As we wrap up December, it’s time to reflect on the most coveted Design Award from Taiwan – the Golden Pin Design Award. Organized by the Taiwan Design Center, the awards honor design products and projects in industrial, graphic, packaging, and spatial design created for and within huaren (Chinese-speaking) communities.
To their credit, the awards gives out a total of NT$900,000 (more than US$27,000) in cash prizes, which is an excellent incentive besides the glory of sharing the stage with eminent designers from across the globe. Oki Sato, founder of Japanese design firm Nendo was the Jury Chair for Final Selection and he made a presentation to a select audience on “the clashes between humor and rigid social behaviors in Japanese society and how this is manifested through design.”
An interesting topic, as was the conversation with Mårten Claesson (multidisciplinary Swedish design studio – Claesson Koivisto Rune and Jury), who was impressed with the award-winning projects that were striving for best possible quality. When asked what he found common with the Chinese designers, Claesson said, “We are one human race and designers have a strong connect with each other, it is easier for me to hold conversations with a designer here than with someone from my hometown, who is from a different profession.”
Perhaps design is a universal language!
Claesson also felt that “Chinese Design was at the doorstep of affecting the West, however Japan has already achieved the impact. Chinese Design is at the threshold and will do it in the near future.”
“Amongst all the projects, Graphic Design projects were strong contenders as they stem from the strong calligraphy background and heritage of Chinese Dialect. Product Design projects were impressive, however lacked some refinements.”
For 2016, 23 Best Design trophies were handed out and 3,005 design products and projects from 13 countries and regions were judged. For 2017, if you can align yourself to Golden Pin Design Award’s mission: to showcase cutting-edge design specifically created for and within huaren (Chinese-speaking) communities – then we recommend that you notch it up and participate.
For the curious, it’s the Golden Pin Awards … on the lines of Taiwan’s famed Golden Horse, Golden Melody, and Golden Bell Awards, which celebrate the film, TV, and performing arts community.
You know, we at Yanko really live for design award programs. They’re our beehives for amazing design content, and nothing gives us more joy than sharing inspirational designs with you guys! A’Design Awards and Competition is one such beehive that always supplies us, and in turn you, with crazy awesome content. You can scroll down to get a glimpse of our favorites from this year.
Take a good look at the designs below because they’re your benchmark now! A’Design is taking entries again for the 2016-17 leg of the competition and their list of prizes and benefits keep getting bigger, with absolutely amazing universal networking opportunities for people who just register! That’s right, registrants get included in A’Design’s extensive World Design Index and their Design Encyclopedia. Winners get their own PR campaign, featured across design publications, and so much more (including an invitation to the gala night!). So get scrolling, check out the awesome work and imagine your best design being included there in our next article! Sounds epic, doesn’t it? Here, I’ll help you out… Click here (or at the bottom) to register once you’re done checking out the stellar design work below!
Pssst. Here’s some inner scoop for you. The last deadline for registering your entries is February 28th 2017, so that literally gives you enough time to start and finish your pet project. Take that idea out of your mind, put it on paper, and watch it blossom into reality right here!
01. Swing by Vestel ID Team
You know how you always have to buy a TV Cabinet with your television? That’s a thing of the past, with the Swing TV! The television truly looks like it has its own body and soul!
02. Lw-01 by YeQuan Liu
Remember the Lw-01? This is a classic example of a design project that turned into a success story, thanks to A’Design! The bottle cap doubles up as a pill storage, constantly reminding you to take your medicine. Genius!
03. Grandwizard by Yu Hiraoka
You’ll see a lot of rectangular electronic devices, but nothing shaped quite like the Grandmaster. This deejaying device doesn’t just have a cool silhouette, look at its interface! Drool!
04. Light Line by Mohammad Khodabandehloo
With street lights that look like these, we’d probably spend more time outdoors than in. Right?
