Creatives, Grab This Opportunity To Be Globally Recognized At A’ Design Award
Table Dancers Stationery by Zhang Yingli, Xv Hongxin and Li Ruotong
These unfamiliar times have led everyone to do things differently, and, as such, your psyche and the way you express yourself may have changed. Exemplify your creative expansion at the A’ Design Award, one of the most prominent design competitions in the world which recognizes and inspires unique, meaningful projects.
It doesn’t matter if you’re a veteran creative or are new to design, the award prides itself as a fair and ethical platform where all experience levels and design disciplines are welcome. So, don’t let its prestige daunt you—nominate your work here and seize the opportunity for recognition, credibility, and publicity from creators or brands like yourself, the international media, publishers, buyers, and companies relevant to your field.
The competition awards quality concepts, prototypes, and finished products spanning disciplines such as graphics and visual communication design, packaging design, advertising, marketing and communication design, public awareness, volunteerism and society design, interior space and exhibition design, and architecture, building and structure design. For more design award categories, please see here.
Inner perks aside, Laureates will be awarded with an all-inclusive winners’ kit including a trophy, a feature in the A’ Design Award yearbook, a design excellence certificate, inclusion in the World Design Rankings, a manual showing you how to make the most out of your award, participation and allocation at international exhibitions, networking opportunities with industry experts, members of the press, and fellow innovators, visibility across publications, and an invite to the A’ Design Award & Competition’s gala night.
Submissions will be judged equitably by a global jury panel filled by esteemed design professionals, academics, and members of the press. The A’ Design Award differs from other competitions in that entries are voted on and evaluated anonymously through a peer-review process.
Gather your best projects and register them here by 28 February. DesignTAXI will announce the winning entries on 15 April.
Feast your eyes on some prize-winning projects from previous years after the scroll, and find out more about the A’ Design Award & Competition here.
Cloud Chair
“One day, I saw a moving cloud while it rained on the coast. The idea of this chair came up from the scenery at that time,” describes Shota Urasaki, a graduate student from the Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts.
Cloud Chair by Shota Urasaki
Cloud Chair by Shota Urasaki
Cloud Chair by Shota Urasaki
National Card Collection Day Deck Playing Cards
“The packaging is an interactive experience designed to mimic the exploration of a Moroccan palace,” visual communications designer Alexander Chin explains.
“These reveals in the packaging include discovering hidden rooms and opening impossibly-sized corridors through the use of a bespoke two-way mirror system.”
2019 National Card Collection Day Deck Playing Cards by Alexander Chin
2019 National Card Collection Day Deck Playing Cards by Alexander Chin
2019 National Card Collection Day Deck Playing Cards by Alexander Chin
2019 National Card Collection Day Deck Playing Cards by Alexander Chin
Sfumato Shelving System
“The dynamic outline of this shelf system evokes the skyline of an urban landscape – spacious and massive at the bottom, broken and fragmented at the top, with a continuous horizontal base,” notes architect Nedim Mutevelic.
Sfumato Shelving System Shelving System by Nedim Mutevelic - FILTER
Sfumato Shelving System Shelving System by Nedim Mutevelic - FILTER
Sfumato Shelving System Shelving System by Nedim Mutevelic - FILTER
Greyder V Package Design
Greyder V Package Design by Musa Celik
“As people walk, one foot heels on the other. This creates a ‘V’ shape… When the package is opened, the shoes form a ‘V’ shape, just like walking,” describes industrial designer Musa Celik.
“Classic shoe boxes need a plastic bag when transported. The handles in this design eliminate the need for plastic bags.”
Greyder V Package Design by Musa Celik
Greyder V Package Design by Musa Celik
Table Dancers Stationery
“We think stationery is more like our working partners. They also have life… Inspired by dancers wearing red shoes, the stationeries include a pair of compasses, a paper knife, an eraser and a tape measure,” explain Zhang Yingli, Xu Hongxin and Li Ruotong.
