2025 CREA8 SUSTAINABILITY COMPETITION

The 2025 Crea8 Sustainability Competition invites young minds to channel their creativity and innovation under the theme “ReMake/RePlay: Upcycling for a Better World.” This year, participants will explore the transformative power of upcycling, turning waste into resources and reimagining discarded materials into new and purposeful games, daily necessity objects and wearable fashion.

The competition encourages students to think critically about sustainability, embrace the concept of circular living, and contribute actionable solutions for a greener, more resourceful future.

2025 Crea8 Sustainability Competition
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Unleash your creativity by designing a prototype of a practical product or a stylish wearable using recycled or upcycled materials! From turning old fabric into trendy fashion pieces to repurposing discarded items into everyday essentials, this challenge lets you combine innovation with sustainability. Show how waste can be transformed into something functional or fashionable, proving that great design can also help protect our planet!

Design and create wearable fashion outfits or accessories OR an essential and practical object entirely from recycled or upcycled materials. Participants are encouraged to source waste materials readily available in their homes, schools or communities. Examples include

  • Textile Waste
  • Plastics
  • Paper and Cardboard
  • Metal and Wire

JUDGING CRITERIA

  • INNOVATION & CREATIVITY
  • FUNCTIONALITY
  • AESTHETICS
  • SUSTAINABILITY
  • PRESENTATION

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

  • Create either a unique eco-friendly product prototype made from recyclable or non-recyclable materials that may be essential in daily life or enhances an aspect of one’s life; OR a wearable fashion item made from either recycled or upcycled materials, including textiles.
  • A presentation on either the product or wearable item addressing the following:
    • Description of the eco-friendly product or wearable item
    • What is the inspiration behind the eco-friendly product or wearable item
    • How the eco-friendly product will be used and its benefits
    • The design process from idealisation to realisation
  • Photos or short video clip of the product prototype or wearable item.

Submission Closing Date
26 March 2025, Wednesday

For more details about the competition, refer to the Competition Rules

PRIZES TO BE WON

GOLD
$400 Popular vouchers
Trophy and Certificate of Award

   SILVER
$300 Popular vouchers
Trophy and Certificate of Award

  BRONZE
$200 Popular vouchers
Trophy and Certificate of Award