Frequently Asked Questions

These are the frequently asked questions about the A' Design Award and Competition. Please click on a question to read more.

#1: When was the first time that A' Design Award and Competitions were organized?

#2: How can I access to winner designs for previous years and competitions?

#3: My design has won another competition, can I apply with an already awarded design?

#4: Can I apply with a previously published design?

#5: Can I apply for multiple categories?

#6: Can I join the competition with a previously unpublished work?

#7: Can I join the competition with a previously not manufactured/realized design?

#8: Do I need to have an affiliation with a design company, design organization or design related institution to join the A' Design Competition?

#9: Do I need to be a designer, or a design graduate to join the A' Design Award and Competition?

#10: When is the last date of submissions for the A' Design Awards & Competitions?

#11: How can I check if a particular competition is still on?

#12: How can I participate in a Contest?

#13: How can I check the competition schedule?

#14: How do I know when there is a New Competition?

#15: I have designed a beautiful and unique product, how can I sell it?

#16: Where can I find the briefs for the design competitions?

#17: Can I join with multiple articles for the same design competition category?

#18: I want to be informed about upcoming design competitions, what shall I do?

#19: How much do I have to pay if I submit a piece of work?

#20: Do I get any advantages when I win the competition?

#21: I am a young designer, can I join the competition?

#22: I study/work in a non-design field which means I have no professional experience as a designer, can I Join the competition?

#23: Do I need to get formal design education or to be a student in a design institution to join the competition?

#24: How is this competition? Do I design an object and then submit it, then the judges will judge my product/design?

#25: This competition is free or not?

#26: Hi, I registered to enter the competition, I am interested in a couple of categories, however, I cannot decide which to enter without knowing entry deadlines and I looked on the website, but I must have missed it. Can you please give me the entry deadlines for each category and when winners will be announced?

#27: Is this competition for this year?

#28: Is this competition open for international applicants?

#29: Shall I ask new questions if I need to have subsequent elucidations?

#30: I've designed a unique artifact for a project. It has no relation to any brand, it has no logotype or trademark. May I join with this design or should I make some new branding for the artifact?

#31: I would like to submit my design to your compitation using AutoCAD 2D/3D formats, with some raw detailed views / screen shots / direct exports of my architectural project, is it possible?

#32: Why can I not submit my designs in native design formats; for example Autocad Drawings (DWG) files for the architectural design competitions? or other CAD formats?

#33: How much is the fee required to enter the competition?

#34: How can we apply for various competitions?

#35: Can we submit any kind of projects?

#36: Can I apply with the same design to multiple competitions?

#37: Where are the Awards?

#38: How can I see the winners?

#39: How can I see the submissions?

#40: Do I have to pay to submit?

#41: I want to participate in one of the Design Competitions and I wanted to ask what would be the appropriate date for me to participate in it?

#42: Can I participate with hand drafting images?

#43: Is there a discount for multiple article (design/entry) submission for the same category? For example: If I submitted two articles to the same category, does the entry fee double?

#44: Is there a discount for submitting the same article (design/entry) to multiple categories?

#45: Can I join from a particular country? For example; Can I join from Indonesia? Can I join from Canada? Can I join from Hong Kong? etc..

#46: Can I send my design by email?

#47: Is this an unlimited design competition or will I receive any requirements to follow or do I have to conform to any rules?

#48: How much is the processing fee, is it per design?

#49: When the submission closes?

#50: I am a designer of sportswear and sports shoes, I seek an opportunity to present my designs., I am a visualization designer, I am looking for a possibility to work further on interactive visualizations., I’m a furniture designer that is seeking for a furniture company to realize my designs..etc, etc. Can you help me?

#51: What is the current situation of the competitions?

#52: Can I join this competition?

#53: I like to join with a post-modern, futuristic, medieval, rustic, novelty, baroque, high-tech, eclectic, organic, gothic designs etc..

#54: I am submitting an architectural project; can I submit the project file - for example the DWG file or other source files?

#55: I want to submit a project of Interface Design, Interactive Design, Visualization, Sequential Design, Web Design, or other similar projects that change state over time or by interaction, how can I submit them correctly?

#56: Who is the organizer of the A' Design Award and Competitions? Who runs the competitions?

#57: Where do you organize the competitions?

#58: I do not have a credit card, how can I make a payment?

#59: I want to win this competition, what can I do?

#60: Do I need to have a patented, labelled, trademarked or registered product, design or idea to participate in the competition?

#61: Can I join with my patented, registered, trademarked or labelled products, designs or ideas?

#62: Can I submit a product family as a single entry?

#63: How should I submit a product family?

#64: Can I submit product variations as a single entry?

#65: I do not have the sufficient funds to cover for the processing fees and payments, do you have any suggestions?