05. Fanclastic by Ksenia Roshchenya
The Fanclastic actually teaches children much more intricate and complex joineries than your regular Lego. If you want your kid to be a tactile and mechanical whiz, the Fanclastic is the perfect toy.
06. Lr16 by Adam Miklosi
Boy, this one’s perfect for a design debate. The Lr16 is a minimal coffin designed using industrial procedures, and with enhanced functionality, as opposed to the older, traditional hand-crafted means. The plastic coffin is stackable, has a characteristic that’s strangely complementary to the theme of death, and even comes with grooves for easy carrying, and ‘docking of bouquets’. Thoughts, anyone?
07. Mitosis by Soroush Vahidian Kamyar
Did design just teach me molecular biology?! Yes it did! These series of lamps are aesthetic, entertaining, and educating, all bundled in one!
08. Positive Negative by Xiaofei Cui
Are these not the most awesome looking minibars you could own? Sign me up for one!
09. Ocha 2.0 Customisable Tea Maker by Sachin NP
The Ocha is so sculptural, I wouldn’t dare disgrace it by calling it a kitchen appliance! Plus it brews tea, so I give it extra love!
10. Nextbit Robin Smartphone by Nextbit
Oh, your phone has 128Gb of storage? Cute! Because the Nextbit Robin has unlimited storage! How? All your data gets stored on cloud servers, keeping your phone nimble and always free of clutter!
11. The Future of Us by Advanced Architecture Laboratory
The Future of Us Exhibition Pavilion is a massive jewel on display in itself! Just look at that crazy awesome architecture and tell me you’re not wowed.
12. Bird Wearable input device by Prime.total product design
We’ve got Siri, Google Now, Cortana, and a bunch of other AI avatars. We don’t however, have Jarvis like abilities. The Bird wearable does that for us, allowing us to use our fingertips to remote control any smart device. Ladies and gentlemen, the future is here!
13. Nest by Paul Ketz
Trapped in the materialistic world? The Nest is perfect for you. It traps and holds objects that you put into it, almost like a philosophical shelf. Personal favorite!
14. Qwikflip 6-in-1 Activity Center by Grow’n Up R&D Team Wally Sze, King Yuen, Stimson Chow, Samuel Lee
Kids get bored of their toys so easily. The Qwikflip, however, will keep your child entertained for quite a while with its morphing design that allows it to turn into 6 different activity centers!
15. The Birth by h220430
Arguably one of the most awe-inspiring chandeliers out there, The Birth actually does something clever by facing the lightbulbs inside. A perfect example of a great idea backed by great execution!
So there you have it. These are our curated picks from the A’ Design Award and Competition winner’s gallery. Head down to their full gallery to check them all out! And don’t forget to register too! After all, you got to know your competition, right? *wink wink*
You better bookmark this page, cuz it’s filled with all kinds of awesomeness! We present to you a handpicked selection of winners of the A’ Design Award over the years. Go ahead and scroll down to inspire yourself. Who knows, we may be featuring your work here real soon! The A’ Design Awards pride themselves in absolute diversity, which means there’s something in it for everybody. You’ve got categories like Furniture Design, Electronic Devices Design, Transportation Design, Medical Devices Design, Social Design, and Home Appliances Design, just to name just a few. We’re sure you’ve got a design project that fits in somewhere…if you do, head over to A’ Design’s webpage to drop in your preliminary registration. With A’ Design, you don’t just get awarded, you get applauded too… Even a registration will get you registered in the World Design Index, and an absolutely wicked Design Business Calculator to help you work out your design charges!
Anyhoo! Here are the absolute best of the best, curated for our YD family.
Prosthetics and electronics sure make an insane combo. Imagine having a computer INSIDE your palm instead of within it! And you know what, the fingers are optimized to work on capacitive touch screens. Nice!
02. EcoZip Rollercoaster zip line by Frederic Gallimard
It takes a great deal of talent to be able to swing from tree to tree like Tarzan. Either that, or it takes the EcoZip, an in-forest zipline rollercoaster that uses trees to create the coaster’s path. You know what the best part is? This isn’t a concept! The first attraction using the EcoZip has already been opened to the public in New South Wales, Australia.
