Recognizing Innovative Product Design
for Learning Environments

Final Entry Deadline: September 24, 2021 
Presentation due date October 1, 2021

Manufacturers planning to exhibit and/or sponsor at ED Spaces 2021 (Pittsburgh, PA, November 3-5) are invited to enter new sales-ready products that are: innovative; demonstrate rigor in design for education environments; are appropriate for the age of learner; are for specific settings and/or activities; are based on research and customer collaboration; have a level of certification; augment learning and/or space utilization; improve the social, emotional, and cognitive well-being of students, staff and community; and are sustainable and aesthetically pleasing. 

Products must be on the market (sorry, no prototypes), with an introduction date after October 2019.

Product Innovation Awards Process:
An elite jury of industry professionals will review all submittals, and determine which products will move to the Finalist round.

• Companies with product entries chosen as Finalist must be available to “live pitch” their product to jurors at their ED Spaces booth just after exhibit set-up on Tuesday November 2nd, starting at 5pm. 

• All entrants are required to attend the Product Innovation Awards Presentation & ED Spaces Opening Ceremony where 3 top Product Innovation Awards (Best in Show; 2nd Place, 3rd Place) award recipients will be revealed, products highlighted, and design teams called to stage to receive their award.

• All entered products will be featured in two post-awards ceremony email campaigns plus will be featured for six months on the Learning By Design Magazine website. 

• A Product Innovation Gallery will be staged at the EDSpaces conference and will include boards with all submitted products. Each board will include a product photo, company name, website, booth number, product name and 50-word description. 

• A QR code be placed on all entered projects utilized for attendees to cast their vote for a "People’s Choice Award" vote – a special bonus award to be announced at the conclusion of this year’s conference.

Upon entry participants will receive instructions and a template for preparing their product entry. Submissions will include photos, product descriptions, and responses to Q&A. We also encourage a video clip, up to 2 minutes in length, to be included within your presentation. For Questions, please contact Donna Hidalgo at 210-419-9017 or email donna@learningbydesignmagazine.com

Entry Rates:  $695 / First Entry: $565 for each additional entry