A’ Design Award & Competition is one of the world’s leading international annual juried competition for design. The A’ Design Accolades are organized in a wide range of creative fields to highlight the very best designers from all countries in all disciplines. Entries to the competition are peer-reviewed and anonymously judged by an influential jury panel of experienced academics, prominent press members and established professionals. A’ Design Award & Competition promises fame, prestige, publicity and international recognition to all A’ Design Award Winners through the A’ Design Prize which is given to celebrate the awarded designs.
The “A’ Design Prize” is a coveted and comprehensive winners’ kit for awarded designs. “A’ Design Prize” includes but not limited to: international design excellence certificate in metal frame, invitation to the exclusive gala-night in Italy, online + offline exhibition of awarded projects, poster of awarded projects, hardcover printed best projects’ yearbook publication, special 3D printed metal award trophy in luxury black box, project translation to 108+ languages in order to truly reach international audiences, an exclusive interview with the winner, press release preparation and distribution, license to use “A’ Design Award Winner Logo” in your communication, promotion of awarded works to thousands of other publications, media appearances through our press partners, inclusion in World Design Rankings as well as access to further marketing and PR tools, all without contractually obliged further fees.
The A’ Design Award & Competition has been established to promote and recognize the best design works in all countries and in all creative disciplines. The primary aim of the A’ Design Award & Competition is to create a global awareness and understanding for good design practices and principles by highlighting the best designs in all countries and in all industrial fields. The ultimate aim of the A’ Design Awards is to push designers, companies and brands worldwide to create superior products and projects that benefit the society.
The A’ Design Award & Competition has a philanthropic goal to advance society by pushing the frontiers of science, design, creativity and technology forward by creating incentives for innovators to come up with better ideas. The A’ Design Competition aims to create incentives that ignite and reward creativity, original ideas and concept generation in all industrial sectors. The “A’ Design Award Winner” logo, given to award winning designs, signifies original, functional and efficient designs that help the world become a better place.
Every year, projects that focus on innovation, technology, design and creativity are awarded with the A’ Design Award. Entries are accepted annually till February 28th and results are announced every year on April 15. Designers worldwide are called to take part in the accolades by entering their best works, projects and products. Entries are accepted as long as they were designed in the last 10 years.
A’ Design Award and Competition is organized under the following 100 main categories. For the most popular design award categories, click here.
The main categories that should attract you are:
The A’ Graphics and Visual Communication Design Competition is an open design competition for submission of both concept stage and realized works designed by professional and young graphic designers, graphic design companies, branding experts, consultancy companies and creative agencies and advertising studios worldwide.
The A’ Design Award for Graphics and Visual Communication is not just an award, it is the indicator of quality and perfection in design, the award is recognized worldwide and takes the attention of design oriented companies, professionals and interest groups. Winning the A’ Award is a certificate of excellence for designers, an important milestone in your career. Having the A’ Award attracts the eyes of design oriented companies worldwide, winners will be able to find better and higher profile jobs, get a step ahead in their life.
Image of Lalique Wall Calendar by Kantors Creative Club
Image of Bamboo Craft Festival by Wing Sze Wincy Kung
Image of We Belong Here by Jiyun Kim
The A’ Furniture, Homeware and Decor Items Design Competition is a specialized design competition open to both concept stage and realized furniture designs, homeware and decor items by talented designers, furniture manufacturers and producers worldwide. The A’ Design Award for Furniture, Homeware and Decor Items Design is not just an award, it is the indicator of quality and perfection in design, the award is recognized worldwide and takes the attention of design oriented companies, professionals and interest groups. The A’ Award attracts the eyes of designers and architects worldwide, winners will be able to find better and higher profile leads, get a step ahead in their commercial life.
Image of Eureka by Beijing Yeak Tech Co. Ltd.
Image of Jaipur by Sonal Tuli
Image of Spark by Wang Jun
Image of Water Ripples by Kuo-Hsiang Kuo
The A’ Arts, Crafts and Ready-Made Design Competition is a freestyle annual, international juried arts & design competition open to work of arts, crafted designs, ready-made objects, installations and functional sculptures by professional and young artists, designers, design galleries, design and arts departments, and other art, craft and design oriented institutions in the creative industry worldwide.
