Reminder: Enter the A’ Design Awards

The standard deadline for this global design competition is 30 September. Latecomers pay extra so register and submit your work today!
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Zephyr Multifunctional Bike Storage Bollard
The Zephyr Multifunctional Bike Storage Bollard by Rick Hall & Huiming Wong – Platinum A' Design Award Winner in Street Furniture Design Category Bike storage, public sculpture, piece of street furniture and gathering point all in one highly engineered design.
The Lightscape Pavilion
Lightscape Pavilion Art Installation by Daisuke Nagatomo – Golden A' Design Award Winner in Lighting Products and Lighting Projects Design Category The atmospheric Lightscape Pavilion on the top of Treasure Hill in Taipei combines digital fabrication with local materials such as bamboo dowels and is inspired by the traditional Chinese lantern.
Nomadka Multifunctional Bag
Nomadka Multifunctional Bag by Urška Petrič – Silver A' Design Award Winner in Fashion and Travel Accessories Design Category This bag combines ease of use, resilient material (coated linen), aesthetic refinement and versatility, as it can easily transform from a tote bag to a backpack.
Insal'arte Food Packaging
Insal'arte Food Packaging by Mirco Luzzi – Golden A' Design Award Winner in Packaging Design Category This packaging for fresh-cut salads plays with the letters for each vegetable while displaying the contents inside.
Orandajima House Afterschool Facility
Orandajima House Afterschool Facility by Martin Van Der Linden – Silver A' Design Award Winner in Architecture, Building and Structure Design Category This 200-square-metre building in the Japanese coastal town of Yamada-machi was constructed to create a space of healing and togetherness for children and the community after the tsunami and earthquake that devastated the region.
Tee-saurus Logo Design
Tee-saurus Logo Design, Graphic Tees by Lawrens Tan & Tan Zi Wei – Bronze A' Design Award Winner in Fashion, Apparel and Garment Design Category/ This logo plays puts a playful twist on a dinosaur fossil to bring out the tongue-in cheek-approach of the apparel brand name "Saurus".
Synertic Universal Speaker & Stand
Synertic Universal Speaker & Stand For Tablets by Maurel Frederic – Golden A' Design Award Winner in Digital and Electronic Devices Design Category This portable Bluetooth speaker attaches to a tablet or smartphone with or without the accompanying stand. A sticky suction head means it can be attached to any surface.
Ws-51 Slipper Stand
Ws-51 Slipper Stand by in-Hwan Hwang – Silver A' Design Award Winner in Furniture, Decorative Items and Homeware Design Category A contemporary rack to store slippers that many people in Asia use indoors becomes a design feature rather than something hidden away.
The Doubleface Chest of Drawers
The Doubleface Chest of Drawers by Ana Jimenez Palomar – Silver A' Design Award Winner in Arts, Crafts and Ready-Made Design Category This playful furniture piece was inspired by the vibrant, unexpected and surreal look of iconic Mexican masks.
Pooleaf Plastic Ball Pen
Pooleaf Plastic Ball Pen by Sil Gi Lee, Chang Youn Kang – Golden A' Design Award Winner in Art Materials, Stationery Supplies and Gift Items Design Category The soft silicone pen sways like grass when used and is stored in a fun, interactive pencil vase/plant pot.
Fuji 70r With Console Washbasin and Console
Fuji 70r With Console Washbasin and Console by Emo Design For Scarabeo Ceramiche S.r.l – Golden A' Design Award Winner in Bathroom Furniture and Sanitary Ware Design Category Soft surfaces balance the strong graphic personality of this sink, which also comes with a small accessories line including console, towel rack, mirror and shelf.
The Manhattan Loft Interior Design Office
The Manhattan Loft Interior Design Office by Andy Tan –Silver A' Design Award Winner in Interior Space and Exhibition Design Category This workspace in Singapore recreates the look of Manhattan loft apartment to provide an environment that would stimulate the creativity of the designers who work here.
Tarro Container
Tarro Container by Diario – Silver A' Design Award Winner in Furniture, Decorative Items and Homeware Design Category This family of containers uses three simple shapes, three textures, and three materials (ceramic, cork and wood all produced on a lath).
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From the Series

The A’ Design Award Competition, one of the world’s largest annual juried design competitions, is an international platform that shines a spotlight on excellent work by designers, companies and innovators from diverse disciplines across the globe.

While the early call for entries has closed, the standard deadline to enter is 30 September 2014 with a further late application deadline of 28 February 2015.

See this year's early winners in various categories in our gallery above.

The competition promotes the winning designs to an impressively broad audience, encompassing an extensive range of categories for every single sector of the industry. Its spin-off broadcasting and media channels catch the attention of the design press, critics, distributors and buyers. Learn more about the benefits here.

A handy winner’s kit includes everything you need to celebrate, including the 3D Printed Metal A' Design Award trophy and a digital and hardcopy annual yearbook. Winners also attend the gala award ceremony in Italy, which is a great opportunity to network with other designers and members of the press and trade.

A' Design Awards Gala Ceremony 2013

Winners also get to display their work in exhibitions in three countries and in an online gallery.

A' Design Awards Exhibition 2013

The final roster of winners will be published on designindaba.com on 15 April 2015. So check back then to see what designs came top of their league – from furniture, fashion and digital interaction design, to architecture, packaging and retail interiors.

 

Register your design and submit your entry here.

Curious about last year’s winners? Check out the 2014’s A’Design Award honourees here.

Entrance fees are the same for all categories, but a number of options (including single and multiple submissions) are available. Click here for details.

Previous winners and Distinguished Designer Programme Members qualify for discounted fees – click here.

 

About the organisers

The award is organised by OMC Design Studios SRL in Como, Italy. The studio is a member of of ADI - Associazione per il Disegno Industriale (Association for the Industrial Design), ICSID (International Council of Societies of Industrial Design), ICOGRADA (The International Council of Graphic Design Associations), and IFI (International Federation of Interior Architects). Among its patrons are the Como Department of Culture and the Bureau of European Design Associations.

The competition has a wide-reaching network of broadcasting and media spin-offs such as the Design MegaStore, SaloneDelDesigner, BuySellDesign Network, the World Design Rankings and many more.

 

Don't delay - register here.  

Learn more about the competition here.