The A’ Design Awards & Competition is currently open for submissions. This is your opportunity to gain recognition for your design work or to spotlight someone else’s deserving project. Act now and submit your entry via the provided registration link. Mark your calendars: the final date to submit is February 28. ArchEyes is thrilled to feature the 2025 winners in a unique showcase on May 1st.
About A’ Design Awards & Competition
The A’ Design Award & Competition is one of the most respected and comprehensive design competitions in the world, covering multiple creative disciplines. Winning this award not only boosts your credibility but also provides extensive publicity, networking opportunities, and exclusive industry recognition. The competition helps designers, architects, and creative minds gain international exposure and connect with influential industry professionals.
Why Participate?
Winning the A’ Design Award comes with significant benefits, including:
- International Exhibitions to showcase your work
- Inclusion in the A’ Design Yearbook
- Press and PR coverage in leading global publications
- Placement in the World Design Rankings
- Invitations to the Gala-Night for networking with top designers and brands
- A prestigious trophy and certificate
- A dedicated winners’ page to boost your online presence
- Professional marketing and branding support
- Feature on Design Interviews and Salone del Designer platforms
- Exclusive online and offline promotional tools
For a full list of benefits, visit A’ Design Prize.
Categories
The A’ Design Award & Competition recognizes outstanding work across various creative disciplines. Some of the main categories include:
- Good Architecture Design Award
- Good Industrial Design Award
- Good Product Design Award
- Good Communication Design Award
- Good Service Design Award
- Good Fashion Design Award
For a complete list of categories, visit A’ Design Award Categories.
How Entries Are Judged
Entries are meticulously evaluated by an international jury panel consisting of scholars, industry professionals, and media members. Unlike many other competitions, A’ Design Award follows a peer-review process with anonymous voting to ensure fair and unbiased evaluation. Learn more about the jury here: A’ Design Award Jury.
Previous Winners
Tau Murano Small Table by Tulczinsky
This coffee table features two blown glass elements joined by a delicate metal frame. This creates a two-tone design with a soft shape and luminous feel. Named Tau Murano, it has a distinctive design that is as elegant as it is unique. The table is handcrafted using traditional Venetian glassblowing techniques passed down for generations. Tau Murano adds beauty and wonder to any environment through its one-of-a-kind craftsmanship.
Accent Item Lighting Furniture by Yu Ren
The design concept of Accent Item is to combine practicality and aesthetics. They are not only furniture, but also part of the interior space. Enhance the functionality and visual appeal of your furniture with built-in lighting. It comes with a Type-c charging interface and can be placed in every corner of the home to enhance space decoration and use. The designs of these furniture are simple and elegant, adapting to every interior style, whether it is storage space, lighting or decoration.
Caterpillar Bar Unit by Priyam Doshi
The caterpillar bar unit is a statement piece of furniture that is not only fun but also functional. The sculptural looking piece can actually be turned to reveal a hidden bar unit, which astonishes everyone as no one expects it. The Caterpillar is meticulously handcrafted and precisely engineered for flawless turning of the bar segments. The legs of the caterpillar act as knobs, which are used to revolve the bar. The caterpillar has provisions to stock 30 to 40 bottles, wine, and other glasses
Misfit Chair by Chanhee Kim
The Misfit Chair is characterized by curved rear legs connected to the handle of the backrest. The legs, backrests, and crossbars all meet at distinctive angles, contributing to its unique design, and reflecting the unconstrained spirit of the current generation. Mortise and tenon joints ensure stability and wedged joints enhance durability, especially in connecting the backrest and rear legs. The semicircular backrest adds aesthetic appeal and allows versatile seating.
Shelfium Multifunctional Furniture by Stanislav Melis and Jozef Michalko
Shelfium is a tool that allows you to create a wide range of shelving units and custom furniture in unique designs. Shelfium can be combined with any material and is particularly good at combining various elements (e.g., drawers). Its uniqueness lies in recycling and upcycling, so you can create furniture made from recycled materials or even a very luxurious assembly. It’s up to you and your personality and preferences.
Nanbu Eye Gymnasium by Li Yang and Xu Haifeng
Located by the Jialing River, this gymnasium achieves harmony, openness and interaction with nature. The design is carried out from the three core concepts of earthscape, integration and openness. The overall project is conceived as an earthscape, just like a picture scroll in one stroke along the Jialing River. The city and nature are merged together, the architecture and landscape are integrated, a continuous spatial sequence is formed along the waterfront.
Woyun Platform Public Building by Archermit
The Woyun Platform is the entrance exhibition center of the Giant Panda National Park, taking the geological features of local bamboo forests, mists, and glacier debris as architectural imageries. The “bamboo forest” on the ground floor is used as a rural living room, which is a feedback to the surrounding villages; the suspended “mists” in the middle is used as a cultural display space; the “debris” on the top is used as a leisure space.
Anji Creative Design Center Urban and Rural Area by Atelier Deshaus
This project aims to create a new type of shared space that serves the local community and attracts urban groups to swamp rural areas, forming a public space that links urban and rural areas. The design of the ACDC adopts a more flexible approach, with spaces of different sizes distributed across the undulating site and connected with corridors. Thus, the two groups of collective space for public service, co-working, innovation lab, library, and cafe accommodate diverse programs and activities.
Wheat Field Moonlight Sonata Mooncake Packaging by Gao Gongxuan and Liu Qidong
The moon, since ancient times, has been the inspiration for poets, a sanctuary for emotions. Music is the expression of the soul, a flow of emotions. This Wheat Field Moonlight Sonata Mooncake Gift Box, featuring the core elements of “moon” and “music,” ingeniously combines the fluidity of music with the serenity of the moon. Simultaneously, it incorporates the vitality and hope of the wheat field, allowing taste, vision, and hearing to share in the feast.
CC House Residential Single Dwelling by Muhammed Naseem M
A minimal design approach which is more justified to the site. In both ways the building should respect the site as much as the ambience of the site should be exploited in the interiors. The form is simple yet gave a signature element. Two c shapes mirror each other with reference to a tree as a focal point .This focal point is positioned where the walkway to the site meets the building. The building texture is generally dark which matches the totality of the entire setting.
Chuxin Pavilion Community Service Center by Jian Wu
The project is located in the central Minhang District, Shanghai, within a public green space boasting beautiful natural scenery. The surrounding area has convenient transportation and a developed commercial and residential system. This project combines multiple attributes such as urban, natural, commercial, and community, making it an essential public activity node in the area.
Featuring previous winners adds credibility and inspiration for new entrants. Check out some of the past award-winning designs:
Browse Awarded Designs | See All Winners
Call for Global Entries
A’ Design Award welcomes participants from all over the world. The Call for Entries is available in multiple languages: Call for Entries.
Submit Your Design Now
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Stay inspired, and good luck to all participants!
