Submit to A’ Design Awards and Competition 2024 by February 28th
The internationally renowned A’ Design Awards and Competition brings together the creative world by recognizing a diverse swath of talents across countries and disciplines. Here at designboom, we’ve chosen a list of past winners from the last 10 years to spark submissions to the 2024 edition of the award! Deadline for delivery is February 28 and results will be announced to the public on May 1st.
Register a history-making project – here.
Flora Multifunctional Vase by Lorena Sauras
image credit: Lorena Sauras
name: Flora Multifunctional Vase
year: 2023
designer: Lorena Sauras
award: Bronze
category: Homeware Design
Created in 2009, the A’ Design Award competition exists to foster connections and facilitate the exchange of ideas among design-oriented businesses, architects, and creative professionals. In their commitment to a diverse range of projects, designers from all skill levels and fields are encouraged to submit their works to the competition. With over a 100 different categories to apply to, there is a sure place for all types of works. For international applicants, the organization also releases the call in a comprehensive number of languages.
Tensegrity Deployable Sensor for Disaster Area by Daniel Lim
image credit: Daniel Lim
name: Tensegrity Deployable Sensor
year: 2022
designer: Daniel Lim
award: Platinum
category: Product Engineering and Technical Design
Perks & prizes of winning
Every year, the distinguished international jury panel, comprising leading design experts and industry thought-leaders, plays an integral role in shaping the competition. The international group follows a peer-review process with anonymous voting and evaluation of entries. If granted an A’design Award, winners can expect dozens of prize perks including: international exhibition of work, features in prominent design publications (like designboom), an invitation to the award gala, inclusion in the world design rankings, a spot in the ‘Yearbook of Best Designs,’ design spotlight interviews, an award trophy, a designated award winner logo, a certificate of award, and a translation of the project into 100+ languages.
Risetta Packaging by Giuliano Ricciardi
image credit: Giuliano Ricciardi
name: Risetta Packaging
year: 2021
designer: Giuliano Ricciardi
award: Silver
category: Packaging Design Category
Featured are a couple of stand-out projects spanning from 2013 – 2023 that highlight winning projects from throughout the years. Spanning industrial design, product design, communication design, and beyond, the catalog of past awards, with their images, descriptions, and comments from the designers, is a wealth of information for prospective applicants.
Interpretation Centre of Romanesque Exhibition Centre by spaceworkers
image credit: Fernando Guerra FG+SG
name: Interpretation Centre of Romanesque Exhibition Centre
year: 2020
designer: spaceworkers
award: Gold
category: Architecture, Building and Structure Design
Fogo Island Shed Hotel Dining Room by Todd Saunders
image credit: Bent René Synnevåg
name: Fogo Island Shed Hotel Dining Room
year: 2019
designer: Todd Saunders
award: Gold
category: Hospitality, Recreation, Travel and Tourism Design
Traces Womenswear Collection by Rong Zhang
image credit: Dasha Denger
name: Traces Womenswear Collection
year: 2018
designer: Rong Zhang
award: Platinum
category: Fashion, Apparel and Garment Design Category
Tribeca Loft Residential Apartment by Andrew Franz Architect PLLC
image credit: Albert Vecerka/Esto
name: Tribeca Loft Residential Apartment
year: 2017
designer: Andrew Franz Architect PLLC
award: Gold
category: Architecture, Building and Structure Design
One Main Office by dECOi Mark Goulthorpe, Raphael Crespin
image credit: dECOi architects & Anton Grassl
name: One Main Office
year: 2016
designer: dECOi Mark Goulthorpe, Raphael Crespin
award: Platinum
category: Architecture, Building and Structure Design
Stratum Folding Chair by Ammar Kalo
image credit: Ammar Kalo
name: Stratum Folding Chair
year: 2015
designer: Ammar Kalo
award: Silver
category: Furniture Design Category
