Competition
In a world where there are millions of products and designs launch each year, the award was born out of the desire to underline the best designs and well-designed products. The award-winning products and designs are highlighted to the international public via the A' Design Award Gala-Night and Exhibition in Italy and they are communicated to all relevant press across the world.
Benefits
The competition provides extensive and intense publicity to award winning designs, it is considered as a quality and high-return alternative to any advertising you might be running provided that you have a good design that could win the accolade. For more benefits click here. For the Winners' pack contents, click here.
Origins
The A' Design Award & Competition was developed after a scientific research study based on prior analysis of thousand other design competitions as well as ethnographic research and survey of over five-hundred designers and brands who take part in design competitions.
Mission
The mission of the A' Award and Competition is to provide a fair, ethical and competitive platform for companies, designers and innovators from all design fields with different experience levels, diverse disciplines and market focus to compete on, while providing them a global audience to showcase their success and talents to. The A' Award and Competition aims to act as blender; to bring together designers, companies and the press. Learn why it is called A' (A-Prime) Design Award.
Vision
Highlight, Advertise & Advocate good design, designers and design oriented companies. To channel the attention of press, interactive medias, design critics, distributors and buyers to the award winner. Management Philosophy
When it comes to management, the philosophy of A' Design Awards is rooted in continuous improvement. We believe in consistently refining, iterating, and making incremental changes to our processes, products, services and experiences to enhance efficiency, quality, and performance. Therefore, at A' Design Awards, we are constantly evolving and refining our operations to better meet the needs of our esteemed laureates, who are some of the world's leading designers, artists, architects, innovators, engineers, architectural offices and creative agencies; of course we have to listen and we have to listen to our laureates 100% of the time, as the feedback of our laureates are extremely valuable.
We prioritize laureate feedback and insights, followed by employee involvement and teamwork, encouraging everyone at all levels to contribute ideas for improvement. By fostering a culture where every winner feels empowered to suggest changes, we work hard to make sure that our improvements are useful, innovative and valuable. We aim to achieve the highest standards of quality and consistency, working hard to deliver superior value to our laureates. By supporting our laureates who create superior products and projects that benefit society, we, in turn, contribute to making the world a better place, this is our biggest desire.
The A' Design Award's Mission to Transform Society Through Excellence in Design
The A' Design Award is driven by a philanthropic mission to enhance society through the power of good design. At the heart of the A' Design Award lies our ultimate aim: to make the world a better place through the transformative power of good design. To achieve this, we are dedicated to motivating designers and brands to develop superior products and projects that positively impact our global community. We realize this ambition by recognizing and celebrating their remarkable achievements, showcasing these pioneering designs on an international stage. This process not only honors the creative minds behind these innovations but also promotes a global appreciation for the principles of good design, driving forward the cycle of inspiration and advancement.
Publicity
With its database of tens of thousands of press contacts, the competition aims to highlight existing products and designs which were developed with a good taste of design, our aim is to increase the publicity of good products and good designs, to provide designers and companies a solid excuse to shout-out that they have a good product, good design. A'Design Award is a great opportunity for designers to have a jump in their careers as the A' Design Award offers winners extensive marketing services to make use of the success of winning the award. The winning designs are also exhibited in Italy through the temporary MOOD: Museum of Design. Winners of the Award will have extensive press appearances, press release preparation and distribution. A'Design Competition does not ask any further money from the winners and aggressively pursues media opportunities for the winning designs for free.
Unique Properties
A' Design Award differentiates from any other design competition, design contest and prize by several aspects: The following adjectives are how we define ourselves: Collaborative, Innovator, Smart, Fair, Scientific, Thoughtful, Munificent, Beneficial, Philanthropic and Beautiful. Click here to learn why A' Design Award & Competition is a truly unique design award.
Platform
The A' Design Award and Competition offers an unique system for designers to sell their winning ideas to sponsor companies, likewise the companies can bid for the competing design ideas and make offers to buy the designs. The system also provides an online exhibition system and creates free profile pages for designers, innovators and companies, this system is always on and whether you win or not, you will have full access to the system. This is an interactive system where you can write your biography or corporate profile, create an extensive online portfolio by adding additional designs and exhibit new designs or products.
Results
The results are always published first to the designers, there will be a period given to both companies and the designers to get production rights and patents globally, a four-month period to file for protection. Designers also receive help and support from the A' Design Award for filing and application to protect their designs. The winning designs will be exhibited in our Gallery and Museum in Italy. The winners can use the A' Design Award can use badges and stickers free of charge to further underline that their products and designs have been evaluated by a respectful organization and that their products have been marked as great designs. To see the competition timeline click here.
Organizer
The award is organized by A' Design Award & Competition SRL and its spinoffs. Learn more about us. And learn more about Why we are called the A-Prime Design Awards.
Categories
A' Design Award and Competitions are organized and awarded annually in a wide range of categories. The are categorized into several subcategories: Industrial Design Competitions; Furniture Design Competition, Packaging Design Competition, Lightning Design Competition, Toy Design Competition, Digital Devices Competition, Vehicle Design Competition, Home Appliances Design Competition, Medical and Scientific Design Competition. Architectural Design Competitions; Architectural Design Competition, Interior Design Competition. Graphic Design Competitions: Interface Design Competition, Graphic Design Competition, Computer Graphics and 3D Model Design Competition. Meta Competitions: Social Design Competition, Idea Design Competition and Meta Design Competition Technical and R&D Based Competitions: Engineering and Technical Design Competition, Material and Texture Design Competition. Photography and Cinema Competitions: Photography and Photo Manipulation Design Competition, Movie and Animation Design Competition, Other Important Competition Categories: Fashion Design Competition Food and Culinary Design Competition,
Arts, Crafts and Ready-Made Design Competition and the Unexpected Design Competition.
Patrons
A' Design Award has earned the patronage of the following institutions: Como Cultural Department, The Bureau
of European Design Associations. Click here to learn more about the patronages.
The A' Trophy
A' Design Award Trophy is unique and is realized in 3D Printing of Metal as it is not possible to realize with any other traditional technology.
The Worth
Explore the full width of the A' Design Prize to discover its worth and full potential.
Also See:
• View A' Design Award Winners here, and the Photo Gallery here.
• Please also have a look at our Testimonials or the A' Design Award in Numbers.
• To get a free preliminary evaluation for your design projects, register today.
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