Grand Jury Panel
The foundation of any good design award, in addition to fair evaluation and judging by an extensive methodology, is to have a strong and expert design competition jury which provides their invaluable knowledge base and insight to evaluate the submitted entries, creating benefit and value for participants by transferring their insights and ideas in form of votes, feedbacks and suggestions. Good design award jury panels shall be multidisciplinary and comprised of recognized but most importantly experienced international designers, professors, entrepreneurs, journalists and publishers who can truly validate and evaluate design using their wisdom, experience, specialization and technical knowledge. In a good design award, every design award jury member should follow a code of conduct or as we require sign a jury agreement and shall be excluded from taking part in the competition. In addition, to avoid conflicts of interest, the jurors may not be employees of the participating companies. Furthermore to create further value to participants, the A' Design Award and Competition has introduced during its foundation, for the first time in all design award and competitions, a prejudging procedure called preliminary evaluation and checking which helps participants to get insights about their work before they participate in the design competition finals.

Current Jury Members

Alessandro Deserti Full Professor Design Department Politecnico di Milano ITALY	Hiroki Sato Prof. Dr. Chiba Institute of Technology Faculty of Engineering Department of Design JAPAN	Flaviano Celaschi Full Professor, Dr. Architect Design Department Politecnico di Milano ITALY	Dalia Gallico Prof. Dr. Arch. Università San Raffaele Roma Presidente Corso di Laurea in Moda e Design ITALY	Francesco Murano Lighting Designer, Dr. Design Department Politecnico di Milano ITALY
Marco Fantoni Architect Fantoni & Partners ITALY	Elena Formia Editor Il Giornale dell'Architettura ITALY	Zehra Cobanli Full Professor, Dr. Fine Arts Faculty Anadolu University TURKEY	Sudarshan Dheer Publisher, CEO Graphic Communication Concepts, Bombay INDIA	Gabriel Patrocinio Assoc. Professor, Design Curator, Curators Board, Modern Art Museum of Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL
Roderick Bamford Senior Lecturer Sch. of Design Studies College of Fine Arts University of New South Wales, Sydney AUSTRALIA	Amit Khanna Design Principal AKDA - Amit Khanna Design Associates INDIA	Gulum Altaca Full Professor Florence Nightingale Hospital TURKEY	Qian Xiaobo Associate Professor, Design School, Jiangnan University CHINA	Gilles Mangin CEO Sydney D Apparel & Fashion CHINA
Francesca Rizzo Researcher, Dr. INDACO Department Politecnico di Milano ITALY	Janina Lamers Product Designer Famos.Design Studio GERMANY	Masanori Eto Art Director ADBRAIN Inc Tokyo JAPAN	Gungor Guner Full Professor, Dr. Istanbul Technical Uni. TURKEY	Francesco Corbetta Pro. Photographer Studio Corbetta ITALY
Cabirio Cautela Assistant Professor, Dr. INDACO Department Politecnico di Milano ITALY	Idelfonso Colombo Industrial Designer M.S., Instrial Design Studio Colombo ITALY	Ani Atanasova Ph.D., CEO of Pixelhunters 3D Animation DUBAI	Maria Aslam Publisher, CEO Architecture Design Art Karachi PAKISTAN	Tzvetana Chipkova Editor Director Abitare BULGARIA
Ahmet Vefik Alp Architect, Prof. Dr. Founder & Principle Alp Architects Ltd. Istanbul TURKEY	Chang Ming Chen Associate Professor, Da Yeh University Department of Visual Communication, Changhua TAIWAN	Thomas Burkard Creative Director Bernhard Burkard Product Design GmbH Stetten SWITZERLAND	Dalia Sadany President of IAD, Architect & Interior Designer Cairo EGYPT	Dr. Wadad AlSuwayeh PhD. Architecture Chief Executive Officer OQYANA Dasman KUWAIT