03. Hair and Hand Dryer in one by Jaewan Choi
Combining products with the same function isn’t just economical. In most cases, it can set market trends too (Like an air purifier/conditioner). The Hair and Hand Dryer creates the ultimate washroom/dressing room appliance. Way to save energy and capture two unique markets with a single product!
04. Toss Multifunctional Laundry System by Toss Design Team
What’s the point of storing your clothes in one place, but washing them in a completely different place? The Toss integrates the washer dryer unit into your closet system, so your clothes laundering as well as storage are integrated into one solution. Doesn’t it make so much sense?
05. DigiLock Smart Bike Lock by Tong Jin (TJ) Kim
Biometric security is yet to become mainstream. It’s there on phones, but hasn’t permeated completely into all our security related products. The DigiLock brings that level of encryption to the bicycle lock. Eliminating the need for a separate key, the DigiLock is not just convenient, it’s super secure too!
06. Arrow Office Table for chief by Taras Horoduskyy
I wonder if there’s a Wild Design category in the A’ Design Awards, because the Arrow Office Table certainly fits that bill! With its edgy, radical, and absolutely in-your-face design, the table is built around the character of the workplace head honcho. Show them who’s the boss!
07. FLOvers Floor Lamp by Denis Orlenok
Marrying a tripod with a lighting device, the FLOvers Floor Lamp explores lamp design that’s more about being sculptural than functional. Three radially arrayed elements bound together create an environment light that one can interact with, either lighting up the floor, walls or ceiling. All of them with equal amounts of beauty!
08. y.O Zmart Chair by Rick Yestadt
Another contender for the Wild Design category, the y.O Zmart is a rather wacky chair. Designed to look like two chairs were accidentally fused together, the chair’s design is actually carefully planned. It can be used in two different orientations, as a vertical chair as well as a recliner. Eccentric, smart design!
09. wooden ebike Science meets Sustainability by Matthias Broda, ace team
Plywood is celebrated for its load-bearing strength rather than its beauty. The Wooden ebike however celebrates plywood using clever design that isn’t just sustainable in every sense of the word, it’s unusually pleasing to look at too! Wouldn’t you want this? I Wood!
10. Zenyth Hubless longboard by Nicholas Peril
What do you say when a Designer actually designs a functionally superior product just by virtue of good design? Challenging long-board design just for the sake of creating a design exercise, the Zenyth Hubless longboard turned out to be quite the new-age, tradition-shaking longboard design!
11. Nextbit Robin Smartphone by Nextbit
Why do phones upgrade their specs but never their storage? Even 32Gb doesn’t seem to cut it these days. The Nextbit Robin sets new standards by giving you unlimited cloud storage along with the phone. Store and recall as much data as you want on your phone! Plus, will you look at those yummy color schemes?!
12. Smarter Smart display USB adapter by inDare Design & Baseus Manufacture
Chargers are such an afterthought. Smarter wants you to know that a USB adapter can be as amazing as the phone it’s built for. Designed with a screen that displays relevant charging information, the adapter’s design can even dock your phone on it. And with its svelte matte metallic finish, you’ll never use traditional out-of-the-box chargers ever again!
13. Bird Wearable input device by Prime.total product design
When they said that technology would put the world at the tip of your finger one day, they weren’t wrong. The Bird wearable is a tiny unobtrusive remote input device that just wraps around your finger. Once worn, your finger becomes a haptic-controller for all your smart devices. Pair this with voice control, and you, my friend, have got JARVIS!
14. Pin Clock by AliReza Asadi
There are just SO many ways to tell the time now. However, even in a saturated market, the Pin Clock manages to step aside as a fresh product that tells time in an elegant and novel way. Three hands have projectors on them that project hours, minutes, and seconds individually. However, these three hands also rotate, forming the time. So you don’t just have a textual representation of the time, the position of each text tells you the time too! Perfect for a guy like me who can then read the time without his spectacles!
