submit to A’ design awards and competition 2024

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.

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