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A’ Design Award’s Call for Entries Deadline Fast Approaches

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Looking for an opportunity to have your designs discovered on an international stage? The deadline to enter your work – or nominate someone else – for the A’ Design Award & Competition is fast approaching! You have until February 28th to make a decision and register here.

With more than 100 categories to choose from, your work may even qualify for more than one. A few favorites that we look forward to every year are the winners of Furniture Design, Architecture, Building and Structure Design, Lighting Products Fixtures Design, Digital and Electronic Device Design, Arts and Art Installation Design, and Office Furniture Design.

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There’s an entire list of good reasons to enter, including the valuable jury feedback that all entrants receive. Entries will be judged by an international panel of scholars, professionals, and media members. Unlike other awards, A’ Design Award & Competition follows a peer-review process with anonymous voting and evaluation of entries.

A’ Design Prize winners are awarded a unique trophy and are included in world design rankings. Laureates will receive publicity, credibility, international awareness, an invitation to the awards gala, and so much more. They’ll also be granted space at the winners’ exhibition, where all of the prized A’ Design Award & Competition winners will be on display. Best of all is the opportunity to sell their design!

To help inspire your registration, we’re sharing a dozen of our favorite winners from last year’s contest. Stay tuned for when the newest winning designs are announced on May 1, 2024 – maybe yours will be one of them! Register here to enter the A’ Design Awards & Competition.

Kelly Beall is Director of Branded Content at Design Milk. The Pittsburgh-based writer and designer has had a deep love of art and design for as long as she can remember, from Fashion Plates to MoMA and far beyond. When not searching out the visual arts, she’s likely sharing her favorite finds with others. Kelly can also be found tracking down new music, teaching herself to play the ukulele, or on the couch with her three pets – Bebe, Rainey, and Remy. Find her @designcrush on social.

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