In a follow up to Apps for America, Sunlight Labs just introduced their next contest: Design for America.
This 10 week long design and data visualization extravaganza is focused on connecting the talents of art and design communities throughout the country to the wealth of government data now available through bulk data access and APIs, and to help nurture the field of information visualization. Our goal is simple and straightforward — to make government data more accessible and comprehensible to the American public.
There are three subject areas to appeal to different types of designers too. There’s data visualization, process transparency, and redesigning the government for a total of seven challenges each with a $5,000 top prize. Not bad, eh? Visit Sunlight Labs for more details.
By the way, I’m one of the judges (along with Charles Blow, Andrew Vande Moere, Nicholas Felton, and others). You’ve got about two months to show me what you got. Go on, I dare ya.
