Launch your Design Career! A’ Design Awards & Competition – Call for Entries

It’s February already?! Whoa! Time flies, right? Well, luckily we’re still in the lead, with only three weeks to go. If you missed out on your golden opportunity last year to win yourself an A’ Design Award, never you mind, you can still register your designs till the 28th of February.

The A’ Design Awards and Competition aren’t like your run-of-the-mill design awards. Like I’ve said before, the purpose of the award isn’t just to recognize good work, it’s to promote and broadcast it. Winners don’t just get an award (well they get a pretty cool looking trophy for sure), they also get their own PR campaign, a chance to network with the best in the business, and we obviously do a pretty grand feature of the winning designs. The best thing about the A’ Design Awards and Competition is that even registrants are entitled to a great deal of opportunities. All participants get included in the ever expanding World Design Index (which ranks countries based on their participation) and even get covered in the World Design Encyclopedia, so make sure you and your country get represented!

The A’ Design Awards are judged by a stellar jury of 80+ highly respected designers who span all design disciplines and are spread all over the world. These jurors judge designs over a wide variety of categories (some of them being Furniture Design, Lighting Design, Electronic Devices Design, Transportation Design, Medical Devices Design, Home Appliances Design and MANY more). Head down to the website to read more about the design category that fits your project.

Winners of the A’ Design Awards and Competition will be declared on the 15th of April and winning design entries will be featured right here on Yanko Design on that very day itself. So if you’re looking for an easy way to launch your design career, get noticed (and featured on YD!), and become the designer you’ve always dreamed of being, get busy! You’ve got exactly three weeks till the deadline! Scroll down to see the designs that won last year. Maybe this year could be your chance!

Register Here for the A’ Design Awards and Competition 2017 : Deadline 28th February

Shadowbrook 3D Printed Faucet by DXV
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The water faucet that won our hearts and dominated Pinterest this year! Absolutely gorgeous, don’t you think?

The Birth by h220430
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What happens when you flip a chandelier inside out? You get something as incredible as the Birth chandelier. Always a personal favorite.

Qwikflip 6-IN-1 Activity Center by Grow’n Up R&D Team
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Children get tired of their toys really quickly. Designed to be six games/toys in one, the Qwikflip will ensure your kid is always on his toes, occupied, and never bored!

Nest by Paul Ketz
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Trap your material belongings in the Nest, because man is an animal that is trapped in his own self-made materialistic prison! Dark? I think it’s quirky!

Lr16 by Adam Miklosi
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Controversial, edgy, and downright eye-catching, the Lr16 is an industrially manufactured coffin with a more functional design than traditionally crafted coffins. Rather interesting.

Shelter Pack by Hakan Gürsu
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Don’t worry. This isn’t another coffin. The Shelter Pack by A’ Design’s most awarded designer Hakan Gürsu puts an entire refugee shelter into a highly transportable, foldable flat-pack.

Brave Jet Syringe by Ilmo Ahn, Jisu Kim & Juyeon Baek & SeonwooPyo
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How do you get kids to be less afraid of injections? Gamify the concept! The Brave Jet is a toy that also can be added to the syringe design to make an otherwise scary procedure much more child-friendly.

Coral Flower Vase by Steve Lee
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The Coral Flower Vase inspires the two most important reactions to its design. Wow, and How. While some people marvel this vase’s beauty, the more curious among us can’t stop asking ourselves how this ethereal flower vase was made!

Mitosis by Soroush Vahidian Kamyar
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Who knew design could preach aesthetics and molecular biology at the same time?! The Mitosis lamp series are inspired by the way cells divide/replicate within nature. Fun to look at, and fun to learn too!

memobottle™ by Jesse Leeworthy
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You’ve probably seen these bottles somewhere. Hell, you may just know someone who owns one of these! That’s the power of good design and good marketing! The bottle is good design. The fact that you’ve seen it somewhere is A’ Design’s great marketing! So don’t wait up! Go register immediately! February 28th will be here before you know it!

World Design Rankings 2016 – See if your country made it!

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For six years now, A’ Design Awards and Competition have been going about viewing, reviewing, and rewarding the best design works across the world. Now with six years of collated data, the World Design Rankings provide a pretty clear picture of where each country features on the design map of the world. The list below contains data gathered over the 6 years since the A’ Design Awards and Competition was established. The numbers below show how many entries from each country were awarded the A’ Design Award. With every year it gets more accurate, more cemented, and more mature.

