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The Green Concept Award is aimed at young designers and creative undergraduate and graduate students who want to further develop, test and market their green idea. The Green Concept Award supports the participants with a various activities from the idea to the realization, so that more green ideas become faster part of market and society. […]
The Red Dot: Junior Award 2019 takes place within the framework of the Red Dot Award: Brands & Communication Design. It is geared to trainees, students and young professionals who have graduated within the past two years. Up until and including 28 June, they can submit their well-designed creative projects and communication design works in […]
The A'Design Award and Competition is for designers, innovators and companies that want to highlight themselves to attract the attention of media, publishers and buyers.In a world where there are millions of products and designs launch each year, the award was born out of the desire to underline the best designs and well designed products. […]
The iF DESIGN AWARD is one of the most important design prizes in the world. For 65 years, designers and manufacturers have strived to win the internationally renowned iF label for design. Winning an iF DESIGN AWARD is a seal of quality for exceptional design and outstanding services. For consumers and users, it is a […]
AWDA, Aiap Women in Design Award, is the first global award dedicated to women in design, with the fourth edition of this biennial. AWDA is aimed at international women designers with a focus in visual communication design. In keeping with AIAP’s extensive design research activities, the Award aims at acknowledging the contribution of women designers […]
The Intercultural Innovation Award is a partnership between the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) and the BMW Group that selects and supports the most innovative grassroots projects that encourage intercultural dialogue and work toward a more peaceful and socially inclusive world. Candidates eligible to apply for the award are not-for-profit organizations managing projects focused […]
The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design and Metropolitan Arts Press present the Museum's annual GOOD DESIGN Awards Program for the most innovative and cutting-edge industrial, product, and graphiτc designs produced around the world. In this year's edition, selected products and graphics for GOOD DESIGN are announced to the international press in December. The […]
Architect and interior designer Johnny Chiu gives a talk on 'Designing in Asia: the Thrill of the Fast and the Cheap'. Founder of J.C. Architecture, Chiu has studios in New York and Taipei. He is followed by industrial designer Gina Hsu’s talk entitled 'Design Ferments: Exploration, Journey of Hospital, factory, stationery store'. Founder of Dong […]
Core77 Design Awards celebrates the richness of the design profession and its practitioners. They present 14 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, they embrace a wide diversity of enterprise: commercial, cultural, social, […]
The Medical Design Excellence Awards is the premier awards program for the medtech industry. Since its inception in 1998, the mission of the MDEAs has been to recognize significant achievements in medical product design and engineering that improve the quality of healthcare delivery and accessibility. Website
Malaysian designer Huat Lim discusses cultural attitudes and aspirations in 'Ethos : A journey of sustenance'. Managing Director of ZLG Design, Lim worked under Zaha Hadid and Ron Herron before joining ZLG Design in 1992. He is followed by pioneering motion designer Keng-Ming Liu’s talk entitled 'We create motion, we design experience'. Founder of Bito, […]
Macanese graphic designer Au Chon Hin gives a talk entitled ‘Influence social design’. Creative Director of UNTITLED MACAO, 29 year old Au has rapidly built-up a reputation for designing bold and eye-catching visual identities for cultural festivals such as Macao Design Week 2018. He is followed by pioneering motion designer Keng-Ming Liu’s talk entitled 'We […]
Seoul City and Seoul Design Foundation will give out the “Human City Design Award“, an award that combines the concept of social design and global outlook of Asia as an organic entity, starting in 2019.The award will be given to the project, which has contributed to ensuring people and people, people and the society, people […]
Each year, iF International Forum Design organizes one of the world's most celebrated and valued design competitions for students and recent graduates: the iF DESIGN Talent Award. The competition's theme is based on four main questions and the smartest answers will be honoured with EUR 20,000! Website WDO Member: iF International Forum Design
Istanbul is a city which connects Asia and Europe and recognized as the world trade center and Istanbul International Inventions Fair - ISIF has also the feature that brings with the world's most important inventions fair for both inventors and investors. Website
Taipei City Government organizes the Taipei International Design Award as an initiative to shape Taipei into a convergence platform for creative designs, thereby to discover creative designs with business potential and to encourage practices of social design. The competition is devided in three main categories: industrial design, visual communication design, and public space design. Website […]
The World Architecture Festival is an annual festival and awards ceremony dedicated to the architecture and development industry. Alongside the awards programme, attendees can find keynotes and seminars across two stages, architecture city tours, an exhibition of high-end manufacturers, fringe events, parties and more. There will be 48 speakers, 550 live finalist's presentations, 146 judges, […]
Inside is a festival that combines an international awards programme and conference where the interior design community come together to create global connections and celebrate the world’s finest examples of interior design. Website
The annual Golden Pin Design Award 2019 Forum returns this December 5, staging talks from 4 international design luminaries at Songshan Cultural and Creative Park in Taiwan (Chinese Taipei). The theme of this year’s forum is ‘Design & Sustainability’, following on from last year’s forum that was themed ‘Design & Social Responsibility’. Hosted by the […]
GIDA is an international design prize driven by globalization, specialization and market orientation. The prize is created to discover future design, inspire future life and empower future cities by exploring the Chinese concept of “harmony” and exchanging the global experience of good designs featuring intelligence and sustainable development. Website WDO Member: XIDI