15. Torsion Rocking chair by Natalie Musorina
Designed as a wonder of physics and manufacturing and a tribute to Mobius, the Torsion chair is literally just one strip of plywood with knit seating in between. The shape of the chair has a two-fold purpose. It relies on torsion stress to create a sturdy chair, but more importantly (from a design perspective), it creates something beautiful, memorable, and iconic!
16. 3bee Bicycle Frame by Tamás Túri
The 3bee bike frame kinda reminds me of the Tour de France logo. Its innovative shape encourages the forward-leaning sitting position, a feature found in all sporting bicycles. Plus, since it’s 3D printed, it can be tailor-made to suit your ergonomics or preferences.
17. Refugee Wearable Shelter by Dr Harriet Harriss & Graeme Brooker
Fashion and Social Design meet with the Refugee Wearable Shelter, a jacket that quickly transforms into not just a sleeping bag, but also a tent when you need it. Needless to say, the jacket is rather snug, and becomes quite spacious when opened out. The design gets full marks for not just meeting midway between fashion and function, but being a highly fashionable and even more functional product!
18. PeeFence Flexible Urinal by PeeFence I/S
Environmental art turned constructive solution, the PeeFence discourages using open expanses of land as your restroom. A simple poster curled inwards at the base, the art actually becomes a usable urinal! Talk about 3D Pee Graphiti!
19. A.F.A.-Powered Exo-Suit for Firefighter by Jiazhen (Ken) CHEN
Tony Stark may be a superhero, but Firefighters are real life superheroes. A.F.A. (Advanced Firefighting Apparatus) is an exosuit designed to enhance the abilities of the firefighter as well as give them additional protection. Designed to allow humans to carry up to 90 kilos with absolute ease (and break down doors efficiently), the AFA is functional and no less charismatic than any Iron man suit!
20. KickTrix Soccer training system by LA Design
With the KickTrix, you can literally bend it like Beckham! Designed to provide an indoor football training experience, the KickTrix helps one to sharpen and hone their ball control skills indoors. That too without breaking anything around the house!
I admit, I use my feet to do most of the maneuvering in a public toilet. Lowering or lifting the frame, feet. Flushing, feet. It’s disgusting I know, but I’d rather keep my hands germ free. The Cut the red line concept introduces a piece of innovation that isn’t new to the toilet, but is definitely new in terms of its application. The concept reinvents the flush by adding an infrared sensing module that connects to the flush. Without actually making any physical contact, one just has to pass their hand through the infrared beam, breaking it, and triggering the flush. Isn’t that a hygienic and clever idea?! Maybe if we included an ultraviolet light component, we could actually flush the toilet and purify our hands at the same time!
The Cut The Red Line is a winning entry for the Lite-On Awards 2015. Entries for this year’s LiteOn awards are open till the 16th of June, 2016. Head down to the LiteOn website for further details. Hurry, the deadline is almost here!
The conception of an idea, however challenging, is just the tip of the iceberg. Try transforming these elaborate plans into full-fledged prototypes and you have your work cut out for you! Sure, you can crowdsource your concepts to get an opinion and an investor or two, but the fact remains that most drafts find themselves at the bottom of a dustbin rather than out in the real-world. And so, for the young and the restless, the maestros and novices, we have the Godrej DesignLab – a platform that incubates big ideas and helps bring them to life.
Presently in its third year, Godrej DesignLab gives designers a free reign to experiment, innovate and challenge the boundaries of contemporary design. Under the mentorship of industry stalwarts, select designers attempt to strike a balance between aesthetics and manufacturability. With high-end facilities at their disposal, the only limits set are by their own imagination!
How to Participate
Godrej DesignLab is now open to entries from Students, Professionals and International participants. Designers are welcome to send in their work in any of the four categories- Furniture, Furnishings, Lighting and Home Décor & Accessories.
