WELCOME TO DESIGNVERSE '24 - THE FIRST UCR DESIGN-A-THON!

Calling all designers! Join other students in designers in a 24 hour competition to create a product that is focused on creativity, accessibility and authenticity. 

You will be able to improve your own design skills while also getting an opportunity to network with UI/UX industry professional, students and alumni. 

This is a completely beginner friendly designathon. No experience with coding or UI/UX is required.  We will have workshops, food and games!

Requirements

What to Submit

As a team, you will be submitting your project on Devpost as well as the Hacker Portal (https://www.designverseucr.org/user). Describe your projects main goals, the problem you aimed to solved and most importantly how you designed your ideas. Be sure to include descriptions of any tracks you focused on in your designs! The tracks can be found on our website https://www.designverseucr.org

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Prizes

$530 in prizes
Global Impact Design
1 winner

Beginner's Track
1 winner

Deep Dive into Prototyping
1 winner

Visionary's Challenge
1 winner

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Naheel Jawid

Naheel Jawid
Product Designer @ Google NYC

Robin Staley

Robin Staley
UX Designer @ LexisNexis

Antonio Flamenco

Antonio Flamenco
Sr. Product Designer @ Salesforce

Amanda Lo

Amanda Lo
Program Director @ Develop for Good

Evelyn Sakura Brokering

Evelyn Sakura Brokering
Sr. UX Designer @ Gap Inc.

Judging Criteria

  • Global Impact Design
    Examining the Social Impacts of Inclusive & Eco-Friendly Design
  • Beginner's Track: Design 101
    Design 101 : Practice & Perfect Fundamental Design Principles
  • Deep Dive Into Prototyping
    Put Your Skills to the Test and Ideate Solutions—UX Research Challenge
  • Visionary's Challenge
    Broadening horizons in a real-world context through visual design principles and functionality

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