A Streetcar Named Design

A Streetcar Named Design, a creativity competition - 4^th edition

The aim of the contest
To imagine and design a complete covering for one of the CAF trams on the Saint-Étienne Métropole transport network, that will circulate during the Biennale International Design Saint-Étienne (22 May-6 July 2025). 

The theme
The aim of this competition is to mark the 13th edition of the Biennial and to focus on its theme: "Ressource(s), présager demain". So, while the ‘2025’ element will have to appear in the visual production, the baseline of this new Biennial will be at the heart of the students’ production. Each candidate will be free to interpret the central theme, "Ressource(s), présager demain". All productions must echo this theme. The Biennial brand (logo) must be integrated into the visual.

Who can participate?
The competition is open to students or groups of students enrolled in 2024/2025 in a 4th, 5th, 6th year and post-graduate (and/or post-master) design course in one of the French schools in the ANDEA network (National Association of Public Art and Design Schools), schools in the UNESCO Creative Cities network and the Esadse/Saint-Étienne Higher School of Art and Design School’s partner schools worldwide.

A real opportunity for future designers, this competition gives the winners long-term visibility, since the winning visual proposals remain in circulation well beyond the Biennial.

The prizes
The winners of the competition will have the opportunity to decorate a Saint-Étienne Métropole urban transport network tramway train for the long term, joining those from the 2017, 2019 and 2022 editions that are still in circulation today.


A €4,500 prize will also be awarded to each winner.


Deadline for submission of applications: Friday 28 March 2025, midnight (date and time of e-mail sent will be considered as proof ).