The Process
Each design will be carefully vetted by the mentors on the basis of its originality, creativity, manufacturability and mass appeal. The shortlisted designers will then collaborate with Godrej DesignLab to turn their blueprints into fleshed-out prototypes. These working prototypes hold a chance to be unveiled at the coveted India Design ID for the world to see!
For those of you you who struggle to live in the moment, here is a unique chance for you to do so. Forget about the early bird offers or free registrations, TODAY – if you act upon your yearning to be one of those distinct designers or design studio or manufacturer to join the league of Red Dot Awards: Design Concept winners, head over here and submit your deign before it’s too late! What is the point of sitting on innovative product concepts that are not yet produced or ready to launch products; submit your ideas and who knows we could end up meeting in Singapore soon.
Clearly there are many benefits of winning a Red Dot Award, and as a person who has experienced and shared the delight of winners from across the globe, trust me this is one feather in your cap that you really want. There are so many success stories of winners taking their ideas a step further and getting them to see the light of the day.
Who would have thought that the problem-solving idea of making texting easy while it rains, could make a mobile service provider from South Korea win a Red Dot! Phone-brella by KT (designed by Lim Jaehee and Cho Yonu). I caught up with the design team at the Singapore awarding ceremony last year – their PR Team was in full form – the duo explained how the insight that many people text using two hands, inspired them to design an umbrella with a unique handle. The C-shape allows users to balance the umbrella stick on the shoulder and then walk hand-free to text on their smartphone! Initially the umbrellas were distributed for free, but now you can buy them off Amazon.
Another inspiring story that I picked up from the Singapore event, was that of Leila Rose Faddoul. This woman has it all sorted – imagine one piece of garment that can transform to a tee shirt, to a travel bag to pants! In short, using the buttons and tie strings, this clever attire can be transformed into 20 completely different outfits! Say hello to the Tee Pant!
To be honest, I was completely floored by the Boostrac Tyre concept. This Luminary Award winner has tread and spokes that are structured to use repetitive forms. I spoke to the main designer, who is a student from Pforzheim University, Germany, and was impressed to know that Hankooktire Co., Ltd gave the designers a free hand to come up with the main concept. The tyre can be assembled by several tens of blocks, each one manufactured by using a common mould. The design reduces manufacturing costs through the use of a modular manufacturing configuration, and lowers the consumer’s cost burden. Oh Ho Kyung, Kang Seung Koo, Choi Yoon Jin, Samir Sadikhov and Prof. James Kelly were a part of this concept.
Another concept that caught my attention was FORTIS human-powered exoskeleton system. It is designed to reduce metabolic burn rate, which is a key factor in fatigue. The design literally takes the weight of shipbuilders’ tools off their shoulders and transferring it to the ground. ROBRADY design’s Rob Brady spoke quite passionately about the design accomplishment and how it helps in elevating the working conditions for ship builders. Others in the team include: Jeff Nichols, Erik Holmen, Ryan Donahue, Steve MacFarlane, Joel Chartier Lockheed Martin and Keith Maxwell.
The reason why I am showcasing this story for you now is that it isn’t too late to participate: 18th May is when submissions close and you can read up the many reasons why the independent jury and evaluation process has so much of value. Make good of this Sunday / early Monday morning!
My Good Design Award 2015 book finally arrived and has brought back a flood of memories from the past year! In retrospect, I think I have had the most valuable experience in Mid Town Tokyo, than in any lifetime as an editor for Yanko Design. It was my second trip and kinda knew what to expect; yet my Japanese hosts managed to surprised me with the events and winning talents showcased. First things first, the new round is upon us – if you are a designer, design studio, manufacturer or just about anyone who fits this list of categories … the entries are open NOW and through June 1st, 2016. Get going and apply right away.
