Dezeen launches AI paintings competitors for AI editorial sequence with £1,000 prize

Dezeen’s subsequent editorial sequence will have a look at how AI will impression design and structure. To mark the beginning of the sequence we’re inviting you to create its paintings utilizing the text-to-image mills which are making headlines.

At this time we’re launching the general public contest to supply the illustration for our subsequent sequence, with a £1,000 prize for the profitable design.

World’s first AI designer to announce winner

Starting in June, the AItopia sequence will discover what the speedy improvement of synthetic intelligence (AI) will imply for the way forward for design, structure and humanity. All articles within the sequence will characteristic the profitable paintings.

In that spirit, we would like the illustration for the sequence to be created utilizing AI text-to-image mills like DALL-E 2, Midjourney and Steady Diffusion.

We’re in search of a striking-yet-simple design that powerfully interprets the thrust of the sequence and its consideration of whether or not advances in machine studying imply the world is heading for a utopian future, or a dystopian one.

The profitable illustration shall be used because the branding for Dezeen’s upcoming AItopia sequence

Dezeen’s editorial workforce will create a shortlist of the ten finest entries which shall be featured in an article on the web site.

The winner will then be chosen by a small judging panel made up of Dezeen editorial director Max Fraser, Pentagram companion Natasha Jen and the world’s first AI designer, Tilly Talbot, created by Studio Snoop founder Amanda Talbot and just lately unveiled at Milan design week.

Tilly Talbot will announce the winner on Dezeen to coincide with the launch of the AItopia sequence.

Judges shall be in search of a mixture of a robust general idea, good execution and a convincing justification for the design.

“We sit on the cusp of a brand new period, pondering the huge potential alternatives in addition to the existential crises which may be enabled by AI,” stated Fraser. “I shall be in search of paintings entries that characterize the delicate and unknown future we’re barreling in direction of.”

Tilly Talbot AI designer — AI design-bot Tilly Talbot will announce the winner on Dezeen

The competitors is free to enter and open to everybody, from skilled graphic designers to informal AI fans. The deadline is 25 Might.

Additional particulars on the competitors and the best way to enter are beneath.

Competitors submission pointers

Please learn this info fastidiously earlier than getting into as any submissions that breach the rules is not going to be thought of.

The deadline for the competitors is 23:59 London time on 25 Might. Late submissions is not going to be accepted.

Entrants ought to submit their illustration through electronic mail to [email protected]. By emailing a submission you conform to the principles beneath.

Emails ought to embrace:

A topic line together with the phrases “AItopia paintings competitors entry” adopted by the entrant’s title
A single JPEG picture file of the paintings being submitted
A supporting assertion (most 200 phrases) explaining the idea behind the design
Your full title
Your nationality
Your occupation and job title/firm or course title/faculty, if relevant
The title of the device used to create the submitted paintings

Necessary guidelines about submissions:

Just one entry per individual (or group of individuals) please. Bulk entries shall be disqualified
The picture should work in each a sq. format and a 16:9 hero format. Please remember that text-to-image mills have a tendency to supply sq. photos so this may should be factored into your design. Dezeen will crop the sq. into the 16:9 format
The picture might want to work with the “AItopia” textual content overlay. An instance is included within the picture on this submit, though the color and positioning of the textual content can change. Dezeen will add the textual content overlay
The picture file ought to be as prime quality as attainable. Low-quality photos is not going to be thought of
Mental property rights for every submission will stay with the entrant. Nevertheless by getting into the competitors, entrants grant Dezeen Restricted and its companions the fitting to publish, promote or in any other case show their designs with out having to hunt prior approval
Entries should not violate the mental property or design rights of any third celebration. Any entry discovered to have accomplished so shall be disqualified
The judges’ resolution is remaining and no correspondence shall be entered into

Questions in regards to the competitors might also be despatched to [email protected].

The profitable design shall be introduced on www.dezeen.com in early June 2023. The winner will even be notified by electronic mail.

The prize cash shall be paid by financial institution switch. Due to this fact you should be ready to offer extra info to permit us to course of the fee. No different prizes shall be provided.