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The C-IDEA Design Award is the Worlds’ annual juried design competition that aims to recognize and promote visionary talents in a wide array of categories ranging from communication design, industrial design, architecture, interior design, fashion design, and new media. The C-IDEA Design Award aims to recognize outstanding design with social value, excavate more farsighted, and […]
GIDA was established in 2019. It is an international design prize driven by globalization, specialization and market orientation, hosted by Xiongan Future Industrial Design Institute and undertaken by GIDA Committee. There is no application fee , and the total prize pool is 4.5million RMB. Website WDO Member: Xiongan Future Industrial Design Institute
The European Product Design Award™ recognizes the efforts of talented international product and industrial designers who aim to improve our daily lives with their practical, well-thought-out creations. ePDA shares their innovative and ground-breaking products with the world. Website
The registration portal for the TAIPEI CYCLE d&i awards 2021 is open! Until 14 December 2020, all designers, manufacturers and retailers in bicycle-related industries are invited to submit their innovations to one of the most highly respected design competitions for the international cycling industry. TAITRA and TBA, the organizers of the Taipei Cycle Show (3 […]
The KOKUYO DESIGN AWARD is an international competition for user-centric design, where the best of the best are actually turned into products for the consumer market. Last year, we received a total of 1,377 entries from designers in more than 54 countries. We are looking for more ideas to turn into actual products. Make sure […]
As the global pandemic reshapes every aspect of our lives, it greatly accelerated the trends of digitalisation as well as innovation across all industries; more human-centred solutions were generated by using the power of design thinking to help people from all walks of life adapt to the new normal. Submit your humanistic design projects to […]
Recognizing excellence in all areas of design enterprise, the Core77 Design Awards celebrates the richness of the design profession and its practitioners. We present 18 categories of entry providing designers and researchers a unique opportunity to communicate the intent, rigor and passion behind their efforts. From client work to self-initiated projects and entrepreneurial engagements, we […]
SIT Furniture Design Award ™ was created as a way to celebrate and share the remarkable work of furniture designers and those who use furniture in their projects. Creativity, innovative vision, and accessibility in the furniture design community deserve to be applauded and shared widely, across the world. Website
Good Design Australia is calling for game-changing design projects that improve our quality of life and contribute to a better, safer and more sustainable future to enter the 2021 Australian Good Design Awards.The Awards are Australia’s highest design honour and have been recognising and rewarding design excellence since 1958. Now in their 63rd year, the […]
The Best Design Awards is an annual showcase of excellence in graphic, spatial, product, digital and motion design along with three special awards - Value of Design, Public Good and Toitanga. Website
TiE and QGLUE (the design venture of QAI) announce awards that recognize entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial ventures driven by 'Responsible Design'. Responsible Design pays special attention to the "human-centered" approach to shaping new businesses, conceptualizing meaningful innovation and undertaking a venture journey that forever has empathy and responsibility at the center of critical decisions. In summary, […]
Good Design Award has been a sole comprehensive design evaluation and commendation system in Japan since 1957. Many companies and designers from both inside and outside of Japan participate in the activity to enhance the industry or the quality of life through the design. “G Mark”, the symbol of the award has been recognized widely […]
Over the years, Taipei City Government has been devoted to shaping Taipei into a city with design visions and has been continuously conveying to those with a passion for design and creativeness the urban branding of “Design Taipei; Dream Taipei.” Taipei City Government extends its invitation to designers from all over the world to join […]
Application submissions for the Good Design (GD) Selection, a design award hosted by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (Korea) and organized by the Korea Institute of Design Promotion (KIDP), will be from May 1 until June 30. This award is one of the most prestigious design awards in Korea, which has been held […]
Design excellence does contribute to the betterment of the design industry and the society! Learn more from the winner portfolios of three design trendsetters of DFA Lifetime Achievement Award, DFA Design Leadership Award, and DFA World’s Outstanding Chinese Designer, and winning projects of DFA Design for Asia Awards, as well as awardees’ portfolios of DFA […]
Designers, manufacturers, architects and interior designers who want their product or project evaluated by internationally recognized design experts have turned to the iF DESIGN AWARD for decades. They do so to prove their company puts design in the focus of its business, and to attract international attention. Winning an iF DESIGN AWARD will help you […]
Over the years, Taipei City Government has been devoted to shaping Taipei into a city with design visions and has been continuously conveying to those with a passion for design and creativeness the urban branding of “Design Taipei; Dream Taipei.” Taipei City Government extends its invitation to designers from all over the world to join. […]
The International Design Awards (IDA) exists to recognize, celebrate and promote exceptional design visionaries and discover emerging talent in Architecture, Interior, Product, Graphic and Fashion Design worldwide. The Farmani Group founded the IDA as the design sibling of the Annual Lucie Awards for Photography. Website
Culture is intangible but can be visualised through a design process. At the design dialogue, the DFA Design for Asia Awards past judges and winners from different cultural background shall share their insights on design trend, in particular, the inspiration and design principles from their cultural background and experiences. Website WDO Member: Hong Kong Design […]
The traditions from the past laid profound influences on all aspects of our modern life as well as designs. Winners of the DFA Design for Asia Awards from Taiwan are invited to share their views on how modern designers wield modern techniques and contemporary elements to reimagine traditions, from the perspectives of book design and […]