Now back to memory lane and a list of details on how you too can benefit from a Good Design Award under your belt. The good people at Japan Institute of Design Promotion (JIDP) helped me discover a world of possibilities and the in-depth thought process that goes behind the mechanics of the awards. Not many of you may be aware of this, but almost 85% of the Japanese population relate to the Good Design Awards, and during the exhibition week, almost all stores (example: MUJI) and Malls, go the extra mile, to showcase the award-winning products and services.
What this means is that the general population is highly aware of the value of Good Design, right from their formative years. Although, the history of this award saw it being more catered towards industrial and manufactured products; over the years there has been a shift towards consumer goods and services, public wellness programs and habitats.
Amongst the many winners, I had a close encounter with two companies: Tanagram Factory Inc. (South Korea) and Balmuda Inc. The former is the maker of the Smart Rope – an LED embedded jump rope (Featured On YD Here) and Steam Toaster. In other parts of the world, we have Electrolux pioneering the steam oven, but this toaster is a testimony on how to make a perfectly crisp buttery toast!
The grand jury prize for 2015 went to designer Satoshi Sugie – WHILL Co., Ltd. for the WHILL Model A, a personal mobility vehicle. Likewise, in the past 59 years, around 43,000 designs have been recognized by the awards!
To quote them, “The Good Design Award is not a competition to determine the superiority or inferiority of a design. Instead, it assesses designs from the perspective of whether or not it enriches life or society – in other words, the effect and use of that design.”
If you are awarded a Good Design Award, you can harp that your entry is an example of society-leading good design.
What’s in it for you!
Good Design Award winners are awarded with an Award Certificate for each winning entry. Recipients of the Good Design Best 100 and Special Awards will also be presented with a trophy. The Award recipients are featured in the online gallery along with a summary of comments from the jury outlining what points of each design were highly evaluated. Winners are invited to participate in an exhibition of the year’s winning designs, the G Exhibition. This event is attended by the design industry influencers, as well as distributors, members of the press, students, international guests and inspectors, and the public. The awards ceremony hosted at the G Exhibition, as well as to an informal gathering with members of the jury afterwards, is quite a highlight. The use of the G Mark, as proof of the award along with a feature in the Good Design Award annual, add to the list of benefits.
Reminder: the entries are open NOW and through June 1st, 2016. Apply Now! Reminder Again: Part Two with details jury interview and winners’ interview, coming up soon!
What is the purpose of design awards? To celebrate good design? Absolutely. How about to reward good design as well? The A’ Design Awards and Competition, as I’ve said before, not only recognizes good design, but gives it the good exposure it needs and deserves. This helps not just the designer, but the design grow too. Where else can you have your design viewed and judged by a jury panel of over 70 of the industry’s finest and most seasoned designers?? Aside from that, the A’ Design Awards and Competition work towards making sure good design is universally recognized, appreciated, and in many cases, taken forward.
Scroll down to see the designs that won the A’ Design Award this year. We’ve handpicked 15 of the finest designs, but if you’re still hungry for more good design, check out all the winners here.
Lockblock by Dan Kulp Knives are dangerous, especially in the hands of your children. The Lockblock is ingeniously designed to lock your knives in a way that only adult hands can open them. They boast of 96% accuracy!
i.Dummy Leggs by Dr. Allan Chan & Gordon Wong Humans come in all shapes and sizes. Mannequins should too. The i.Dummy is a shape-shifting mannequin that can morph to replicate multiple body types, making it the foundation for a more inclusive fashion industry.
Coral Flower Vase by Steve Lee The Coral Flower vase is an absolutely beautiful, organic vase design with a network of hollow tubes that intersect each other to create something that looks absolutely ethereal.
Spyker Trivet by Prompong Hakk The Spyker Trivet is a stand for hot utensils that can fold up and slide into the tiniest of cabinets when not in use. Its food-grade silicone covers come in a variety of colors. Yummy!