Table Dancers Stationery by Zhang Yingli, Xv Hongxin and Li Ruotong
Table Dancers Stationery by Zhang Yingli, Xv Hongxin and Li Ruotong
Table Dancers Stationery by Zhang Yingli, Xv Hongxin and Li Ruotong
Table Dancers Stationery by Zhang Yingli, Xv Hongxin and Li Ruotong
Fluid Cube and Snake Smart Furniture
“[We] had to reimagine the genre of public furniture so [we] turned them into visually attractive and functional installations, powered by renewable energy,” says architecture firm Hello Wood.
The ‘City Snake’ is a modular structure; its elements are variable to fit the given site… The ‘Fluid Cube’ is a fixed unit with solar cells swimming between the layers of its glass top. The integrated USB sockets, Wi-Fi hotspot and lighting are all powered by the shock-resistant solar panels.”
Fluid Cube and Snake Smart Furniture by Hello Wood
Fluid Cube and Snake Smart Furniture by Hello Wood
Fluid Cube and Snake Smart Furniture by Hello Wood
Wisdom Path Climbing Tower
“The steps spirally wind around the tower clockwise. The higher you are on a spiral of time, the more experienced and wiser you are,” details urban art firm Supernova Art Embassy.
Wisdom Path Climbing Tower by Supernova Art Embassy
Wisdom Path Climbing Tower by Supernova Art Embassy
Wisdom Path Climbing Tower by Supernova Art Embassy
Pah Ji Hue Package
The combination of Taiwanese fruit tea and classic dried fruit creates the mellow and smooth taste, echoing with the image of the rounded can. Meanwhile, the simple and elegant illustration outlines the urban design style,” explain Chung-Yuan Kuo, Wei-Jen Huang and Ann Ching.
In addition, “The wooden box is adopted to share products of the two, realizing the effective integrated design and expansion of gifts.”
Pah Ji Hue Package by Chung-Yuan Kuo, Wei-Jen Huang and Ann Ching
Pah Ji Hue Package by Chung-Yuan Kuo, Wei-Jen Huang and Ann Ching
Pah Ji Hue Package by Chung-Yuan Kuo, Wei-Jen Huang and Ann Ching
Penguin Thermo Jug
“We would like to provide people a thermo jug, which can not only keep warm on the inside, but also look warm from the outside. A penguin comes to mind. It lives in the extremely cold South Pole, but its chubby and lovely body is still warm,” shares industrial designer Zaiyong Fa.
Penguin Thermo Jug by Zaiyong Fa
Penguin Thermo Jug by Zaiyong Fa
Penguin Thermo Jug by Zaiyong Fa
Solar Skywalks
“World’s metropolises have a large number of pedestrian bridges traversing busy traffic arteries. They are often unattractive, downgrading the overall urban impression,” ecological constructions architect Peter Kuczia starts off.
“Our idea of cladding the pedestrian bridges with aesthetic, power-generating photovoltaic modules, and transforming them into attractive city spots is not only sustainable, but creates a sculptural diversity that becomes an eye-catcher in the cityscape.”
Solar Skywalks Energetic Activation of Footbridges by Peter Kuczia
Solar Skywalks Energetic Activation of Footbridges by Peter Kuczia
I Really Like Math Interactive Textbook
“This project is an interactive math textbook for the digital-native generation, which processes visual objects and information more quickly. It was designed based on this to provide learning experiences for mathematical concepts,” details educational resource designer Jaehun Kim.
“Students can insert film or attach magnets to the pages of the textbook… The page layout considers the line of sight of the user with colors and images used in a systematic way.”
I Really Like Math Interactive Textbook by Jaehun Kim
I Really Like Math Interactive Textbook by Jaehun Kim
I Really Like Math Interactive Textbook by Jaehun Kim
IN BAG, ON DESK Calendar
“We developed a [pocket calendar] that can be carried as a notebook, stand on the desk, and be used as a desk calendar,” graphic designer Katsumi Tamara illustrates.
