After last year’s global call to reimagine what a sign can do, we’re coming with a new focus, food and dining this year. We invite you to design signage solutions that transform the restaurant experience. Start with the sign as your smallest solution. Rethink its technology, material, function, or interaction, and help us build the Open Interactive Signage Library, where innovative ideas meet real-world impact, one sign at a time.
Project Submission Countdown
How to Participate
Info Reference & Design Guidance
To help you better understand restaurant scenarios and develop more focused solutions, we provide a reference document. If you are unsure where to start, these guides will give you a structured way to explore opportunities.
Step 3
- Record a short video and provide documentation of your project.
- Submit your completed work before August 15, 2026.
Step 2
Build & Create
- Develop your project between April – August 2026.
- Make sure your design fits the “Restaurant Signage” theme.
Step 1
- Apply for free hardware samples (up to USD $100 value per approved project) before June 30, 2026
Or use ANY Seeed products you already have
Awards
🏆 First Prize
Total Value: $2000+ | 1 Winner
$1000 Cash Prize
$1,000 Travel Grant – Sponsoring the winner’s trip to Maker Faire Shenzhen 2026 (November)
🥈 Second Prize
Total Value: $600 | 2 Winners
💰 $300 Cash Prize
🎁 Seeed Product Gift Pack (worth $300)
🥉 Third Prize
Total Value: $200 | 3 Winners
💰 $100 Cash Prize
🎁 Seeed Product Gift Pack (worth $100)
Best In-Restaurant Experience Award
Total Value: $200 | 1 Winners
🎁 Seeed Product Gift Pack (worth $200)
Most Popular Award
for the video with the most YouTube likes
Total Value: $100 | 1 Winners
🎁 Seeed Product Gift Pack (worth $100)
Sustainable Signage Impact Award (SDG)
Total Value: $100 | 1 Winners
🎁 Seeed Product Gift Pack (worth $100)
Contest Timeline
Supported Hardware & Technology
Participants may apply for free samples from selected categories:
If you are working on a project that uses an ink display, we encourage you to use our no-code UI design platform, SenseCraft HMI, to design and deploy the UI for your screen, this is the introduction of our HMI.
XIAO EE04 ePaper Board
4.26 Monochrome ePaper Display
2.9” 4 Color ePaer Display
5.83” Monchrome ePaper Display
Seeed Studio XIAO RA4M1
Seeed Studio XIAO RP2350
Seeed Studio XIAO MG24
Judging & Evaluation
Semi-Final Stage
Top 50 projects advance to the Final Round.
Participant Voting (2/3 weight)
Each semi-finalist receives 5 votes to support other projects.
Public Voting (1/3 weight)
Combined YouTube views and likes scoring.
Innovation (20%)
How creatively do you rethink what a restaurant sign can do?
Fit with Restaurant Scenarios (20%)
Does it solve real dining environment needs?
Commercialization Potential (30%)
Can this realistically be deployed in real restaurants at scale?
Replicability (30%)
Can others rebuild and adapt it using your documentation?
Final Round – Jury Panel
Projects will be evaluated based on four core criteria:
Judges Panel
Benjamin Poilvé
Designer and engineer
minichord.com
Benjamin Poilvé is both an Engineer (specialised in advanced systems) and a designer (he studied at the ENSCI). He now works at the French Data protection agency, but moonlights as an independent hardware designer. He designed and commercialise the minichord, a fully open source pocket sized chord machine, as part of Seeed Studio’s Co Create Program.
Eric Pan
Founder of Seeed Studio and Chaihuo makerspace
Producer of Maker Faire Shenzhen
He endeavors to integrate the latest AI/blockchain/IoT technology and supply chain resources to create an open platform for global developers. Since 2008, Seeed has been empowering millions of developers in over 200 countries to turn ideas into prototypes and advanced perception systems.
Huang Songhao
Shanghai-based artist and curator, graduated from the China Academy of Art, currently serving as the director of the non-profit art organization “RaidenINST”
Focusing on the impact of contemporary technology on artistic production. Also co-founded “Radical Space,” with works exhibited in art institutions both domestically and internationally.
Pierluigi Colangeli
Hardware Designer
System Integrator
OSHW Developer
Pierluigi Colangeli works spans embedded systems, PCB design, rapid prototyping, and product-focused hardware development. A committed KiCad user and open-source hardware advocate, he has developed projects including CM5 MINIMA and MOKA. His PhD in Biology also shapes the way he works, bringing scientific rigor, curiosity, and an ethical perspective to complex technical challenges.
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Video Review
FAQ
Did I win the contest? When will I receive my prize?
If you are a winner, we will contact you directly via email to arrange the shipment of your prize.
Somebody copied my entry! What can I do?
When judging entries, we take into account the submission date. When an entry is clearly plagiarized from another, we favor the original entry. If you believe the result of the judging is unfair, please email us at [email protected] to appeal.
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