The C-IDEA Design Award is the world’s annual juried design competition that recognises and promotes visionary talents in a wide range of categories ranging from communication design, industrial design, architecture, interior design, fashion design, and new media. The jury consists of 20 countries with over 30 representatives from high-profile designers and educators.
Entry Requirements
1. Professional & Company
All designers, design groups, design institutions, teachers of design colleges
2. Student (Under 26 years old)
Junior college students, undergraduate students, and graduate students can sign up for the award.
Any unpublished and published concept works include mass-produced or marketed products that can participate in C-IDEA Design Award. The works must be the original works created by the competitors recently and it is completely original without plagiarism.
Theme
1. Free Theme
It opens for all design works with different themes
2. Theme: Design about Water
Submit works related to the “water element”, and the types of works are unlimited (types of works include product design, graphic design, environmental landscape design, architectural design, fashion design, animation and intelligent interaction design).
Works will be exhibited in Germany’s Bunde Museum if the entry is selected by the jury members and won prizes.
Discipline & Categories
1. Visual and Communication
Brand design, packaging design, book binding design, poster design, typeface design, illustration
2. Industrial Design
Product design, traffic design, furniture design, cultural derivatives design, household appliances design
3. Fashion Design
Clothing design, jewellery design, clothing accessories design.
4. Architecture and Landscape
Environmental design, interior design, architecture and landscape design, urban planning and design
5. Video and Animation
Cartoon, animation, multimedia
6. Intelligent interaction
Web design, interface design, H5 design, AR interaction design
Evaluation Criteria
Commercial and artistic value, social use value, innovative performance, theme expression, and all entries will be comprehensively evaluated from various perspectives by the jurors.
Important Dates
Early Bird Registration: 20 February – 20 April 2023
Regular Registration: 21 April – 20 June 2023
Nominees Announcement, Jurors Awards voting : July 2023
C-IDEA Design Award Exhibition 2023 will be held in Europe on August or September 2023, date to be announced.
Visit the official website for more updates and details.
