Organize A Design Competition
Design Competitions create positive returns for both the organizer and participants when the competition is carefully designed and managed. A’ Design Award & Competition has significant background, investment and research for designing contests and accolades that create benefits for both participants and organizers through a fair and effective platform for entry collection and evaluation as well as communication. Well organized design competitions contribute positively to your brand value by generating impressions, mentions and reach. Good design competitions will further help your brand, as the organizers, to collect valuable design proposals and insights, to connect with trendsetters and get press attention. Design competitions fit perfectly into corporate social responsibility programs by creating positive outcomes for designers, participants and the society by supporting the advancement of science, culture, design and technology. Organizing a design competition is an effective and efficient way to advertise, promote and create awareness for a product, project or service meanwhile creating social good which results in organic reach and media attention. With a nominal budget for public relations and communication, the A’ Design Award and Competition could help you organize a design competition that could deliver:
Expected Numbers and Outcomes |
Competition website page views |
1 to 3 Million Page Views |
Mentions in Worlds’ most respected design publications (English)
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100-150 Articles, 100 Million Readers |
Mentions in Worlds’ glocal design publications (Non-English)
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100-150 Articles, 10 Million Readers |
Call for Entries, News and Articles of the Competition |
40 Languages |
Budget |
130.000 EURO + TAX |
Platform |
A' Design Award - Enterprise Package |
The following is a list of possibilities and reasons for organizing a design competition. However, based on your priorities, the design competition itself needs to be designed, the re-design or configuration of a design competition refers to selection and adjustment of prizes, jury and evaluation methodology, participation terms and agreements, entry collection procedure and interface, media partners, communication budget and public relation campaigns and the design of deliverables such as the yearbook, certificate or logos as well as promises such as organization of exhibition, award ceremony and meetings.
- Design Procurement
- Corporate Social Responsibility
- Crowd-sourcing Design
- Outsourcing Innovation
- Corporate Design Culture Development
- Talent Acquisition & HR Management
- Participatory Design and Co-Creation
- Product or Service Pre-Configuration
- Mass Customization
- Customer Orientation & Increased Sales
- Market Penetration
- Highlighting Design and Product Quality
- Research & Development
- Authority Gain
- Communicate Brand Identity
- Fandom Support and Generation
- Co-Branding with End-Users
- Advertise Product or Service
- Generate Complimentary Products
- Encourage Product or Service Usage
- Collect or Complete Client or User Database
- Word of Mouth Marketing
- Indirect Government Subsidy
- Sectorial Development
- International Competition
- Encouraging Creativity and Innovation
- Creating Awareness
- Cultural Event Creation
- Trend Analysis
- State of Art Discovery & Research
- Product, Service or Model Testing
- Collect User Insights
- Improvement and Efficiency
- Collect Professional Insights
- Product-Portfolio Development
- Networking and Partnership
- Design Education
- Policy and Ideology Relay
- Website Traffic and Link Building
- Profit Generation & Maximization
Also See:
• Organize a small scale design contest with less budget: Run a Competition
• Organize a design competition as a part of your tradeshow, see Expo Editions.
• Boost your own design competition with The Grand Award Prize.
• A' Design Award can organize a professional design award for you.
• Organize: National Design Award,
International Design Award or Design Tenders.
• Get help and collaborate:
Jury Members, Competition Platform, Co-Organization, Conference Talks, Independent Observers, Patronage and Endorsement and read Design Competition Organization Guidelines and Guidelines for Design Brief.
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