24 Hour Design Challenge 2024

24-Hour Design Challenge

IADT Carriglea Building
15th + 16th November 2024
Full Schedule

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Enterprise & Innovation at IADT Media Cube, in collaboration with the Creative Futures Academy, invites you to take part in a 24-Hour Design Challenge that will push your limits, ignite your creativity, and set you on the path of innovation. In this creatively energetic event, you’ll complete a series of captivating Design Thinking tasks that will challenge your problem-solving skills and inspire your ingenuity.

Taking place across the afternoon of November 15th and full day of the 16th the event is a sprint from idea to pitch that showcases the power of working together to ignite creative solutions to real world problems.

But that’s not all – the climax of the challenge will see you and your team presenting your ingenious ideas to a panel of industry experts. The best part? The victorious team will seize an astonishing grand prize of €1,000, not to mention the invaluable experience and recognition that come with it.

As we confront the most pressing challenges of contemporary society, your ideas will play a pivotal role in shaping a better future. Embrace the opportunity to work collaboratively in teams, harnessing your creativity to craft solutions that align with the theme of ‘Imagination for Opportunity’. Your innovation will have a real impact, addressing global issues and contributing to a more sustainable world.

Ready to rise to the challenge? If you are a student of IADT, UCD or NCAD, secure your spot now and be a part of the design revolution that’s shaping tomorrow!

This year the IADT 24HR Design challenge is part of The Hult Prize 2025.  The Hult prize program cycle has begun and the $1M global competition is UNLIMITED. The Winner of the IADT 24 HR Design challenge will have the opportunity to automatically enter the Hult Prize National final in Ireland.The Hult Prize is the world’s largest student pitch competition inviting you turn your startup idea into reality. The Hult prize will give you the opportunity to connect with a global community of like-minded peers, receive mentorship from industry leaders, and have the opportunity to shape the future through innovation. Through our annual competition, 200,000 people in 120 countries work to build innovative startups that address the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

We would like to thank our sponsors and collaborators including the Higher Education Authority, The Hult Prize Foundation, Creative Futures Academy, Dublin Regional Innovation Consortium and the Local Enterprise Office, DLR.