Underrepresented Nations

International Representation
As you know A’ Design Award and Competition, as one of the world’s largest and most influential design events, manages and publishes the World Design Rankings. We designed the World Design Rankings as a leading international design event where thousands of designers from around the world participate in a variety of creative competitions in the fields of architecture, art, design and engineering. The World Design Rankings aims to create media exposure to provide designers with the chance to attain national and international fame, and to calcify their positions as best of best in art, architecture, design and engineering in their respective fields and countries. Learn more about design rankings, ratings and listing systems within A' Design Award.

Rankings, Ratings and Listings
Similarly, the Design Award Classifications (DAC) system, lists the very best designers, artists, architects and engineers in any given field. The Designer Rankings (R+), also published by A’ Design Award lists the best designers worldwide from all disciplines. All these ratings, rankings and listings make more sense when there are entrants from all categories, all industries and most importantly all countries, and to that effect it is our mission to provide support to those architects, artists, creators, designers, engineers and innovators from all countries to join the A’ Design Award, to represent their nation, to represent their culture. Within this context, A’ Design Award & Competition has 2 distinct support systems available:

Aiming for Global Reach
A' Design Award & Competition is pleased to provide complimentary nomination to designers from any country which is not listed at World Design Rankings. To see if your country is listed, check the World Design Rankings website, and if your country is not listed, first upload your design, get a preliminary score of six (6) or higher and then contact our support and request your free digital nomination ticket so that you could be the one to represent your nation.

Proper Representation
However, if your country is already listed at the World Design Rankings but not included in the top 100 countries or if your country has less than 100 representatives, in this case, we would also support you, however the eligibility condition is different; for this case, you need to upload your work, get a preliminary score of eight (8) or higher, and then contact our support and request your free digital nomination ticket so that you could support your country in the World Design Rankings. You may make use of this initiative only once, however you can of course inform other architects, artists, creators, designers and engineers in your country of this opportunity as we want to support a wide array of people.

Support for Minorities and Disadvantaged Populations
Finally, not related to the World Design Rankings, but related to the world itself, if you are part of a disadvantaged minority group, or if you are coming from a group of people that have been displaced by a stronger group, including but not limited to by means of war, then in this case, we are happy to inform you that we will also support you and sponsor your digital nomination to A’ Design Award, so that we could represent your culture and group in the world design scene. To benefit from this support, first you need to upload your work, get a preliminary score of eight (8) or higher, and then contact our support and indicate which disadvantaged minority group or displaced people you are part of and request a complimentary nomination ticket, make sure to send our support this page URL in your request; then our support should release you a digital nomination ticket with “Community Support” as note. You may make use of Community Support initiative only once.

A' Design Award & Competition, organizes, publishes and promotes the World Design Rankings, celebrating good design in all industries in all countries and territories.