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  • GOOD DESIGN WEEK

    The 2020 Good Design Awards will be announced over five days throughout the 2020 Good Design Week from 7 to 11 September and we’re inviting you to be a part of the celebrations. The Good Design Week will be filled with good news and inspiring content to recognise, reward and celebrate the innovative minds behind this year’s Good Design […]

  • THE ELEVATE PRIZE AWARD

    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 […]

  • RED DOT AWARD: PRODUCT DESIGN

    Essen (Germany) Essen, Germany

    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 2020

    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, […]

  • SIR MISHA BLACK AWARDS NOMINATIONS

    Manchester, United Kingdom Manchester, United Kingdom

    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 […]

  • GRANDS PRIX DU DESIGN AWARDS 14TH EDITION

    Montreal , Canada

    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 […]

  • L A M P AWARDS

    Barcelona (Spain) Barcelona, Spain

    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 […]

  • AZ AWARDS 2021 – CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

    Toronto , Canada

    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 […]

  • DIA 2021

    Hangzhou , China

    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 […]

  • CLIMATE CHANGE – BE THE CHANGE 2020

    Hyderabad (India) Hyderabad, India

    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 […]

  • LONDON INTERNATIONAL CREATIVE COMPETITION

    London , United Kingdom

    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 […]

  • ASIA DESIGN PRIZE 2020 AWARDS

    Seoul , Korea, Republic of

    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 […]

  • LIT LIGHTING DESIGN AWARDS

    Virtual Event

    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

  • OUTDOOR DESIGN AWARD

    Seoul , Korea, Republic of

    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 […]