations like airbags and rocking cradles, and reimagines what’s possible for the future.

This competition is a call to action: take charge of your future, think boldly, and let your creativity lead the way. Four outstanding designers will be honored at the Osmosis Design Awards and awarded exciting prizes for their visionary work.

We invite all high school students to showcase their talent and shape tomorrow’s world through design.

THEME: DESIGN YOUR FUTURE: EMPOWERING THE NEXT GENERATION OF DESIGN LEADERS

The Osmosis 2025 All High School Design Competition is built around the theme “Design Your Future: Empowering the Next Generation of Design Leaders.” This competition is a call to action—inviting students to take charge of their future, think boldly, and reimagine what’s possible through design. It’s more than creating projects; it’s about shaping ideas that inspire change, spark innovation, and lead the way toward a better world.

RUBIC: THE CRITERIA WE WILL USE TO EVALUATE YOUR CONTEST SUBMISSION

Before you submit your contest entry, take a moment to review the rubric. This guide outlines exactly how your work will be evaluated so you know what to focus on for the best results.

EXCITING PRIZES AWAIT!: 

Top entries submitted to the Osmosis 2025 All High School Design Competition will be recognized at the Osmosis Design Awards and rewarded with amazing prizes, including:

1. 1st Place MacBook Pro
2. 2nd Place Mac Book Air
3. 3rd Place Mac I pad
4. 4th Place $500 scholarship

Deadline: All entries must be submitted by November 21, 2025, at 11:59 PM CST using the link provided in the online application. Late submissions will not be considered.

MUST be a freshman, sophomore, junior or senior high school student to participate.

3-D design work and models are optional and must not exceed 12” x 12” in size.

ENTER CONTEST NOW

1. Create Your Design
   Use your exceptional talent to design something that reflects the theme “Design Your Future.” Save your artwork as a PDF, PNG, MP4 and files must be named with your full name (examples: ADC_YourFullName.PDF or ADC_YourFullName.PNG or ADC_YourFullName.MP4). Entries without proper naming cannot be accepted.

2. Write Your Design Brief
   Write a description (up to 500 words) explaining how your design connects to the theme. Save your brief as a PDF, Word document, or share it as a Google Docs link and files must be named with your full name (examples: ADC_YourFullName.PDF or ADC_YourFullName.DOCX or ADC_YourFullName)

   “DESIGN YOUR FUTURE” DESIGN BRIEF

   Your design must include a typed or neatly written design brief (description) up to 500 words that explains how your design relates to “Design Your Future”. 

3. Submit Your Application 
   Complete the online entry:

   • Step 1: Fill out and submit the Online application form.

   • Step 2: Upload Artwork and Written Breif:

     • Your design artwork named properly as outlined above (PDF, PNG, website link, or MP4)
     • Your design brief written essay document (PDF or DOCX)

ART AND DESIGN INSTRUCTORS

2025 ALL HIGH SCHOOL DESIGN COMPETITION
Design Your Future: Empowering the Next Generation of Design Leaders

The Project Osmosis All High School Design Competition (ADC) gives young designers the opportunity to showcase their talent, vision, and purpose while competing for exciting prizes and recognition.

This year’s theme, “Design Your Future: Empowering the Next Generation of Design Leaders,” is a call to action—challenging students to take charge of their future, think boldly, and reimagine what’s possible through design.

The competition celebrates the brilliant work of Chicagoland high school students, transforming ideas that might otherwise remain concepts into impactful creations. By entering, students gain valuable experience and the chance to be honored at the Osmosis Design Awards, where the top 10 designers will be celebrated.

Encourage your students to step forward, design with purpose, and help shape tomorrow’s world.

Students are invited to “Design Your Future” through disciplines such as:

• Architecture

• Interior Design

• Graphic Design

• Motion Design

• App Design

• Urban Design

• Industrial Design

• Fashion Design

Your school’s support and promotion of the All High School Design Competition helps Project Osmosis discover and empower Chicago’s hidden creative gems—the future movers and shakers of the design world.