About the Challenge

​The Vancouver World Cup is here!

​Vancouver Made is a one-day designathon and hackathon at BCIT Tech Collider. The two tracks, in one line:

Devin Open Hackathon Track: build anything Vancouver and World Cup themed, your medium, your call.

​Formme Fashion Design Track: design a Vancouver kit that actually gets manufactured.

​Devin Open Hackathon Track

​We are bringing Devin by Cognition to Western Canada for the first time!! Devin is giving away $2000 worth of free credits and exciting cash prizes!

​Devin Open Hackathon Track awards:

- 1st prize: CAD$500

- 2nd prize: CAD$300

- 3rd prize: CAD$100

​Formme Fashion Design Track

​Vancouver startup, Formme is enabling fashion designers bring their vision to reality for the first time, with your designs actually getting manufactured as high-end jerseys.

​Tell the Vancouver story: its heritage, neighbourhoods, mountains, ocean, culture.

​Fashion Design Track awards:

​- 1st: 10 full kits (jersey + shorts) of your design, manufactured

​- 2nd: 5 jerseys of your design, manufactured

​- 3rd: 15% off your next order

WHAT WE ARE ACTUALLY JUDGING

​Novelty of process and output, not just craft or finish.

​What you make matters. The system behind it matters just as much. What did you try? What did you build around your process? What became possible because of the tools, code, and experiments you used?

​A strong project feels new in one of two ways: the output is novel, or the process opens a new way of making. The Fashion Design Track wins by making a kit no one expected. Something that captures the heart of Vancouver. The Devin Open Hackathon Track wins by building something no one else in the room could have produced.

​Show your work either way. What you used, what you built, what broke. The process is part of the pitch.

​More awards across both tracks:

​- Use of AI / Tools: Prizes worth CAD$200 from the AI Consensus

- Best Vancouver Narrative: CAD$100 gift voucher from East Village

- Show your process award: CAD$50 cash prize from Adventeam

What You Will Get

• Access to workshops, and sponsor tools
• A full day of food, drinks, and creative energy
• Networking with 130+ designers, builders, and industry judges

Location

Integrated Systems Learning Centre, BCIT Downtown Vancouver. 555 Seymour St, Vancouver, BC V6B 3H6

• Creativity & Originality
  How unexpected, distinctive, or memorable is the concept? Does it avoid clichés? Does it offer a fresh perspective on Vancouver or football culture?
• Vancouver Narrative & World Cup Connection
  How effectively the project captures Vancouver's identity (history, culture, neighbourhoods, landscape, communities) and connects it to the World Cup. Is there a compelling story behind the design?
• Design Quality & Cohesion
  Quality of visual execution. Do the components work together as a coherent system? Are typography, color, materials, graphics, and details intentional and effective?
• Feasibility & Manufacturability
  Could this realistically be produced? Are materials, construction, and implementation reasonably considered?
• Presentation & Communication
  Was the concept clearly explained? Did the team effectively communicate both the final outcome and how it was made?