You can even take a look at this alternative rating that sorts and ranks design disciplines rather than countries… and right below we’ve curated a special little set of our top 5 winning designs from last year. Do take a look! They’re pretty neat!

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YD Favorites from the A’ Design Awards and Competition 2015-16

1. The Birth by h220430
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2. Smarter Smart display USB adapter by inDare Design & Baseus Manufacture
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3. Bird Wearable input device by Prime.total product design
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4. PeeFence Flexible Urinal by PeeFence I/S
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And lastly…
05. SPH Smart Prosthetic Hand by Young Jo In
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Calling all design visionaries! A’ Design Awards & Competition – Call for Entries

You know, we at Yanko really live for design award programs. They’re our beehives for amazing design content, and nothing gives us more joy than sharing inspirational designs with you guys! A’Design Awards and Competition is one such beehive that always supplies us, and in turn you, with crazy awesome content. You can scroll down to get a glimpse of our favorites from this year.

Take a good look at the designs below because they’re your benchmark now! A’Design is taking entries again for the 2016-17 leg of the competition and their list of prizes and benefits keep getting bigger, with absolutely amazing universal networking opportunities for people who just register! That’s right, registrants get included in A’Design’s extensive World Design Index and their Design Encyclopedia. Winners get their own PR campaign, featured across design publications, and so much more (including an invitation to the gala night!). So get scrolling, check out the awesome work and imagine your best design being included there in our next article! Sounds epic, doesn’t it? Here, I’ll help you out… Click here (or at the bottom) to register once you’re done checking out the stellar design work below!

Pssst. Here’s some inner scoop for you. The last deadline for registering your entries is February 28th 2017, so that literally gives you enough time to start and finish your pet project. Take that idea out of your mind, put it on paper, and watch it blossom into reality right here!

01. Swing by Vestel ID Team
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You know how you always have to buy a TV Cabinet with your television? That’s a thing of the past, with the Swing TV! The television truly looks like it has its own body and soul!

02. Lw-01 by YeQuan Liu
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Remember the Lw-01? This is a classic example of a design project that turned into a success story, thanks to A’Design! The bottle cap doubles up as a pill storage, constantly reminding you to take your medicine. Genius!

03. Grandwizard by Yu Hiraoka
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You’ll see a lot of rectangular electronic devices, but nothing shaped quite like the Grandmaster. This deejaying device doesn’t just have a cool silhouette, look at its interface! Drool!

04. Light Line by Mohammad Khodabandehloo
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With street lights that look like these, we’d probably spend more time outdoors than in. Right?

05. Fanclastic by Ksenia Roshchenya
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The Fanclastic actually teaches children much more intricate and complex joineries than your regular Lego. If you want your kid to be a tactile and mechanical whiz, the Fanclastic is the perfect toy.

06. Lr16 by Adam Miklosi
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Boy, this one’s perfect for a design debate. The Lr16 is a minimal coffin designed using industrial procedures, and with enhanced functionality, as opposed to the older, traditional hand-crafted means. The plastic coffin is stackable, has a characteristic that’s strangely complementary to the theme of death, and even comes with grooves for easy carrying, and ‘docking of bouquets’. Thoughts, anyone?

07. Mitosis by Soroush Vahidian Kamyar
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Did design just teach me molecular biology?! Yes it did! These series of lamps are aesthetic, entertaining, and educating, all bundled in one!

08. Positive Negative by Xiaofei Cui
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Are these not the most awesome looking minibars you could own? Sign me up for one!

09. Ocha 2.0 Customisable Tea Maker by Sachin NP
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The Ocha is so sculptural, I wouldn’t dare disgrace it by calling it a kitchen appliance! Plus it brews tea, so I give it extra love!

10. Nextbit Robin Smartphone by Nextbit
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Oh, your phone has 128Gb of storage? Cute! Because the Nextbit Robin has unlimited storage! How? All your data gets stored on cloud servers, keeping your phone nimble and always free of clutter!

11. The Future of Us by Advanced Architecture Laboratory
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The Future of Us Exhibition Pavilion is a massive jewel on display in itself! Just look at that crazy awesome architecture and tell me you’re not wowed.

12. Bird Wearable input device by Prime.total product design
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We’ve got Siri, Google Now, Cortana, and a bunch of other AI avatars. We don’t however, have Jarvis like abilities. The Bird wearable does that for us, allowing us to use our fingertips to remote control any smart device. Ladies and gentlemen, the future is here!

