FAQ Entry #525

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#525: What is the Design+Encyclopedia?

The Design+Encyclopedia is a curated online resource that provides rich, relevant, and up-to-date information on topics related to art, architecture, design, creativity, engineering, innovation, and inspiration. It is authored by award-winning professional designers, artists, architects, and experts in the field, and allows for the inclusion of subjective insights and personal experiences, providing a unique perspective on design and designers. Award-winning designers are suggested to provide design know-how on their fields as well as to provide a third-person narrative about themselves by creating an entry regarding their own biography or statement of art or design style in the Design Encyclopedia. Non-winners are welcome to provide facts and reliable information but not biographies or statements. Of course, the Design+Encyclopedia is a also a crowdsourced online dictionary for design-related terms, personalities, and topics. It provides an equal opportunity for designers, artists, and architects around the world to share their highly subjective ideas, personal experiences, and individual opinions on varying design practices and principles, designs, and designers. The ultimate aim is to collect a rich library of definitions, phrases, and terms originating from different cultures and featuring unique perspectives. Participating in the Design+Encyclopedia allows award-winning designers to reach new and further audiences with their work as well as help spread their perception, ideas, insights, and know-how on design. Entries are subject to review and approval and are required to be sincere, respectful, ethical, polite, and humble. The Design+Encyclopedia welcomes contributions from anyone, and interested parties can visit the "Add New Design Encyclopedia Entry Page" after logging in, which also includes the Design+Encyclopedia guidelines and tips. If you do not have an account at A’ Design Award that is required for login, you may register one for free at the A' Design Award - Registration Page. What makes the Design+Encyclopedia unique is the fact that it is a specialized, curated, and expert-driven resource that provides a diverse range of perspectives and insights on design-related topics, with a focus on promoting good design, award-winning works, designers, artists, architects and innovators. One of the key strengths of Design+Encyclopedia is its lack of gatekeeping, meaning that anyone can edit it, unlike other online encyclopedias that have arbitrary control mechanisms, tools, moderators, power users and guidelines that make it more difficult for unconnected individuals and groups to contribute. Design+Encyclopedia also provides new and original perspectives by allowing for the inclusion of subjective opinions and personal experiences of designers, artists, architects, engineers, innovators and other experts in the field. This allows the Design+Encyclopedia to provide a more diverse range of perspectives and insights on a given topic. Additionally, its focus on providing information from experts in the field, particularly award-winning designers, artists, engineers, innovators and architects, with a perspective of good design, helps to ensure that the information provided is accurate and of high quality. In the end, the Design+Encyclopedia is an online resource that provides information on topics related to art, architecture, design, creativity, engineering, innovation and inspiration. It is authored by award-winning professional designers, artists, architects and experts in the field, and allows for the inclusion of subjective insights and personal experiences, providing a unique perspective on design and designers. The encyclopedia focuses on promoting good design, award-winning designers, architects, agencies, brands, and companies, and helps gain recognition and visibility in the design industry. The information provided is curated by experts in the field and is rich, relevant, and up-to-date. The encyclopedia is freely accessible to anyone, and contributions to the encyclopedia are open to all registrants of the A’ Design Award, and are free of charge. Each entry must go through a review process to ensure the information provided is accurate and relevant. Entries submitted by award-winning designers, artists and architects will be given special consideration, especially when they pertain to their awarded fields. The Design+Encyclopedia is a great way for award-winning designers to reach new and further audiences with their work as well as help spread their perception, ideas, insights, and know-how on design.

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