Nominations are now open for the Fifth Annual Ringling College Innovation by Creative Design Award, a collaboration between the Economic Development Corporation of Sarasota County and Ringling College of Art and Design. The award honors a business or nonprofit for an innovative product or service that demonstrates a creative design solution that has earned market success.

Basic qualifications for nominations include: organization must be a profit or nonprofit business located in Sarasota County, majority of revenues must come from outside Sarasota County, the specific product or service must have been developed in the last five years and must be available in the marketplace and have demonstrated financial success

Judges from the EDC Board of Directors and Ringling College will rank nominees based on sgnificance of the problem or issue that the design solution addresses, quality of the design/innovation process, quality and success of the final design solution and market success.

Previous winners were Osprey Biotechnics in 2015, Penta5 in 2016, Cruise Car in 2017 and Dealers United in 2018.

Nominate Online for Ringling College Innovation by Creative Design Award