6 World Famous Design Awards

What is the best recognotion of your work? Of course people's attention! But it brings much more pleasure (and joy too! :p) to be given one of the most famous and prestigeous awards in the world of design and to be recognized by the professional network. So, welcome to the hall of awesomeness and let's have a look, what awards may wait you in future... Have fun!

1. International Design Awards (IDA)

Found in 2007 the IDA every year honors architects, interior, fashion, product and graphic designers and design fans from around the world. The ceremony celebrates the best of design theory and practice. 

There are 5 fields of nomination: 

• architecture
• interior design
• products
• fashion
• graphic design 

In each of the field both one professional designer/agency and one student (promising designer) is selected each year.

Got awarded: 

Entry Title: "The Royal Wedding"
Name: Jonas Lundin, Sven R Ohlson, Jonas Moberg, Cia Axelsson, Sweden
Company: Love for Art & Business
Category: Multimedia, Professional

Entry Title: "LEO BURNETT"
Name: Colin Seah, Kevin Leong, Roberto Rivera, Lolleth Alejandro, Sacharissa Kurniawan, Singapore
Company: Ministry of Design
Category: Interior Design, Professional

2. European Design Awards (ED-Awards)

The annual awards presented to European designers for outstanding work in the communication design field.  The ED-Awards are judged by representatives from 11 European design magazines. The awards are presented at the end of the 3 day European Design Conference.

There are 40 award categories, in 10 groups (see more on the website). There are also 2 general awards, selected from the finalists within the categories. The jury then chooses one of 40 category winners as the winner of the ED Grand Prize. Finally, each agency collects points for its submissions, and the agency with the most points is awarded the ED Agency of the Year award.

Got awarded:  

3. Red Dot Design Awards (RDD)

The Red Dot Design Award is an international product design prize organized by the Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen in Essen, Germany. It's one of the oldest competitions in the world - since 1955! Winning products are presented in the Red Dot Design Museum in Essen. The Red Dot Design Award has more than 11,000 submissions from 61 countries.

Prize categories include:

• Public space
• Habitat
• Mobility
• Energy
• Green
• Bathroom
• Domestic Aid
• Interrior Accesories
• Illumination
• Home Furniture
• Productivity
• Workplace
• Protection
• Life Science
• Third Age
• Interaction & Communication
• Mobile Lifestyle
• Entertainment
• Fashion
• Education
• Recreation

From each category, best product design, best agence and best design concept are selected.

Got awarded: 

The carp in this rug and coffee table set seem to magically come to life when one walks around them. Magic Carp-pet is designed by John Leung

With elastic sheathes that envelop the feet, Topless Shoes have been designed to bring ease to the action of putting on one’s shoes. Design by Zhao Xiaoliang, Han Like, Liu Peng, Meng Qingbao, Ren Mingjun, Yang Xiao, Chen Xuan, Lin Lin from Zhejiang University.

Wi-fi light combines a WiFi access device and a light, and can be hung centrally in the home to promote strong and stable WiFi connections. Designed by Tao Yangsi, Yang Fan, Tian Xuesong

HR Burton Gloves designed by William Mazuel incorporate a built-in MP3 player and a two-way radio with intuitive controls. They allow the wearer to listen to music and communicate with friends in extreme conditions and during extreme activities, such as snowboarding or a ski rescue mission.

4. Dutch Design Awards (DDA)

The awards are handed out during the annual Dutch Design Week in the Dutch city of Eindhoven. Dutch Design Awards have been handed out since 2003. The awards include following categories:

• Communication
• best design digital media
• best motion design
• best graphic design
• Product
• best industrial product
• best consumer product
• Spatial design
• best private interior
• best public exterior
• best product public space
• Autonomous - the new one, established just this year. The design and development of the product may be commissioned but the product should always be imbued with the designer's personal themes.
• The golden eye - ‘overall' prize will be awarded to the most successful designer or design bureau of the year.
• Public award - Since 2011 the public can choose their favorite out of all entries.
• Mini young designer award - young, talented designers and graduates
• Best client award - aims to focus the attention on an excellent relationship between a designer and a commissioning client.
• BNO PIET zwart prize - is given to a designer who may be considered ‘beyond category' and who has made a ‘most significant' contribution to the design profession. 

5. International Design Excellence Award (IDEA) 

 

IDEA is an award co-sponsored by the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA). The program was established in 1980. The name was changed from Industrial Design Excellence Awards to International Design Excellence Awards in 2007.

The creterias for judgement in 22 categories are the following:

• Innovation: design, experience, manufacturing
• Benefit to User: performance, comfort, safety, usability, user interface, ergonomics and etc.
• Responsibility: Benefit to society, environment, culture and economy 
• Benefit to the client: profitability, increased sales, brand reputation, employee morale
• Visual appeal and appropriate aesthetics
• Design Research: usability, emotional factors, unmet needs) testing rigor and reliability
• Design Strategy Category: strategic value and implementation

Got awarded: 

The Bespoke Fairing is a mass customized set of parts that restores symmetry and natural contours to an amputee’s body. The process starts with a 3D scan of the surviving leg. With input from the amputee, the parts are customized with various color, material and finish options. Once applied to existing prosthetic limbs, the Bespoke Fairings communicate the users’ sense of style and taste, allowing them to connect with the artificial limb in a personal and emotional way.

The Inspiron Duo is a convertible, premium Netbook PC that transforms into a Tablet PC, or maybe it’s a Tablet that transforms into a standard Netbook... 

The 787 Dreamliner features an expansive inner architecture as well as dynamic LED lighting that replicates day-to-night light patterns. It has been one of the most successful commercial airplane launches in the history of aviation with more than 800 orders valued at $164 billion.

  

6. iF Design Award

iF Design Award was introduced in 1954 and is held annually by the iF International Forum Design. Every year the iF attracts more than 2,000 product entries from around 37 nations, which are judged by renowned experts, with the best of them receiving an iF seal of outstanding design quality. The best of the best are awarded with an iF gold award, known as the "Design Oscar". 

Nominations are represented in three areas, namely product, communication and packaging by 12 following categories:

• Consumer Electronics/Telecommunications
• Computers
• Office/Business
• Lighting
• Household/Residential
• Leisure/Lifestyle
• Industry/Buildings
• Medicine/Health+Care
• Public Design/Interior Design
• Transportation
• Advanced studies
• Packaging

Got awarded (full on-line exhebition):

Waterproof Fstina watch packaging.

HCBCzwei Verwaltung UG & Co ordered a concept for the three-floor cafe/bar/club in Hamburg represented in minimalistic style murging Eastern and Western tendencies.

Would you dare to apply for any of those awards?