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The Elevate Prize is seeking to find, support, and shine a spotlight on leaders, innovators, activists, and risk-takers who are impacting their community every day, creating a multiplier effect that will allow them to more easily scale their work, impact more lives, and inspire others to tackle issues in their own communities – igniting a […]
The Red Dot Award: Product Design, whose origins date back to 1955, appraises the best products created every year. In roughly 50 categories, manufacturers and designers can enter their innovations in the competition. On Young Professionals Application Day, graduates of design courses who have obtained their academic qualifications within the past five years have the […]
Design Intelligence Award (DIA) is an international academic award in industrial design established in China in 2015. It is a platform for evaluation, promotion and communication of design, an accelerator bringing innovation to the industry and the future. DIA returns to the origin of design with human intelligence, advocates that design is “intelligence of humanity, […]
We are pleased to confirm that awards will be given for 2020. With the ongoing uncertainty of the Coronavirus Pandemic, however, we are mindful that planning events for this year is problematic, so the Awards Ceremony is to be postponed until early 2021. Nominations for the Medal and the Award will be accepted at any […]
2020 International Busan Design Award(ibda) is an open place for the international design industry to share various design concepts and to revitalize the industry by linking platforms in order to realize and commercialize the ideas. The event is co-organized by the Busan Metropolitan City, the Busan Office of Education, the Busan Chamber of Commerce, and […]
The GRANDS PRIX DU DESIGN Awards celebrates and rewards the work of designers and architects who improve our quality of life and the built environment, as well as private and public clients who entrust them with their design needs. Enhancing the appreciation and promotion of excellence in design, the awards provide international recognition and exposure […]
Established in 1981, Taiwan’s Golden Pin Design Award is the most influential design award in the global Huaren market. The planning and handling of the awards, the prize-giving ceremony, and all other related events are executed by Taiwan Design Research Institute (TDRI). The 2020 Golden Pin Design Award (GPDA) and Golden Pin Concept Design Award […]
L A M P is a small organization that devotes itself to promoting and connecting emerging talents to new markets in lighting design. Our submission fees and sponsorships go directly into operating costs. This is an opportunity to showcase your work online, essentially free marketing. Participation in L A M P as a finalist affords […]
Each year, IDSA recognizes exceptional student design talent through our Student Merit Awards program. The competition highlights the very best creativity, problem solving and design brilliance in each of IDSA's five North American Districts. Two winners are selected from each District for this prestigious distinction, one at the Undergraduate (SMA) level and one at the […]
The AZ Awards is acknowledged for its influence and significance within the global design and architecture sphere and is a unique opportunity for architects and designers to receive the international exposure and acknowledgement that their exceptional work deserves.Entries are juried by a panel of internationally renowned practitioners in the areas of product design, architecture, landscape […]
2021 marks the 41st anniversary of the International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA), one of the longest running and most prestigious design awards programs in existence. IDEA set the benchmark for what a design award represents and has endured to become a career-defining catalyst for those talented enough to win. Enter your design into one of […]
Design Intelligence Award (DIA) is an international academic award in industrial design established in China, 2015. It is a platform for evaluation, promotion and communication of design, an accelerator bringing innovation to the industry and the future. There is no application fee to be charged, and the total bonus is as much as 5 million […]
How Climate Change is affecting Communities, Cities and Countries? Take the Problem as an opportunity for expressing ideas and designs to bring the change. Climate change is creating vulnerable situations globally, creating problems and risks from drought conditions to flooding. Its impact on the environment, people, economy, social structure and political scenario is unimaginative. Climate […]
Since starting out in 2006, the London International Creative Competition has been recognizing and rewarding the world’s most fresh and progressive creative talents. Our artists and designers are connected not by conventions, but by qualities. They work across a diverse range of formats, genres and industries, creating stunning and essential works of art in their […]
This competition is open to anyone in the world and will host designs from four different categories; Industrial, Space/Architecture, Communication, and Social Impact. Designers, design institutes, design studios, and students can all partake in this event. The competition will have 40 judges from 13 different countries around the world. All of them are renowned designers […]
2021 International Busan Design Award (ibda) is an open place for the international design industry to share various design concepts and to revitalize the industry by linking platforms in order to realize and commercialize the ideas. Previously known as Busan Industrial Design Exhibition since 1981, ibda was newly born to International award in 2019 to […]
Selected by our jury of designers and leaders in the lighting, interior design, and architectural fields, the annual winners will receive the LIT trophy, extensive publicity showcasing their designs and products to an international audience, and more. Website
With »All Eyes On« we have developed an exciting digital programme for the German Design Awards 2021. Over a period of four weeks in total, we will present the winners, their projects and interviews as well as talk rounds with design experts, entrepreneurs and journalists in various formats. The talks will focus on trend and […]
The Outdoor Design Award is a global award hosted by Designsori Co.,Ltd, a design content marketing group known for having the best screening and judging system in Asia. Our goal is to discover and promote novel and practical outdoor product designs, environment designs, and services in compliance with Glocalization in the post-COVID19 world. Professor Ken […]
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 […]