13. Nest by Paul Ketz
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Trapped in the materialistic world? The Nest is perfect for you. It traps and holds objects that you put into it, almost like a philosophical shelf. Personal favorite!

14. Qwikflip 6-in-1 Activity Center by Grow’n Up R&D Team Wally Sze, King Yuen, Stimson Chow, Samuel Lee
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Kids get bored of their toys so easily. The Qwikflip, however, will keep your child entertained for quite a while with its morphing design that allows it to turn into 6 different activity centers!

15. The Birth by h220430
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Arguably one of the most awe-inspiring chandeliers out there, The Birth actually does something clever by facing the lightbulbs inside. A perfect example of a great idea backed by great execution!

So there you have it. These are our curated picks from the A’ Design Award and Competition winner’s gallery. Head down to their full gallery to check them all out! And don’t forget to register too! After all, you got to know your competition, right? *wink wink*

A’ Design Awards & Competition – Call for Submissions

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An intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex and more violent. However, if you tap into the genius in you, I can lay a bet that with courage, you can move in the opposite direction and innovate something remarkable. Once you’re done with it, showcase it on platforms like the A’ Design Award, where your creative genius is honored and acknowledged by an eminent panel of jurist.

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Browse through the remarkable winners from the past and take your pick from categories like Good Industrial Design Award, Good Architecture Design Award, Good Product Design Award, Good Communication Design Award, Good Service Design Award and Good Fashion Design Award amongst others.

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Inspired? Register here NOW!

To make it the top-notch award for you beneficial, the A’ Design Award includes PR and Publicity, Exhibition, Yearbook, Gala-night for networking, World Design Rankings inclusion, Press release preparations, Feedback notes by jury, Award Trophy, Blogs and Magazine announcements, Good Design Mark amongst other services.

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More than the award it’s the jury that makes it worth the appreciation: an international jury panel of academics, design professionals and press members will be commenting on the works submitted.

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Deadline for regular submissions is September 30, 2015 and the results will be announced on April 15, 2016 on Yanko Design. Yes, the glory and fame begins right here! Learn more about the Awards here.

Register Now: Deadline September 30, 2015

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A’ Design Awards & Competition – Nominate Your Best Designs for Award Consideration

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Summer’s just up and I’m sure your creative juices are flowing well. It’s time to take up yet another challenge aka the A’ Design Awards & Competition. This year’s call for entries is gives inspiration enough for you to know that you too can do it and be a winner! Some of the biggest rewards are the innumerable benefits and privileges that come your way, for example, free participation and exhibition space for winners, free sales listing at Salone Del Designer, free utilization of Design Mediator services and inclusion in BuySellDesign Network.

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From about a hundred categories that you can apply to, Industrial Design, Automotive Design, Packaging, Product Design, Furniture Design and Lighting Design are what I can recommend. But hey, go through the entire list here before shortlisting your intent.

Once a winner, always a winner; this holds true for the A’ Design Awards & Competition. They take up the task of extensive PR, publicity and networking on behalf of the winners plus tools like exhibitions, yearbook, decorated certificates, world design rankings and elaborate gala night for networking, are also a part of the deal.

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The entries are judged on a number of elements and an international jury panel of scholars, professionals and media members are appointed for the same. What I love about the judging process is that it’s very transparent and the feedback given to the participants is very valuable and authentic.

The deadline for regular submission is September 30, 2015 and the results will be announced on April 15, 2016 – right here on Yanko Design. Register here NOW!

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Recap:

  • Call for Entries to A’ Design Award & Competition
  • Entries to the competition are peer-reviewed and anonymously judged by an influential jury panel of experienced academics, prominent press members and established professionals.
  • A’ Design Prize includes but not limited to: international design excellence certificate in metal frame, invitation to the exclusive gala-night in Italy, online + offline exhibition of awarded projects, A2 poster of awarded projects, hardcover printed best projects’ yearbook publication, special 3d printed metal award trophy in luxury black box, project translation to 20+ languages in order to truly reach international audiences, an exclusive interview with the winner, press release preparation and distribution, license to use “A’ Design Award Winner Logo” in your communication, promotion of awarded works to thousands of other publications, media appearances through our press partners, inclusion in World Design Rankings as well as access to further marketing and PR tools.

