Three people sitting on a wooden bench in front of a brightly colored wall with posters for a diversity and design event, with a circular sign reading 'Diversity x Design Poster Contest Winners'.

Diversity X Design Contest

California Academy of Sciences,
San Francisco

2020 - 2021

A poster contest and workshop series for Bay Area high school students. We collaborated with local artists, educators, SFMOMA, and Inneract Project. This was a way to inspire excitement about the environment, science, and design.

Five of the winning posters on exhibit. Each poster showcasing a different theme with artwork and text.

Honorable mention submissions in the design themes we created workshops around. Mural by Alexander Vidal is backdrop for the exhibit and award event.

See project online

Information about submitting a poster for Bay Area high school students. Applicants information about selecting a theme, application guidelines, judging criteria, prizes, resource links, and a photo of Cal Academy museum.

Press kit for collaborators and outreach

California Academy of Sciences' Diversity x Design poster contest. It announces the contest date, and provides information about the contest theme, prizes, eligibility, and event details.

Advertisements and posters to attract both submissions and workshop attendance

Zoom and Youtube streamed workshops to accompany the poster contest
Home page
Home page (continued)
Resources to help students create their posters and learn about design fundamentals
Expanded resources in accordion drawers
Competition themes. Each submission needed to fit into one of the 5 categories
Winners posted online as well as installed in museum

The Team

Andrew Sawyer – Design
Rhonda Rubinstein – Creative Director
Maya Lim – Design
Saba Tauqir – Event Production
Jennifer Teu – Project Management
Nick Colin – Content
Sterling Larimore – Exhibit Design