Green Science by Flora Lam & Bonnie Mak & Ricky Wong I’d say it’s important for kids these days to grasp science principles, as well as learn their best about making the earth a greener and better place. The Green Earth games kit does both!
memobottle™ by Jesse Leeworthy The Memobottles bring a much needed newness into the bottle-design domain! Using paper sizes as a reference, these bottles are super-slim, reusable, and can easily slip into your bags.
Shadowbrook 3D Printed Faucet by DXV We’ve all seen the Shadowbrook faucet somewhere or the other. This beautiful 3D printed tap looks organic and futuristic at the same time. Not to mention drop dead gorgeous!
Trempel Hanger by Viktor Puzur & Mihail Puzur The Trempel reuses large cardboard tubes in an unusual way. It uses them to hang clothes. Although I highly doubt our clothes will ever be as stylish as these hangers.
Qwikflip 6-IN-1 Activity Center by Grow’n Up R&D Team The Qwikflip is for the restless and energetic child. Designed to be six games/toys in one, the Qwikflip will ensure your kid is always on his toes, occupied, and never bored!
Smarter USB Adapter by inDare Design & Baseus Manufacture Something about the Smarter seems right. Why can’t the charger do more than just charge? Why can’t it display relevant charging information as well? All our electronic items multitask, and maybe our charging adapters should too.
Turn-Lock by inDare,Ge Wai Design Management Co.,Ltd. The Turn-Lock presents quite an elegant solution for combining door handles with locks. Just by marrying the two into a sleek and unified avatar.
ageLOC Me by Nu Skin Enterprises AgeLOC Me’s anti-ageing skincare solution looks like putting your hand through a time-machine to make you younger. I guess that logic really adds to the ageLOC Me’s innovative approach to customized skincare.
Shelter Pack by Hakan Gürsu The Shelter Pack is a collapsible shelter structure that can easily be transported to disaster zones to provide a safe haven to victims/refugees.
Brave Jet Syringe by Ilmo Ahn, Jisu Kim & Juyeon Baek & SeonwooPyo How do you get kids to be less afraid of injections? Gamify the concept! The Brave Jet is a toy that also can be added to the syringe design to make an otherwise scary procedure much more child-friendly.
Architech Footwear by Alan Guyan The Architech’s 3D printed sole does two things brilliantly. One, it increases performance, and two, it gives the footwear an unusual, appealing, and iconic design!
Impressed? Inspired? Well then, go ahead and save your spot for next year’s A’ Design Award! The Registrations are now open! So go enter the competition and nominate your designs for your chance to fame, prestige and international publicity!
Did you know that the Red Dot Award: Design Concept accepts entries in two main groups: Concepts and Ready to launch; Concepts are product concepts that are not yet produced and Ready to launch products are design concepts that are already fully developed and is going to be launched in the market very soon, after 1st July 2016. You can enter the design competition via The 2016 YD & Red Dot Award: Design Concept One – Hour Free Registration Window and benefit from a registration fee waiver.
Factor in your time zone and accordingly mark 25th or 26th February 2016 as the date where a complete registration fee waiver to enter the awards is being offered.
Come back to Yanko Design on the 25th February between 8:00 am and 9:00 am PST to register and get your promo code. You have to complete your submission and use the promo code max by 12th March 2016.
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Listen up architects, designers, artists and the likes … WDR has announced the World Design Rankings! Covering the fields of Arts, Architecture and Design, and consolidating the performances of the creative brigade, apparently the United States leads the way and ranks first amongst the 83 represented countries in 2015 with 249 Design Awards won globally. Others in the top-tier include Italy, England, Japan, Brazil, China, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong and Turkey.
The World Design Rankings consolidates the data and insights collected and showcase it to economists and journalists and defining the state-of-art in design industry. The ultimate aim is to highlight good design.
New to the list are countries like Pakistan, Bangladesh, Colombia, Swaziland, Qatar and Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Details for World Design Rankings can be viewed here. http://www.worlddesignrankings.com
To give you a peek, here are some winners from the recent past.
