Aluminum Extrusion Design Competition: Your Ideas Taking Shape
The Aluminum Extrusion Design Competition strives to challenge and empower the next generation of designers to think about how aluminum extrusions can shape a better, more sustainable world.
The Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC) and its educational and research organization, the ET Foundation, are inviting designers and engineers from around the world to share their vision for the future using aluminum extrusions.
PARTICIPATION
The competition is FREE to enter and is open to entries from Student and Professional designers, architects and engineers. Manufacturers are invited to enter the competition in partnership with their extruder. Entries are due no later than February 26, 2024.
Your unique and original designs in the 2024 International Aluminum Extrusion Design Competition must feature at least one extruded aluminum component. Your design materials and product explanation should highlight extrusion's many advantages.
2024 Aluminum Extrusion Design Competition
The 2024 Aluminum Extrusion Design Competition will be open to student AND professional designers, engineers, architects and others.
Winning entries will be displayed at the aluminum extrusion industry's premier technical education event, the Thirteenth International Aluminum Extrusion Technology Seminar & Exposition, scheduled for April 30 - May 2, 2024.
$29,000 in Prizes!
A total of $15,500 in scholarship awards for top designs from students and $10,000 in cash awards for the best designs from professionals - plus a $3,500 Grand Prize awarded across all categories and classes - are available.
Winners will be notified following judging via the email listed on the participant's entry form (so write legibly!). Follow the links to "I am a Student" and "I am a Professional" below for details.
Thank you to the 2024 Student Aluminum Extrusion Design Competition Sponsors:
Winning Entries to be Featured at ET'24
The winning entries from the 2024 Aluminum Extrusion Design Competition will be displayed at the Thirteenth International Aluminum Extrusion Technology Seminar & Exposition - ET '24, scheduled for April 30 - May 2, 2024, in Orlando, Florida.