The A’ Design Award for Arts, Crafts and Ready-Made Designs is not just an award, it is the indicator of quality and perfection in design and arts, the award is recognized worldwide and takes the attention of art & life-style media, professionals and interest groups. Winning the A’ Award is a certificate of excellence for designers, an important milestone in your career. The winners of the A’ Arts, Crafts and Ready-Made Design Award are provided extensive and exclusive marketing and communication services to promote the success of winning the A’ Award. Furthermore, the winning portfolios will appear on the A’ best designs book which is available worldwide, this book is furthermore distributed to the high-profile magazine editors, design oriented companies and relevant parties. The winning designs are also exhibited at our exhibition and the winners appear on magazines, newspapers, webzines and many other publishing mediums.
Image of Blue Phoenix by Yen Ting Cho
Image of Taboo by Ji Qi and Donghang Wang
Image of Motiva by Ronen Shilo
The A’ Lighting Products and Projects Design Competition is a specialized design competition open to both concept stage and realized lighting products, light sourcers, controls, still and interactive lighting projects by professional lighting designers and architects, product manufacturers and other business in this industry worldwide. The A’ Design Award for Lighting Products and Projects Design is not just an award, it is the indicator of quality and perfection in design, the award is recognized worldwide and takes the attention of design oriented companies, professionals and interest groups. The A’ Award attracts the eyes of designers and architects worldwide, winners will be able to find better and higher profile leads, get a step ahead in their commercial life.
Image of Scacco Matto by Francesco Cappuccio
Image of Wood by Magali Suchowolski
Image of U by Monica Pinto de Almeida
Image of Poente by Marcos Duailibe
Street Furniture Design Award is a freestyle design competition open to all; concept stage, prototype or finished products by professional and young designers, design studios, and design oriented manufacturers and the creative industry worldwide.
The A’ Design Award for Street Furniture Designs is not just an award, it is the indicator of quality and perfection in design, the award is recognized worldwide and takes the attention of design oriented companies, professionals and interest groups. Winning the A’ Award is a certificate of excellence for designers, an important milestone in your career. Having the A’ Award attracts the eyes of design oriented companies worldwide, winners will be able to find better and higher profile leads, get a step ahead in their life.
Image of Skystation by Peter Newman
Image of Pebble by Gizem Deniz Guneri Sogut
The A’ Design Prize
The Laureates of the A’ Design Award & Competition get fame, prestige, recognition, credibility, publicity and international awareness, in addition to a comprehensive and extensive winners’ kit which includes everything you could potentially need to celebrate the success of winning the A’ Design Award. The A’ Design Award Winners’ Kit is called the „A’ Design Prize” and it includes the 3D Printed Metal A’ Design Award trophy in Black Luxury Box, the annual yearbook which is available in both digital and hardcopy versions (winners get both), printed design excellence certificate in metal frame, award winners manual which helps you get more out of your award status, free gala-night invitation for two people to the award ceremony, free participation and space allocation in the winners’ exhibition (both online gallery inclusions as well as physical exhibition in Italy), invitation to Designer.org and Designers.org communities, free sales listing at SaloneDelDesigner, free utilization of DesignMediator services, inclusion in BuySellDesign Network, proof of creation service, free subscription to listof.net, free listing at DesignMegaStore, access to Design Business Calculator, guaranteed publication through IDNN and DXGN Networks to 100+ magazines including Design Interviews & DM Design Magazine, press release preparation and distribution through DesignPRWire, publicity and visibility through DesignMedia communications, feedbacks, judging and evaluation of entries by a respected jury panel, lifelong licensing of the award winners logo, A2 poster design and printing for exhibition, and many others such as inclusion in the World Design Rankings, and translation of award winning works to 108+ languages as well as international PR Services.
Entries will be judged by an international jury panel of academics, design professionals and press members, here you can find the methodology.
Deadline for regular submissions is September 30. Results will be announced to public on April 15.
Selected winners and results will be posted on your publication on April 15, 2024.
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