Greg Hayden Managing Director Ethos Engineering Dublin IRELAND	Marcell Mrsan Master Shoemaker Koronya Handmade Shoes and Boots Georgia USA	Ubaldo Occhinegro Architect Ph.D. Mua Studio Taranto ITALY	Ozlem Yalim Ozkaraoglu Industrial Designer Istanbul TURKEY	Anne Lamer Founder & Director, Queen of Excess London UK
Guillermo Dufranc Graphics Design Coordinator Tridimage Echeverría ARGENTINA	Cordula Peters Program Director for Visual Communication Hekma School of Design and Arc. Dar Al-Hekma University Jeddah SAUDI ARABIA	Wuzhong Hao Director. Visual Strategic Alliances Jinan CHINA	Ranjana Dani Head of Graphic Design Department MIT Institute of Design Pune INDIA	Gregory N. Polletta Founder iGNITIATE Full Professor, Design & New Product Development PhD/MBA program ENPC Paris Tech France
Perihan Tufan Jewellery Designer Baroque Jewels Sydney AUSTRALIA	Saeed Mortazavi Jewellery Designer Design Director of Rhyton. Tahran IRAN	Anne Christin Schmitt Fashion Designer Founder Gretchen GERMANY	Emeka Efe Osaji Adj. Professor Bells University of TechnologyEnvironmental Department NIGERIA	Jan Manon Creative Dir. / Founder Elf Productions USA
Barbara Princic Assistant Professor, Industrial Design Department, Academy of Fine Arts and Design, University of Ljubljana SLOVENIA	Andreas Kioroglou Founder & Creative Director, Matadog Design, Athens GREECE	Velu Perumal Lecturer, Industrial Design Department Faculty of Design and Architecture Putra University Malaysia MALAYSIA	H.Y. Leung Lecturer, Department of Cultural and Creative Arts, The Hong Kong Institute of Education & Founder of HK Design Directory HONG KONG	Carlo Franzato Design Professor Unisinos Design School Porto Alegre BRAZIL
Yang Chao Lecturer. Communication Design, Ceramics Institute Jingdezhen CHINA	Sivarao Subramonian Assoc. Professor, Professional Engineer, Deputy Director Centre for Research & Innovation Management UTEM Melaka MALAYSIA	John Guenther Instuctor, Industrial Design Academy of Arts University San Francisco, California. USA	Nedjeljko Spoljar Creative Director Sensus Design Factory Zagreb Croatia	Valerie Hassett Architect Studio of Valerie Hassett Alexandria USA
Maryam Nademi Visual Arts Director Architect Co-Founder CGRecord DUBAI	Chris Zawada Founder & Creative Director Lovely Package, CANADA	Rafiq Elmansy Author. Design lecturer, Department of the Arts, The American University in Cairo EGYPT	Danne Ojeda Associate Professor, School of Art, Design and Media, Nanyang Technological University SINGAPORE	Marco Garrido Head of Graphic Design Department, Universidad de Monterrey MEXICO
Murat Bengisu Full Professor, Department of Industrial Design Izmir University of Economics TURKEY	Badri Gorgiladze Architect, Prof. Dr. Faculty of Architecture, Urban Planning and Design, Technical University of Georgia GEORGIA	Peter Stasek President, matrixX architecture, Mannehim GERMANY	Keat Ong Chairman Singapore Interior Design Accreditation Committee SINGAPORE	Kai Huo Designer National Committe Member of Design Committee of China Packaging Association CHINA
David Berman FGDC, R.G.D. David Berman Communications, President CANADA	Shayma Halawa MD & Head of Design SHAYMA Exclusive Creations Dubai UAE	Mathis Heller Deputy Dean CIDA DETAO Innovation Institute Shanghai CHINA	Sharon McHugh Architect ikon.5 architects New Jersey USA	Merle O'Brien Design Futurist | CEO Creation iLab Cape Town SOUTH AFRICA

