Officially collaborating, SketchUp and Hush Puppies Indonesia are holding the SketchUp Annual Design Competition 2023. With the theme 'Better Brighter', participants are allowed to feel free to be creative using SketchUp software in designing a new concept for the Hush Puppies offline store.
SketchUp Indonesia and Hush Puppies Indonesia Hold Store Interior Design Competition
Participant registration lasts until October 13, 2023. The registration fee is IDR 450,000. The next day, on October 14, 2023, participants will be provided with SketchUp Day 2023 training. This training aims to teach participants to produce quality work. Continuing on October 16, 2023, there will be aanwijzing or technical meeting which all participants need to attend. The work process and collection of works will take place from 17 October to 27 November 2023. The jury will then assess from 28 November to 1 December 2023. On 5 December 2023, the results of the judging will be announced and the finalists will be determined. In the final process, on December 9, 2023, all selected finalists will present their work. The winners will be announced on December 13, 2023. The entire series of events will be held online.
There will be six winners and one favorite champion in this competition. 1st place will get IDR 7,000,000, 2nd place will get IDR 5,000,000, and 3rd place will get IDR 3,000,000. Apart from that, 1st place aspiring winner will also be selected with a prize of IDR 2,000,000, 2nd place aspiring winner with a prize of IDR 1,500,000, 3rd place aspiring winner with a prize of IDR 1,000,000. The favorite winner will also get a prize of IDR 750,000.
Apart from these prizes, other benefits that participants can get are free training, certificates, and SketchUp, Vray, and LayOut learning modules. Moreover, designers will also get recognition and exposure because the work created by participants will be uploaded to Instagram @sketchup.indonesia and immortalized in the annual SketchUp Indonesia work collection.
The design concept created by the winner also has the opportunity to become a new concept for the Hush Puppies Indonesia offline store. What's more interesting is that Hush Puppies Indonesia is a reference for Hush Puppies throughout the world. Participating in this competition can be a significant step for young designers.
President Director of PT Vexa Dinamika Teknologi (SketchUp Indonesia), Sarah Aisyah Kahar, said, "We want to support local interior designers to continue to develop and channel their potential. This collaboration was held together with Hush Puppies to appreciate this potential"
Sarah also said that SketchUp Indonesia holds this competition as an annual activity and hoped it would continue in the future. “The enthusiasm of the participants is always there. We also hope that there will be more collaborations like this so that local designers have a platform to create and exhibit their work."
Raisa Akwila, Director of PT Transmarco (Hush Puppies Indonesia) said, “Hush Puppies Indonesia is very happy with the collaboration with SketchUp Indonesia. Please note that Hush Puppies Indonesia is a role model and has been given authority by Hush Puppies America to provide new concepts. Therefore, the concepts provided by these participants will later be seen by other Hush Puppies throughout the world."
Monica Suryanto, 2nd place winner in the 2022 SketchUp Annual Design Competition, said that she was proud and helped by this annual SketchUp Indonesia competition. Monica also said that she thought this competition needed to be participated in by young designers who wanted to develop, especially building a portfolio.
Raisa and Sarah both agree that local designers need to have the opportunity to develop themselves and be recognized throughout the world. Therefore, the 2023 SketchUp Annual Competition is here to support local designers to show off.