Deadline: Regular Submission September 30, 2015

A’ Design Awards & Competition – Early Call for Entries

There is a common thread that binds both newcomers and experienced designers – they both look up to their peers and the industry for acknowledgment. One of the platforms that amplifies the process is the A’ Design Awards & Competition. It offers a good base to highlight, advertise & advocate good design, designers and design oriented companies and garner the attention of press, interactive medias, design critics, distributers and buyers to the award winner.

In many ways the A’ Design Award differentiates from any other design competition, design contest and prize. It is collaborative and innovative medium to scientifically and thoughtfully qualify a project as Good Design.

There are several categories (100!) in the competition and the most relative ones for you are: Furniture, Architecture, Vehicle, Bathroom Furniture, Product Design, Industrial Design, Packaging, Toys etc. Check out the full list here.

In a broader spectrum of things, you can even classify the awards as: Good Industrial Design Award, Good Architecture Design Award, Good Product Design Award, Good Communication Design Award, Good Service Design Award, Good Fashion Design Award.

Ten benefits of participating:

  1. Feature in the exhibition yearbook
  2. Extensive PR and Publicity
  3. World Design Rankings inclusion
  4. Invitation to Gala night for networking
  5. Good Design Mark
  6. Inclusion in Business Network
  7. Sales Listing for Winning Products
  8. Proof of Creation Document
  9. Feedback Notes by the Jury
  10. Option to Sell Winning Designs

An international jury panel of scholars, professionals and media members will judge the entries for the A’ Design Awards & Competition. Know your jury here and browse through past winners here.

Registrations are currently open and the deadline for early submission is June 30, so head here to register. Selected winners and results will be posted on YD on April 15, 2015.

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A’ Design Awards & Competition – Winners

Its an exciting time for the award winners of the A’ Design Awards & Competition. The results are out and it is time to crack open the champagne bottle! In essence, the awards are for designers, innovators and companies that deserve the attention of media, publishers and buyers. A’Design Award is a great opportunity for designers to have a jump in their careers, so here is a look at some of the winners!

Laxart Museum Transmedia Rebranding by Young Joo Tak

Zeitgeist Clock by Dmitry Pogorelov

Le Maestro Modern Dress Loafer by Herman Delos Santos

Osteoid Medical Cast, Attachable Bone Stimulator by Deniz Karasahin

Script Clock by Philip Wong

Tensegrity Space Frame Lighting Structure by Michal MacIej Bartosik

Steam Tea Maker by Hakan Gürsu

Cast Hood by Esma Mumcu

Forest Lodge Eco House Eco House by Chris Knierim

Any 202 Tablet For K-12 Education by Jp-Inspiring Knowledge

Food Feeder Plus Food Feeder by Justin Cheung

Conspiracy-Sandal Shaped Jewels-Luxury Shoes by Gianluca Tamburini

Elastomeric Technology Collection Swim Goggles by Speedo Usa Erika Gentry, Barry McGeough, Craig Stiff

Ajorí Cruet. Condiment Container by Carlos Jimenez Perez & Pilar Balsalobre

Intermarine 48 High Speed Boat by Viviane Nicoletti

Eva Tea Set Teapot and Teacups by Maia Ming Fong

Icon E-Flyer Electric Bicycle by Jonathan Ward

M Lamp Lamp by David Irwin

Black Shadow H-E Hydrogen-Electric Hybrid Motorcycle by Mark Norton Menendez

Cogito Watch Bluetooth Connected Watch by Connectedevice Ltd

Only Right Here Knife Holder by Alan Saga

Ttmm (after Time) Watchface Apps Collection by Albert Salamon

Enticed? How about you join the next edition A’ Design Awards & Competition? They are featuring great discounts during 27-30 April 2014, using the earliest bird period fees. Get to know more about the winners and awards here.

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A’ Design Awards & Competition – Call for Entries

Strap on your boots – in this case, I should say your creative spirit and head straight to The A’ Design Award and Competition. It is one of the worlds’ most prestigious design accolades that bring together architects, designers, artists, companies and media members. The A’ Design Competition is all about the best designs worldwide and their sole aim is to provide them publicity, fame, credibility and recognition through international press coverage and exhibitions.

The pot of gold at the end of the Coveted A’ Design Prize includes the annual hardcover yearbook publication, the 3D printed metal award trophy, design excellence certificate, press release preparation and distribution, winners’ logo, PR tools, winners’ exhibition and gala-night participation as well as translation of award winning works to 20+ languages and communication to thousands of entries. Details for this are here.

