Judging

Judges are experienced members of the design community from each participating province,  Canada, the US and International. Judging will be based on creativity and innovation. In each category, gold, silver, and bronze awards maybe presented. An award may be withheld in any category if it is deemed that no entry merits an award.

Judges do not collaborate on individual projects but score them independently. The project scores are then numerically tabulated to determine the overall rating for each project. Each project is judged independently fromone another. The scoring is not relative to other submitted projects.

Each submission is scored numerically in the following 4 categories:

□ General First Impression

□ Overall Creativity - which includes the use of materials, details, ergonomic, reuse of existing elements, lighting, and planning

□ Strategies Employed - judges look for specific elements of the design including colour, light, scale, texture, form, and pattern

□ Project Success/Results - is based on the project description, challenges, budget, and goaIs

The masi Design Awards are judged anonymously. The project identification information is not shared with the judges.

Non-winners may still be featured on the masi, IDA, IDAS & PIDIM social networks.