Western Canada's First Design-Focused HackathonWestern Canada's First Design-Focused Hackathon. Hosted by students from Simon Fraser University, join participants across North America in sharpening your skills and testing your limits from the comfort of your own home!

Level up your Design!
Summer 2021 | 24 hr Virtual Competition
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About Us

Our mission is to host a celebration of design where participants can learn, compete, and network while building their portfolios and skills regardless of their experience.

Hosted by students from Simon Fraser University, join participants across North America in sharpening your skills and testing your limits from the comfort of your own home!

About Us

Welcome to Western Canada’s first-ever design-focused Hackathon - VXP Protothon. Our mission is to host a celebration of design where participants can learn, compete, and network while building their portfolios and skills regardless of their experience.

Hosted by students from Simon Fraser University, join participants from across North America in sharpening your skills and testing your limits from the comfort of your own home!

Benefits

Building your design portfolio

Network & connect with industry professionals

Developing your skills as a designer

Benefits

Building your design portfolio

Network & connect with industry professionals

Developing your skills as a designer

Join Us!

Competition

Workshop

Mentor

Pick a prompt and push your limits by designing a solution in 24 hours!

Join a team

Register as a team or as an individual participant and meet others seeking to form a team via our Discord network.

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Choose a prompt

From our range of problems, each with their own unique themes and challenges. While there are certain criteria you should strive to follow, let your imagination run wild to create novel and interesting solutions.

Ideate & create

Now that you have chose your prompt, it’s time to go to the drawing board and begin sketching out solutions. Brainstorm & create low fidelity prototypes, raw sketches, mind maps in collaboration with your team!

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Prototype

Build your ideas into a working prototype to showcase your skills. Using a prototyping tool, your design should be interactive and highlight what it means to design with user interface and user experience in mind.

Submit & get feedback!

Register as a team or as an individual participant and meet others seeking to form a team via our Discord network.

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Judges & Speakers

David Beneteau

David Beneteau

User Experience Team Lead, Central 1

Judge & Speaker

Marisa Chentakul

Marisa Chentakul

Product Designer, TikTok

Judge

Nadia H. Le

Nadia H. Le

UX/UI Designer, WorkForce Software

Judge and Speaker

Clare Ho

Clare Ho

Product/UX Designer & Co-Founder, The Collective Studio

Judge

Yvonne Geng

Yvonne Geng

Design Intern, Shopify

Judge

Eva Li

Eva Li

Product Manager, Copperleaf

Judge and Speaker

Jarell Alvarez

Jarell Alvarez

Product Designer, Copperleaf

Judge and Speaker

Kirn Bhela

Kirn Bhela

User Experience Designer, Central 1

Judge

Grace Ling

Grace Ling

Designer, EA & Founder, Design Buddies

Speaker

Ryan Yao

Ryan Yao

Product Designer, Curative

Speaker

Sori Lee

Sori Lee

UX Designer & Researcher, Amazon

Speaker

Jesika Kula

Jesika Kula

Communications Coordinator & Founder, Seedling Art Co

Speaker

Mike Priebe

Mike Priebe

Product Designer, ehsAI

Speaker

Stevie Thuy Anh Nguyen

Stevie Thuy Anh Nguyen

Design Lead & Educator

Speaker

Phoebe Lim

Phoebe Lim

Design Specialist, SAP

Speaker

Marine Au Yeung

Marine Au Yeung

UX Designer, Artefact

Speaker

Cassey Peng

Cassey Peng

Product Designer, Later

Speaker

Events Timeline

Workshop Week

21st Aug

Kenneth Juang & Anne Duong

Learn how to apply design thinking and follow a five-step design process.

Zoom

Danica Valdes & Daniel Shi

Learn the basics of the most popular design prototyping tool.

Zoom

Estela Xu & Kenneth Juang

Learn how to test your designs/product to get measurable metrics to support your decision scientifically.

Zoom

22nd Aug

Brandon Situ & Eric J. Lee

Learn how to scope creep your designs and projects along with how to create effective presentation slides.

Zoom

Danica Valdes & Daniel Shi

Now you know the basics, time to actually use the tool like it’s meant to be. Take your design and prototyping skills to the next level.

Zoom

Chell Li & Yu Han

Want to grab your audience’s attention? Learn to add motion or movements to your design.

Zoom

Protothon Week

28th Aug

Official opening of the event. Details of the event given out, Sustainability & Mental Health talk & a word from our sponsors.

Twitch

Release of the prompt and the judging rubric. What is expected from our competitors.

Twitch

Special panels for Sustainability & Mental Health hosted by people who enforce them.

Twitch

The main competition event, where participants will start ideating & designing.

Twitch

Discover what kind of designer are you. How to gain experience in the field. Where to find jobs.

Twitch

Learn how to create an effective design portfolio. What types of projects to display. How to tell your story. Get all your portfolio questions answered.

Twitch

Listen to experienced designers from various design backgrounds tell their story. Get a sneak peak into the industry. Get your questions answered.

Twitch

29th Aug

Competing teams submit their projects for judging.

Upload to Google Drive

Industry professional designs talk about the importance of Accessibility and Inclusivity.

Twitch

Announcement of the winners. Sponsor’s words. Closing ceremony.

Twitch | Zoom

Sponsors

Copperleaf TechnologiesIkigai Green

Partners

Emerge GXDesign BuddiesSFU Alumni AssociationSimon Fraser University (SFU)SFU Faculty of Communication, Art and TechnologySchool of Interactive Arts & TechnologyMental Health & LiteracyVancouver Design Check InThe Collective StudioSeedling Art Co.
FAQs

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Experience Design

Learn. Network. Compete.

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Experience Design

Learn. Network. Compete.

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