Applications open until April 13th

The thrilling mobile app challenge for product design new blood.

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What's that?

The Luni Design Contest is an annual competition aimed at students and freshly graduates in product design who wish to specialise in iOS applications.

The contest is an opportunity to express your creativity, develop your skills and face up to the realities of today's profession.

The Luni Design Contest is an annual competition aimed at students and freshly graduates in product design who wish to specialise in iOS applications.

The contest is an opportunity to express your creativity, develop your skills and face up to the realities of today's profession.

Why participate?

Show your skills

An exceptional opportunity to reveal your talent and measure yourself against the best designers on the French scene.

Connect and exchange with the best

Meet other talented designers, share your passion and inspire each other to push the boundaries of your creativity.

Cash money prizes

€7,800 in prizes. The three finalists will receive:

1st prize: €3,000
2nd prize: €2,000
3rd prize: €1,000

And if you're one of the 15 participants invited to the awards ceremony, you'll receive €150, whatever your final ranking (excluding the winning trio).

Luni has everything covered

Participation in the Luni Design Contest is completely free of charge.

All 50 participants will be invited to the awards ceremony. For the 15 finalists, Luni will cover all expenses, including transport and accommodation.

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The contest

From March 24 to April 13, submit your application by clicking here. We'll ask you to answer a few questions about yourself and share a link to your portfolio.

Shortlisting entries

From April 14 to 20, each entry will be carefully examined according to precise criteria:

proficiency in design tools, layout, typography, branding and creativity;
analytical skills, ability to present ideas and explain choices;
knowledge of mobile app design, more specifically, iOS apps.

From all the entries, 50 will be selected by our jury to receive the brief.

Creative brief

At midday on Tuesday April 22, each shortlisted entrant will receive a link to download the creative brief with the specifications for a mobile application design project. Entrants will then have until 11.59pm on Sunday April 27 to submit their designs.

Judging the projects

From April 28 to May 12, our panel of experts will evaluate the 50 projects submitted and select the top 15 to share the €7,800 prize money.

Award ceremony

On Wednesday May 28, Luni will organise a closing and awards ceremony to which all participants are invited.

The event will take place at Luni's offices in Bordeaux and will be an opportunity for the candidates to present their projects, attend design talks, exchange with the jury & Luni's teams and, of course, celebrate the winners!

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The venue

Luni welcomes you to its Bordeaux offices for the awards ceremony

FAQ

What is Luni?

Luni is a French company specialized in the development and distribution of iOS applications. Luni has a global presence with applications used by tens of millions of users and nearly 250,000 daily downloads on iOS, making it one of the top 10 publishers in the world. Digitally designed, physically vibrating. At Luni, we don't just code apps, we write stories that go beyond the screen and into the real world.

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