IN BAG, ON DESK Calendar by Katsumi Tamura
IN BAG, ON DESK Calendar by Katsumi Tamura
IN BAG, ON DESK Calendar by Katsumi Tamura
Rare Proportions Posters
Rare Proportions Poster by Pedro Panetto
“The inspiration for this project comes from the desire to express the beauty of Brazilian nature, to show its rarity… All posters explore the Golden Ratio found in nature and express this geometry in the animals in the posters,” reveals visual harmony expert Pedro Panetto.
Rare Proportions Poster by Pedro Panetto
Rare Proportions Poster by Pedro Panetto
Ten Posters
“Kingston University completed 10 years of its MA fashion course, so it decided to showcase its students’ finest works at The Design Museum, London. The brief was to design posters without showing the actual student’s work and typical fashion elements,” explain students Kalyani Kamat Bambolkar and Ling Lee.
They add, “The posters were designed by showing marks of clothes on one’s body in the shape of ‘X’.”
Ten Posters by Kalyani Kamat Bambolkar and Ling Lee
Ten Posters by Kalyani Kamat Bambolkar and Ling Lee
Ten Posters by Kalyani Kamat Bambolkar and Ling Lee
Bird’s Sake Cup to Refrain from Drinking
“[Inspired by] an aging society in Japan [vulnerable to alcohol]… this container can only contain 10ml of liquor,” notes designer Kenji Fujii.
“People who must refrain from alcohol, it helps those people. Also, it seems like the drinking gesture is [like] kissing with a little bird. It is very charming.”
Bird’s Sake Cup to Refrain from Drinking by Kenji Fujii
Bird’s Sake Cup to Refrain from Drinking by Kenji Fujii
Bird’s Sake Cup to Refrain from Drinking by Kenji Fujii
Moon Table Light
“This design was inspired by the moon… The composition of this light can be considered as the moon rising from a mountain or the sea as it departs from the surface to light up surroundings in the air,” shares architect Naai-Jung Shih.
Moon Table Light by Naai-Jung Shih
Moon Table Light by Naai-Jung Shih
Suggestions Tableware
“This project is inspired by chefs, for chefs. We want to provide a tool that suggests to chefs how to improve their gastronomic creations. Platforms that enhance the creations,” says product designer Gemma Bernal.
“With Suggestions, chefs can express [their] creations, and the customer can enjoy each service as a little piece of art.”
Suggestions Tableware by Gemma Bernal
Suggestions Tableware by Gemma Bernal
Suggestions Tableware by Gemma Bernal
Coast Whale Chapel
“The ocean and the fate of humanity have been linked from a very early age,” describes Jinyu Zhang and her architecture studio. “The bionic form of the whale became the language of this chapel. A whale stranded on the coast of Iceland.”
They elaborate, “A person can enter its body through a low fishtail and experience the perspective of a whale looking at the ocean. The waves and the inner voice meet here. In such a space, it is easier for humans to reflect on the neglect of environmental degradation.”
Coast Whale Chapel by Jinyu Zhang
Coast Whale Chapel by Jinyu Zhang
Coast Whale Chapel by Jinyu Zhang
Coast Whale Chapel by Jinyu Zhang
Coast Whale Chapel by Jinyu Zhang
Phuket VIP Mercury Studio Office
“Inspired by the designer’s [interest in] cosmic astronomy… the aesthetics of the planet [and its temperament are incorporated] into the interior,” notes commercial space designer Songhuan Wu.
Phuket VIP Mercury Studio Office by Songhuan Wu
Phuket VIP Mercury Studio Office by Songhuan Wu
Phuket VIP Mercury Studio Office by Songhuan Wu
Enkindle Chocolate Box
“Visually, the two spicy flavors [are] interpreted through graphic elements, such as the eyes represented on the cover, which generate a strong sensory reaction,” says brand identity designer Ion Avram. “In ancient times, spices were just as valuable as gold. Back then, the ships carrying the precious spices would spread legends and stories on their way back.”
Enkindle Chocolate Box by Ion Avram
Enkindle Chocolate Box by Ion Avram
Enkindle Chocolate Box by Ion Avram
Feeling inspired already? Submit your work to the A’ Design Award to get your ideas recognized, too.
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