Big ideas for making the world better can earn big money for college and university students. Now through October 6, applications are open for Wege Prize 2025, the international design competition where top teams win a prize pool of $65,000 USD for their sustainable, circular approaches to solving... View full entry »
With Earth Day 2024’s spotlight on eliminating non-regenerative plastics, new plastics alternatives and reinventions created by innovative student teams from Wege Prize international design competition offer the promise of game-changing solutions to plastics pollution. This year alone... View full entry »
Around the globe, college and university students with big ideas for making the world better are applying for Wege Prize, an international design competition with a prize pool of $65,000 USD. Winning submissions gain recognition for their innovations in sustainability and circularity that... View full entry »
For a world reeling from hunger, climate impacts, food waste and inequity, five student teams have stepped forward with expert-reviewed and innovative solutions as part of Wege Prize 2023, with several projects focused on advances in agriculture that cut carbon emissions and sustain developing... View full entry »
As student teams apply to compete for large cash prizes by designing real-world solutions to complex environmental problems, organizers of the Wege Prize 2023 student competition have named two new experts to its extensive roster of judges. Both new judges hail from the acclaimed Grand Rapids... View full entry »
Around the globe, college and university students with compelling, inventive solutions to wicked problems facing the world now have the chance to earn money as they make a difference. Wege Prize 2023, the international sustainability competition of Kendall College of Art and Design of Ferris... View full entry »
After two-year hiatus due to pandemic restrictions, KCAD presents a wide-ranging showcase of noted work by 2022 graduatesRecord attendance expected at Grand Rapids magnet for emerging leaders in design and visual arts, representing the depth and breadth of student experience in KCAD studios, labs... View full entry »
Kendall College of Art and Design of Ferris State University (KCAD) announces finalists for Wege Prize 2022, global competition for the circular economy solutions Student teams narrowed from 29 to seven countries debut innovative approaches to address global challenges in ways that transform... View full entry »
Addressing everything from hunger and climate change to social equity and pollution, the solutions advanced by 15 teams of students around the world offer a glimpse of the impact and benefits of Wege Prize, the competition they are vying to win this year. Wege Prize, the international student... View full entry »
Bolstering the future of design and sustainability, two expert sources have joined as judges for the global Wege Prize competition: acclaimed design pioneer Tom Newhouse, and a leading U.S. adviser on sustainable business, Bill Stough. Two of the most prominent names in sustainability and the... View full entry »
It’s an exciting time for innovative students working for a more sustainable future, but time is critical. Until Nov. 1, inventive student teams can register for Wege Prize competition, an exceptional opportunity to earn recognition, experience and cash prizes for real-world sustainability... View full entry »
Grand Rapids, Mich., August 00, 2021 — Since 2013, the Kendall College of Art and Design of Ferris State University (KCAD)’s international design competition, Wege Prize, has inspired and taught college students to collaboratively design and propose innovative solutions that support a circular... View full entry »
As noise pollution continues to impact the lives of city-dwellers worldwide, one of the most compelling new design solutions comes from a group of five Chilean university students. Known as The Chilensis, this collective has earned global recognition for their new product through this... View full entry »
Covid. Climate. Injustice. Waste. Disparity. Hunger. Poverty. So much is at critical mass in the world that there’s no choice but to address multiple interconnected global issues simultaneously. Wege Prize, the international student design competition to create solutions to today’s... View full entry »
Finalists Announced in Wege Prize 2020 Design Competition from Seven Countries, 13 Academic Institutions, and 20 Unique Academic Disciplines Grand Rapids, Mich. – If the COVID-19 pandemic has shown us anything, it’s that humans are at our best when we work across the boundaries that divide... View full entry »
