A’ Design Award: Your Chance To Take Your Work Onto The Global Stage
If you’re looking to jumpstart a burgeoning career, look no further than the A’ Design Award & Competition as one of the world’s most reputable platforms to showcase your talent. Aiming to highlight the best and brightest designers across the globe, now’s your chance to join a list of like-minded creatives who inspire change through great design.
A’ Design Award & Competition will be accepting submissions for the next round of judging from now till February 28, with results scheduled to be revealed on April 15.
Designers can submit their work across categories including Industrial Design, Architecture, Product Design, Communication Design, Service Design, and Fashion Design—each featuring more specialized sub-categories.
Laureates will gain recognition on the international stage, with the A’ Design Award & Competition promoting their awarded design to thousands of publications across the globe. Not to mention, you’ll have the opportunity of making media appearances with press partners, as well as being included in the prestigious World Design Rankings.
Awarded creatives will also receive a special 3D-printed metal award trophy with a luxury box to commemorate the achievement, the license to use the “A’ Design Award Winner Logo,” and a chance to attend the exclusive gala-night event in Italy.
The award is judged by an expert design competition jury of scholars, professionals, and media members who use their extensive experience to insightfully evaluate submitted entries. Unlike other competitions, the A’ Design Award & Competition follows a peer-reviewed process methodology allowing for the entries to be processed and judged through anonymous voting.
To take part, register your work here by February 28, 2022.
Those seeking inspiration can enjoy a selection of some of the previous winners below, all who made their mark on the world stage across various creative disciplines.
Lattice Chair Weaving Armchair
by Chen Kuan-Cheng
Inspired by waterfalls, the back and armrests of the Lattice Chair Weaving Armchair “flow” downward in a delicate pattern, symbolizing the fusion of Eastern and Western cultures with the use of wood and bamboo.
Chen Kuan-Cheng expertly combined the flexibility of bamboo with the strength of wood to form the “perfect chair,” which with is single-sided armrest design, allows users to sit in a variety of “free and flexible” positions.
Hair Salon Animal Toy
by Yi-Teng Shih, Vincent Mao, and Jay Li
This adorable animal toy set aids children in cultivating vital hands-on motor skills. Not only can they turn the sheep into one with a lion’s mane or with a mohawk, it encourages them to use their imagination in creating a new style for the animal.
The toy set does not require any electricity to operate, and the dough used to make “funny hair” is also reusable, making this a sustainable and creative way for kids to improve “concentration, cognition, logic, aesthetics, and expression.”
Hair Salon Animal Toy by Yi-Teng Shih, Vincent Mao, and Jay Li
Bayfront Pavilion Public Event Space
by Thomas Schroepfer – AAL
Nestled in Gardens by the Bay Singapore, the Bayfront Pavilion—also known as The Future of Us Pavilion—evokes a dialogue with nature by blending an architectural form with its environment using a “perforated skin.”
Thomas Schroepfer wanted to create an environmentally comfortable and visually beautiful experience in which visitors would enjoy strolling under the foliage of lush trees.
Bayfront Pavilion Public Event Space by Thomas Schroepfer – AAL
Ice Cave Presales Office
by Omid Amini and Fatemeh Salehi Amiri
Built to facilitate the presale units of the commercial-recreational Tehran Eye complex, Ice Cave will eventually be turned into an event hall to provide an exhibition space for creatives in the district.
The use of two skylights allows for natural light to trickle into the cave, with the designers’ placing emphasis on the roof and columns of the space as a basis for the entire design.
Ice Cave Presales Office by Omid Amini and Fatemeh Salehi Amiri
Kuoca Premium Blends Cosmetics
by Minwoo Song
As a premium skincare brand, Kuoca offers high-quality products through the use of the finest raw ingredients, such as white truffle.
Tapping on the design concept of a fine dining meal, the collection’s packaging hopes to embody the exclusivity of its ingredients by creating a user experience that mimics the tasting of a chef’s dishes.
Accordio Pet House
by Yongwook Seong
Intrigued by his niece’s silicone bowl plate, Yongwook Seong researched the intricacies of the material as a collapse feature, which he adapted into a foldable house for pets.
Accordio offers pet owners a portable, light-weight option for a pet home that’s convenient to bring on outdoor trips or adventures. The silicone house can be compressed into 1/6 of its size just by pushing both ends, with an additional fabric cushion that can be fitted into the collapsed form to be toted around.
Chinese Mooncake Packaging
by Litete Brand Design
Drawing from the “magnificent scenery of the Tang Dynasty palace,” the packaging behind Litete’s Chinese Mooncake was created following hours of consulting historical documents and visiting ancient buildings from the time period.
The gift box features an aerial layout and embroidery drawing depicting a Tang Dynasty banquet, incorporating classical colors from the period such as royal purple and bamboo green to add to the packaging’s grandeur and elegance.
Math Alive Brand Identity
by Brand Core – Visang
An interactive math learning program that presents abstract concepts as physical objects in a virtual world, the brand’s logotype was designed with seamless flowing lines to represent its mission of “bringing life to the abstract math concepts.”
The logo took inspiration from the parabolic graphs in mathematics, with the letters ‘A’ and ‘V’ connected in a continuous line to represent the “interaction between an educator and student.”
Aurum Gold Leaves Packaging
by LLAB Design Ltd
Ever wondered how genuine gold leaves would be presented? Aurum Gold Leaves Packaging answers the question by showcasing the material’s prestigious, luxurious, and high-quality characters through a structured jewelry box.
Furthermore, to highlight the process of making gold leaves—which is by hammering a piece of gold over 20,000 times—gold foil graphics adorn the box in an irregular pattern to showcase the arduous process of obtaining the highly sought after product.
Let’s Play School Spring Festival
by Dodamteo
The idea behind Lotte World’s 2020 Spring Festival was school, leading to the idea of fusing the starting of the school years with spring, “the start of seasons.”
Cherry blossoms, representative of spring, line the theme park, with additional elements that hark back to the good old days of classrooms and play time. Adults are reminded “of precious memories,” while children are provided with “a space for creating memories” as they take a gander through the installation.
Lunar Watch
by Dabi Robert
Using an unconventional way to display time, the Lunar Watch features two interlocking half circles on its face. The inner side of the semi-circle indicates the minutes, while the outer disc shows the hours.
To keep the aesthetic appearance minimal, there are no visual markers on the watch. The goal of the design was to “develop a flat graphical way of displaying time,” while the watch face served as a “constantly changing canvas.”
XpreSole Panto Rainboots
by Wilson Hsu
XpreSole Panto is an eco-friendly and delicious rainboot that’s made from coffee, helping to reduce the amount of carbon emissions produced by the well-loved drink when it’s in landfills.
One pair of the shoes are made from 15 cups of upcycled Spent Coffee Ground (SCGs), which are then turned into lightweight, machine-washable, and sustainably-made boots that’ll keep your feet dry and warm even in the rain.
Don’t miss this opportunity to take your career to the next level by submitting your best works to the A’ Design Award & Competition.
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