FAQ Entry #530

This is a respond to a previously asked question about the A' Design Award and Competition. The full list of frequently asked questions can be accessed here.

#530: What are your plans to make the World Design Ratings better?

There are a few potential ways that we are working on to make the World Design Ratings more valuable to society. Some areas we explore and work on include: (a) Incorporating more diverse perspectives and expertise into the ratings process. This could include involving more people from different backgrounds, cultures, and disciplines in the rating process to ensure that a wider range of voices and perspectives are considered. Indeed, right now the A' Design Award call for entries is published in almost all languages and the A' Design Awards, who is supporting the World Design Ratings reach a very wide array of users worldwide, therefore we are very good at this. (b) Making the ratings criteria and process more transparent and understandable to the public. This could include providing clear explanations of what factors are considered when determining a design's ranking, as well as making the data and methodology used in the ratings publicly available. We are indeed also very good at this because the ratings are published online and currently the way to obtain them passes through the A' Design Awards, where the designer's work are evaluated by blind peer-review process, ensuring meritocratic results. (c) Encouraging more participation from designers and design professionals. By making the ratings more inclusive and accessible, more designers may be willing to submit their work for evaluation, which would help to ensure that the ratings are as accurate and representative as possible. To help achieve this goal, the A' Design Awards offer more than 40 distinct ways to take part in the competition completely free of charge. (d) Increasing the frequency of the ratings. Currently the ratings are done once a year, increasing the frequency of the ratings would allow for more projects to be evaluated and more up-to-date information for the public. We are working on this and try to update the ratings twice a year or every quarter. (e) Incorporating more quantitative data and feedback from stakeholders such as users, clients and other people who were affected by the design, to provide a more holistic view of the design's impact. This is one direction we are not exploring yet, as we want to ensure the ratings are more based on creative capacity than ratings done by clients, however this is something we wish to keep in mind for the future. Developing a way to measure the sustainability of the designs. As the world faces more and more environmental challenges, it is important to evaluate the design's impact on the environment as well as it's functionality. Overall, making the World Design Ratings more inclusive, transparent, and representative would help to ensure that they are more valuable to society.

Keywords: World Design Ratings, improvement, diverse perspectives, transparency, participation, frequency, quantitative data, sustainability.

The following questions could be related:

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• #42: Can I participate with hand drafting images?
• #68: Do the competitions repeat every year (i.e. are the competitions organized annually) ?
• #72: Can we join as a team / group / partnership?
• #94: I am not so sure about which competition category to join for, can you help me?
• #136: What is the frequency of the design competitions held?
• #227: How many pieces do I exhibit at the exhibition? Can I exhibit my other designs?
• #244: I have a project that has won the A' Design Awards and I have a video of this project, can I exhibit the video in the exhibition?
• #262: Can five (5) designers that worked on one project enter this one composition for your design contest?
• #277: We did not submit anything this year. We hope to next year but we still got the participation confirmation email at the competition deadline, what is it?
• #288: What are the requirements to participate in the exhibition for spatial design projects?
• #300: My project got X points from the preliminary tests. Is there any chance to raise my design points to the 9-10 range if I consider and apply your recommendations?
• #303: We would like to add our product to you award competition. However, it is not entirely clear how much we would have to pay in fees for this - could you please clarify.
• #323: I am planning to submit one of my design to the awards. Would it be possible for me to submit the exact same product to another competition?
• #326: Can we know the final fee before nominating each work?
• #338: Is there any limitations for participating in different fields or design award categories?
• #356: Will we get a certificate of participation or award?
• #385: Is this design competition can be join by a group?
• #409: I live in an another country, I am not sure if I could attend or bring my item to exhibition.
• #489: Why can’t I modify my participation to Gala Night after the Preliminary Gala Checklist Deadline?
• #505: Will I be invited to the Gala Night?
• #506: I want to bring a couple of very important people, VIP contacts, such as ambassadors to Gala Night, is it possible?
• #526: How do I get listed in World Design Ratings?
• #527: What is an S-Rank Designer in the context of World Design Ratings?
• #528: What is an A-Rank Designer in the context of World Design Ratings?
• #529: What is World Design Ratings?

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