About the challenge

This Designathon invites students to explore the conference theme Entangle through a collaborative design process. Working in teams of 2–4, participants will respond to a prompt connected to the relationships between humans, technologies, and environments across interconnected systems.

Teams will move through research, ideation, and prototyping to examine how interactions shape the world around us. This is an opportunity to experiment with design as a way to understand complex, intertwined processes and systems.

Schedule

  • Friday, 3/20
    • 9:45 am: Kickoff presentation (Center for Design)
    • 10am: Workshop with mentors
  • Saturday, 3/21
    • Independent work, submissions due by midnight
  • Sunday, 3/22
    • Presentations and judging at Interventions: Entangle (ISEC)

Requirements

Teams will submit a design response to the prompt (to be announced at kickoff). Submissions should include a presentation to be shared at the conference. More details will be shared at the Friday kickoff.

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

1 non-cash prize
Surprise Prize
3 winners

Surprise Prize / Sponsor Prize

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Snehal Ladke

Snehal Ladke
Senior UX Designer at MBTA

Joseph Schnackertz

Joseph Schnackertz
Senior UX Researcher at Symbotic

Judging Criteria

  • Judging Criteria Overview
    Originality + Creativity; Functionality; Impact; Collaboration & Process; Presentation; Thoughtfulness & Technical Execution

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