The A’ Design Awards is open to entries of: Industrial Designs, Spatial Designs, Service Designs, Visual and Communication Designs as well as Interactive Designs, Engineering, Art and Architectural Designs. You can get more information on the various categories here.

Judging the A’ Design Awards is no easy feat, it requires an international jury panel of scholars, professionals and media members to do the job. Know your jury here.

To cut the chase, here is what you need to do as a designer: register here and know more about the awards here.

Timelines:

  • Deadline for submission is February 28, 2014
  • Results will be announced to public on April 15, 2014
  • Winners announced on Yanko Design on April 15, 2014

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Best Of A’ Design Awards & Competition 2013

As a strong advocate of participating in competitions, I am really humbled by the enthusiasm and results of this year’s A’ Design Awards & Competition. I believe that competitions not only act as a measure for your own caliber but also validate your potential against others on an international scale. More than that, platforms like the A’ Design Awards & Competition, offer publicity, PR push and advertisement opportunities for award winners while supporting the global design culture. So congratulations winners!

Here is a look at twenty select designs form the 2013 A’ Design Awards & Competition; the complete list of winning designs are published here. Before we proceed, just know that you can join A’ Design Awards & Competition 2014 with great discounts during 27-30 April using the earliest bird period advantage. Know more about how to enter the competition here.

You can find the World Design Rankings here, Designer Rankings here and Designer Interviews here.

USB stick with integrated sharpner – Verico Penpal Memory Storage by Jeremy Tsai

Hi-Fi turntable – Calliope by Deniz Karasahin

Wireless Speaker – Saxound by Syed Tajudeen Abdul Rahman

Parallel Interactive Projector – Pip! by Jorge Prieto

Chair – Butterfly by Eduardo García Campos

Airport Seating – Restpoint by Hakan Gürsu

Light Bulb – Printed Bulbs by Eric Brockmeyer + Karl Willis

Lamp – Muse by Anarkhos Design

Bicycle – Slider Folding Bike by Paul Hao Ting Hsu

Multifunctional car – Nexperience by Riten Gojiya

Growing lamp – Bb Little Garden by Martouzet François-Xavier

Cast Iron Hob for kitchen – Volcano by Ahmet Yalçınkaya

Functional kitchen and serving ware – Seasons by Nao Tamura

Grater – Satellite by Hakan Gürsu

Cocktail Plate – Holdaplate by John Zox

Bathroom collection – Catino by Emanuele Pangrazi

Car Charging and Protection Unit – V-Tent by Hakan Gürsu

Floating Resort and Marine Observatory – Pearl Atlantis by Maria Cecilia Cruz

Vertical Solar Aircraft – Vsa by Arman Abadi

Unique Gift Packaging – Undercover Pinot Noir by Alexandru Patru

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A’ Design Awards & Competition 2013 – Call for Submissions

In my interview with Yves Béhar, he told me that taking part in design competitions is a good thing for designers from two perspectives. One, you get to measure yourself in comparison to others from the same stream and two, you get evaluated by creditable people from the industry and thus your claim to fame is a validated one. This and many other reasons make it important for you as a designers to consider taking part in the 2013 A’ Design Awards & Competition.

If you think of it as a branding process then, A’ Design Awards provides you with all the key tools; you stand to benefit from the exhibition, the yearbook inclusion, the extensive PR machinery put in place and publicity. Not to forget, the world design rankings inclusion and the gala night for networking. Have a look at some previous gala night pictures here.

There are many categories that are available, but the hottest of them all are Product Design, Transportation Design, Lighting, Digital Devices and Packaging Design Category; pick your best!

The vision of A’ Design Awards s to highlight, advertise and advocate good design, designers and design oriented companies. They strive to channel the attention of press, interactive media, design critics, distributers and buyers to the award winner. You can know more here.

To sum it up, the A’Design Award and Competition is for designers, innovators and companies that want to highlight themselves to attract the attention of media, publishers and buyers. Registrations are currently open and the deadline for submission is February 28, 2013. You can register here and learn more about the process here.

Winners will get early communication on March 7, 2013, and results will be announced to public on April 15, 2013 when the award winners’ exhibition starts. The results will be posted on Yanko Design on the 15th of April, 2013. An outlook of the 2012 winners is available here.

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