#66: Can I learn more about this design competition in other languages? Can I read the design briefs in other languages?

#67: I did not graduate from a design school or school of art. Can I still apply with my designs or illustrations?

#68: Do the competitions repeat every year (i.e. are the competitions organized annually) ?

#69: I want to take part in the competitions what do I need to do?

#70: I want to do my best in this competition and achieve my goal of winning, do you have any suggestions? How can I win this competition?

#71: Can I have the dates or timeline for the Design Competition?

#72: Can we join as a team / group / partnership?

#73: How to enter as a team? How can we submit a design with many partners involved?

#74: What are the eligibility age for custom design competitions?

#75: As I have read on your homepage I can nominate already realized, manufactured works as well as concept stage works to the A'Design Awards. Is it right? Because I have read in the Terms and Conditions some other info.

#76: Where can I see the past entries?

#77: I have an innovative design for bathroom furniture/sanitary. In which category can I submit it?

#78: Enquiring about the main design competitions, I would like to know if the deadlines are for this current year or the previous year?

#79: How many files should we send for a single work, and what is the required format?

#80: Do I need to send all photos / renders / sketches / views combined as a single image or shall I send all the visuals as separate images?

#81: We would like to submit our works to A' Design Award and Competition, but we have an EU VAT (IVA) number, do we still need to pay taxes when we pay the processing fee for our works?

#82: Is there an age limit on the competitions?

#83: I am writing to you to ask if you would know anywhere where I could do my work experience?

#84: In the fashion design competition, do you accept any surface pattern designs?

#85: I have a patented structural system for furniture, am I eligible for the furniture design competition?

#86: I would like to learn the postal address of A' Design Award and Competitions.

#87: I am a very talented designer or arts student, currently enrolled in a university or higher education, in a design faculty or arts department, but I do not possess the very required funds for joining in the competition, is there any discounts or opportunities for students?

#88: What kind of design do I need to do to apply A' Design Award and Competitions?

#89: I would like to know if I can also attach a video presentation of my design in addition to the images I have already submitted.

#90: I am a painter that makes geometrical and abstract artworks that I believe could be applied on textiles, I am searching for producers, what is your suggestion?

#91: How can I submit my design?

#92: Can I send you my designs so that you can check it if they are good enough for the competition?

#93: How can I learn more about the A' Design Award and Competition?

#94: I am not so sure about which competition category to join for, can you help me?

#95: Can you please give me a report of conceptual and design trends of this year?

#96: Could you please let me know the amount winners are supposed to pay? In the Terms & Conditions it's called "Further Fee", however I couldn't find the amount anywhere on your website.

#97: How can I check the details about the award? Could you please send information to my postal address?

#98: Which products are included in the transportation and vehicle design category?

#99: Is sports clothing included in the fashion design category?

#100: Where I can download PDF of the Terms and Condition? Where are the Contest Rules?

#101: What type of products can I submit to furniture and Homeware design Award?

#102: We are a package design studio, we like to submit our designs to the package design competition, what are the different kind of products that we can submit?

#103: What are the sub-categories for the Graphic Design Competition? What exactly can we submit?

#104: If I want to add different designs in different categories, do I need to register multiple times?

#105: How can I make a payment?

#106: What kind of interiors can I submit to the Interior Design Category?

#107: I would like to apply to the Interior Design competion, and would like to know what type of building will I be designing, the total area, the restrictions, and the requirements.

#108: I have mistakenly paid the processing fees twice for the same design, could you make a refund?

#109: Some of the text I enter for the description of my project during uploading such as details, function, inspiration, unique properties, interaction, project duration, production technology, package dimension, tags, research abstract or challenge are not visible when I view design?

#110: Are there any restrictions or best practices while entering the descriptive texts when uploading my design?

#111: How can I modify or change my design description and details?

#112: What kind of products can I submit to the Medical and Scientific Design Category?

#113: What kind of products can I submit to the Home Appliances category?

#114: Which types of files can I submit? What are the possible formats?

#115: If I am submitting to Architectural and Building Design Category, how should my presentation look like? Which kind of Images should I submit?

#116: I would like to submit to Interior Design Category, how should I prepare presentation? Which kind of Images should I upload?

#117: How can I register to the RSS Feeds for your website?

#118: Is it possible to receive newsletter from A'Design Award and Competitions?

#119: Could you please summarize all the steps from registration to winning?

#120: Where can I find the extensive list of dates for the competitions?

#121: Is there any other payments after paying the processing fees?

#122: I have completed another degree not related with the category that I wish to nominate my designs for, can I still join?

#123: Can you summarize what type of designs can I send to each category in Italian please?

#124: I am a designer and I also have a tax-code / or I also have a company. Shall I join the competition as a designer or as a design company.

#125: I am not sure which category my design fits, can you help me?

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