Upcoming Jury Members

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Past Jury Board

Makoto Watanabe Full Professor Design Department Chiba University JAPAN	Simone Achille Tironi Lead Designer Mercedes-Benz Italia Advanced Design ITALY	Emilie Robert Project Manager Strategic Design Dept. OMC Design Studios ITALY	Yu-Ngok Lo Architect TSKC Architects USA	Julie Payette Partner Volume 2 PR Agency & v2com.biz Newswire CANADA
Alessandra Scarfò Ms. Senior Designer Industrial Design Dept. OMC Design Studios ITALY	Francesco Virtuani Ph.D. Design, INDACO Department Politecnico di Milano ITALY	Angela Ponzini Ph.D. Design, INDACO Department Politecnico di Milano ITALY	Elisa Chiodo Ph.D. Design, INDACO Department Politecnico di Milano ITALY	Giacomo Miola Ph.D. Design, INDACO Department Politecnico di Milano ITALY
Paolo Ciuccarelli Associate Professor, Dr. INDACO Department Politecnico di Milano ITALY	Patrick Sauter Interior Des. Dip.Ing. Spek Design GERMANY	Marinella Levi Full Professor, Dr. Chemical Department Politecnico di Milano ITALY	Prakash Unakal Full Professor, Associate Dean of Business Design, Welingkar Ins. of Management & RD. INDIA	Radhika Seth Editor Yanko Design yankodesign.com CANADA
Raffaella Perrone Professor, Dr. ELISAVA - Barcelona School of Design and Engineering SPAIN		Cigdem Kaya Associate Professor, Dr. ITU Faculty of Architecture TURKEY	Rusen Yamacli Architect, Prof. Dr. Anadolu University, Faculty of Architecture TURKEY	Camille Morcrette Affiliate Agent Volume 2 PR Agency & v2com.biz Newswire FRANCE
Andria Chin Managing Editor Designboom ITALY	Ettore Giordano Ph.D. Design Founder Studio Giordano Milan ITALY	Adriana de Barros Editor Scene 360 & Illusion USA	Florian Berner Director Weyell Berner Architekten Assistant lecturer Lucerne University SWITZERLAND	Shadi Al Hroub Designer American University of Madaba JORDAN
Zhou Wenjun Founder, Architect, 524 Studio Beijing CHINA	Erin Adams Assistant Professor and Interior Design Program Coordinator, Western Carolina University USA	Eric Schockmel Partner, Co-Founder Watergun Design Studio London UK	Tori Flower Creative Director We Are What We Do London UK	Mengwen Xiang Art Director GRAY Group New York USA
Barbara Deller Lapert Photographer Akademie U5 GERMANY	Tommaso Gentile Professor Sciences and Techniques of Graphic Design & Multimedia Istituto Universitario Salesiano di Venezia ITALY	Mirosław Hrynkiewicz Architect, Dr. "Hrynkiewicz i Synowie" Gdańsk POLAND	Vanni Pasca Designer / Editor Full Professor (Ret). Chairman of the Italian Society of Design Historians. ITALY	Sourabh Gupta Managing Director Archohm Consults INDIA
Nigel Morrison Creative Director Creative Media IRELAND	Heleen Van Loon Coordinator Cultuurplatform Design BELGIUM	Stephan Hauser Product Designer Everdesign Studio GERMANY	Kevin Chu Architect FABLAB Design HONG KONG	Victor Ng Thow Hing PhD. Principal Scientist, Honda Research Institute USA
Diego Otero Rodriguez Founding Member, Suigeneris Communications SPAIN	Francesco Torre Ph.D. Student INDACO Department Politecnico di Milano ITALY	Lee Wang Yong Full Professor, Fine Arts Department Kangnam University KOREA	Leyla Tokman Prof. Dr. Architect Anadolu University, Faculty of Architecture TURKEY	Tati Saikiran UI/UX Designer, Founder of LogoBite Hyderabad INDIA

Entries to the A' Design Award & Competition are evaluated by an internationally influential grand jury panel of prominent academics, established design professionals and leading press members. Enter your works today to benefit from the complimentary Preliminary Evaluation and Checking Service.