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Jordan_Scott1
Airtable Alumni (Retired)

Hi all - I hope you’re doing well!

I’m excited to announce the Interface Designer Contest.

We have been so impressed by what the community has been able to accomplish with Interface Designer so far, and can’t wait to be inspired by your creativity. This contest will be open through August 12, 2022 at 5pm PT and winners will be announced in late August.

More details can be found below. Happy building 🙂

The categories:

  1. Best design: The most intuitive, easy-to-use interface. Not just visually appealing, but also functional.
  2. Best use case/solution focus: The best example of using an Interface to solve a problem for a specific use case or function, for example, Marketing or Product Ops.
  3. Wildcard: Just have fun and build something cool.

The prizes (for each category):

  • First place: $5,000, Airtable swag bag, & an invitation to an Interface Designer feedback session with the Airtable product team
  • Second place: $2,000, Airtable swag bag, & an invitation to an Interface Designer feedback session with the Airtable product team
  • Third place: $1,000, Airtable swag bag, & an invitation to an Interface Designer feedback session with the Airtable product team

Judging criteria:

  • Creativity (25%) - The extent to which the interface shows creativity and showcases a use case that has never been possible until now. Creative use of advanced features like user filters.
  • Impact (25%) - The extent to which the Interface unlocks new user value and addresses a need. What is the magnitude of the impact delivered to the user?
  • Design (25%) - Ease of use, design & UI/UX. Is the solution intuitive and elegant? Is user navigation easy and simple?
  • Functional & Actionable (25%) - Quality of submission, lack of errors, seamless experience for the end-user. How ready is this for collaboration and interaction from others?

The details:

  • Submissions are limited to 1 submission per category per person.
  • You will need to publish your base to Airtable Universe for submission. Details on how to publish to universe can be found here.
  • Submit your Interface here
  • Tip: if you need a dataset to get started, the data.world community is free and a great place to start!

Detailed terms & conditions can be found here

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Open to legal residents of the 50 United States and D.C., Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, European Union, and Canada (excluding Quebec) who are age 18 or older and who are current Airtable subscribers. Void where prohibited. Odds of winning depend on number of entries received. Contest starts at 12:00 a.m. EST on June 1 and ends at 11:59:59 p.m. EST on July 31. Each Category’s ARV of prizes: First place ($5,000), Second place ($2,000), Third place ($1,000). ARV of all prizes $25,000. For full Official Rules, prize disclosures, and to enter, review this page. Sponsored by Formagrid Inc, dba Airtable Attn: Airtable Legal Department, 799 Market Street, 8th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94103

83 Comments
Mecca_Parker
5 - Automation Enthusiast
5 - Automation Enthusiast

Interfaces has so much potential as it finally allows builders real control of the View layer of the MVC stack.

However, I can agree that it would be a tad frustrating to build something solely for this competition just to see exciting features like running automations via buttons released right in the middle.

Still a good opportunity to whiz up an old base and polish an existing interface. :thumbs_up:

Mario_Granero
6 - Interface Innovator
6 - Interface Innovator

Great!! I will participate!! :partying_face:

I didn’t find anything about language in terms, are only English submissions allowed? :smiling_face_with_sunglasses:

Jordan_Scott1
Airtable Alumni (Retired)

Great question - English is preferred, but other languages are welcome as well!

Jordan_Scott1
Airtable Alumni (Retired)

Thanks for flagging this. The only new feature launching between now and the end of July is record creation, which will be coming shortly. Besides that nothing new will be launched before the end of this contest :slightly_smiling_face:

I hope that’s helpful!

ScottWorld
18 - Pluto
18 - Pluto

This is great to hear, @Jordan_Scott1! Thank you!! This will make it easier for everybody to move forward with confidence for the contest!! :grinning_face_with_big_eyes: :raised_hands:

Joe_Hanauer
5 - Automation Enthusiast
5 - Automation Enthusiast

Cool contest!

Will you be looking at one specific view in the Interface? Or will you be reviewing all views

Joe_Hanauer
5 - Automation Enthusiast
5 - Automation Enthusiast

@Jordan_Scott1 ^^ Apologies! Should’ve replied in original post

Jeremy_Oglesby
14 - Jupiter
14 - Jupiter

@Jordan_Scott1
I’m not sure I understand how the submission works. All I’m asked to provide is a link to the base I’ve published in the Universe… but how do your judges get access to the Interface? When a user copies a base from the Universe, does it come along with the Interfaces that base was tied to in the originating base?

If so, this is not at all clear to me from the Universe publishing instructions, or from the structure of the Universe. Before I make my submissions for this contest, would you mind clearing up for me how that works?

Jordan_Scott1
Airtable Alumni (Retired)

@Jeremy_Oglesby correct! When we copy the base from Universe the interfaces will come with :slightly_smiling_face:

Jordan_Scott1
Airtable Alumni (Retired)

We will look at all views! :slightly_smiling_face: