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120. SOCIAL DESIGN AWARD
Eco-Sustainable Designs, Design for Environment, Design for Sustainability, Social Designs and More.
Please note this is a concealed design award category. Please also check the open design award categories.

Introduction
The A' Social Design Competition is a freestyle design competition open to both concept stage and realized works, projects, installations and services designed by professional and young designers, design companies, R&D centers, research oriented companies, governments and cities, design institutions and other business in this industry worldwide.

The A' Design Award for Social Design is not just an award, it is the indicator of quality and perfection in design, the award is recognized worldwide and takes the attention of design oriented companies, professionals and interest groups. Winning the A' Award is a certificate of excellence for designers, an important milestone in your career. Having the A' Award attracts the eyes of design oriented companies worldwide, winners will be able to find better and higher profile jobs, get a step ahead in their life.

The winners of the A' Social Design Award are provided extensive and exclusive marketing and communication services to promote the success of winning the A' Award. Furthermore, the winning designs appear on the A' best designs book which is available worldwide, this book is furthermore distributed to the high-profile magazine editors, design oriented companies and relevant parties. The winning designs are also exhibited at our museum, and the best designs will be picked for the permanent exhibition. The winners appear on magazines, newspapers, webzines and many other publishing mediums.

For concept stage works, the A' Award is an early indicator of success for the concept stage products, this lets young designers and design companies to register and patent winning products for commercial value generation, furthermore the A' Award connects young designers and design companies to a large industry base and setups the links between the designers, design companies and the producers. The winners ideas becomes reality.

For realized designs, having the A' Award gives added value to your products and separates them from the rest of commoditized goods, it is an excuse to communicate your product to the media, a reason for press releases. Each winner design receives the trophy, published online and at our best designs book, receives a certificate and sticker templates to be attached to the products, the A' seal of design excellence is also included in the winners package, this seal is valid for the entire product lifecycle without yearly fees.

The Jury is composed of both Academic and Professional participants worldwide, such as chief executive officers or head designers of companies and faculty heads or professors. In addition, the A' Award features the focus group jury, which is composed of ordinary people to normalize the scoring by eliminating the bias on aesthetics and form sections, the votes of Professional, Academic and the Focus Group are weighted to determine the final result.

What to Present?
When submitting to the Social Design Award, it is important to signify how your design makes a positive difference for a better world, better future as this criteria will be given the most weight. The main image should be a representative image of the product or service.

Awarding Criteria
Social Design competition winners are selected according to form, functional and emotional aspects of the products or services; the designs are considered for their degree of innovation, aesthetic qualities, functionality and usefulness in addition to ease of realization and realization efficiency, ergonomics and human interaction.

No Further Fees
Unlike some other design awards and competitions, you are not obliged to make any further fees for winning the award and everything listed in the winners benefits will be provided free of charge.

Aims and Visions
The Aim of the Social Design Award is to attract the attention of design media, magazines, and industry leads to your business by means of creating publicity and dissemination and also to separate you from the rest of the actors in the social design fields by honoring your institution with a prestigious award.

Benefits
Learn more about the winners' benefits here. To learn more about winners' services here. And check the contents of the winners pack here.

Primary Sub Categories: Social Design Award, Design for Society Award
Award winners will be able to use a title that matches their nomination category: Such as "Social Design Award Winner".

Social Design Sub-Categories:
Aid, Arts & Culture, Communication, Community, Education, Environment, Peace, Poverty, Well-being, Sustainability, Design for Society, Social Wellbeing, Design for Elders and others.

View previous period winners here.
Register to Social Design Competition by Clicking Here
Call for Entries to Social Design Awards - Press Release
What is A' Design Award? Learn more about A' Design Award and Competition Submit Your Designs

Submission Requirements:

  Dimensions Format Notes
Main Image* 3600 x 3600 pixels JPEG High-Resolution illustration, explaining the design project in a clean and simple banner, white background preferred.
Optional Image #1 1800 x 1800 pixels JPEG An Illustration showing a detail from the design project, explaining how a certain issue is addressed.
Optional Image #2 1800 x 1800 pixels JPEG An Illustration, shot or rendering that shows an image from the realized project if available, or conceptual illustration of realization
Optional Image #3 1800 x 1800 pixels JPEG An Illustration that explains the benefits of this design proposal to society, its comparison to other ideas etc
Optional Image #4 1800 x 1800 pixels JPEG An Illustration which shows the user interaction within the design proposal or in the designated site where the project would be realized
Documentation Max. 40 x A4 Pages PDF Explaining the design project, the strategy and all other details, as if presenting to an investor
Video File Max. 10 MB. 45 Sec. AVI Conceptual Video, Short Feature or Advertisement of the Design Proposal with Insights and Inspiration Points
* Required.
 
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