There are just two weeks left to enter our Start Something Powerful Competition, which calls for ideas that could have a powerful impact on how people live over the next 100 years. Enter before 21 August.

The Start Something Powerful Competition is a global design contest that invites architects and designers to envisage innovative architecture or design concepts that could have a transformative effect on people's lives.

Through the competition, Dezeen and Bentley seek to discover pioneering prototypes that could serve as a blueprint for future living, anticipating the needs, technologies and lifestyle trends for the next century.

Contest challenges designers to envision how future generations live

Proposals can be architectural or urban design concepts, product or material innovations, novel mobility or wellness solutions, or anything else that could have a transformative effect on people's lives.

The competition, which is free to enter for anyone over the age of 18 of any profession and from any country around the world, is open for entries until 21 August 2024.

See the full competition brief and rules for how to enter ›

Entries will be assessed by judges from Dezeen and Bentley

The competition entries will be assessed by a panel of judges comprising designers and journalists from Bentley and Dezeen.

The best proposals selected by the judges will be revealed in October 2024. A top prize of £15,000 will be awarded to first place, while the runner-up will receive £10,000 and the third-placed entrant will receive £5,000.

Judges will be looking for bold, ambitious and forward-looking concepts that could reimagine the way future generations live, just like Bentley redefined the motor car in the 1920s and continues to do so today.

Proposals must align with the Bentley brand, demonstrating the highest levels of innovation, beauty and craftsmanship.

How to enter

Entrants must submit a description of their idea explaining how it meets the brief, along with supporting imagery showcasing the concept.

Entrants have the option to produce a video or animation of the design, which should be uploaded to an external hosting platform such as YouTube or Vimeo and submitted via a URL.

Contestants are free to use generative AI tools for their submission but must disclose what tools they have used and how.

The Start Something Powerful Competition closes for entries at midnight on 21 August 2024.

For more information about how to enter, including the full brief and rules, visit www.dezeen.com/bentley-start-something-powerful-competition-brief-rules.

Partnership content

The Start Something Powerful Competition is a partnership between Dezeen and Bentley. Find out more about Dezeen partnership content here.