A' Design Award and Competition Winners Round-Up: Top 20 Winning Designs to Inspire You

Looking for design inspiration? The A’ Design Award and Competition brings together the best designs in the world.

Touted as the largest global design competition awarding the best designs, design concepts, products, and services, the A’ Design Award and Competition strives to provide a global audience for award winners while bringing together designers, companies, the audience, and the press. Through this prestigious award, winners are given the spotlight to showcase their success and talents.

A’ Design Award and Competition stands out with its impressive range of categories. There are over 110 design categories ranging from Architecture, Building and Structure Design; Interior Space and Exhibition; Furniture, Decorative Items and Homeware to Hospitality, Recreation, Travel and Tourism; Lighting Products and Projects; Futuristic Design; Food, Beverage and Culinary Arts Design; Luxury Design, and more!

A high standard of evaluation to select the winners also sets the A’ Design Award and Competition. For the judging process, there will be a grand jury panel of academics, design professionals, industry experts and members of the press from all over the world to evaluate and shortlist the best works. From here, the best winners are picked and announced.

Winners of A’ Design Award and Competition will receive more than just the spotlight. Alongside an attractive trophy and certificate, each winner takes home the A’ Design Prize, a comprehensive winners’ kit which consists of free participation and space allocation in the winners’ exhibition, PR opportunities, a gala-night invitation as well as feedback notes from the Jury and winners services such as consultancy, design mediation and many others. More details about the winners’ benefits here.

Entries are accepted annually till February 28, and results are announced every year on April 15. Designers worldwide are called to take part in the accolades by entering their best works, projects and products. Entries are accepted as long as they were designed in the last 10 years.

The competition is now open for submissions. If you have a standout project, give this competition a shot! Visit their website, register, and nominate your best projects. More info on call for entries here and registration info here. The last day to submit your entries is February 28 2021, while results will be announced on April 15, 2022.

As you prepare to submit your entries, take a look at these Top 20 A’ Design Award and Competition winning designs from previous years published in the esteemed publication Design Magazine:

Architecture, Building and Structure Design Category

1 Screen House Eco Residential by Renaissance Planners & Designers
Platinum Design Award winner in 2013 – 2014 Architecture, Building and Structure Design Award Category

2 Malangen Family Retreat by Snorre Stinessen
Platinum Design Award winner in 2017 – 2018 Architecture, Building and Structure Design Award Category

3 Cliff House Weekend Residence by Masato Sekiya
Platinum Design Award winner in 2018 – 2019 Architecture, Building and Structure Design Award Category

4 White Mountain Club House by Kris Lin
Platinum Design Award winner in 2020 – 2021 Architecture, Building and Structure Design Award Category

Interior Space and Exhibition Design Category

5 Elysium Royal Majlis by B5 Design
Platinum Design Award winner in 2018 – 2019 Interior Space and Exhibition Design Award Category

6 Roaringwild – Uniwalk Retail Store by Kingson Leung
Platinum Design Award winner in 2017 – 2018 Interior Space and Exhibition Design Award Category

7 Tangxing No.5 Residential House by Saiwen Liu
Platinum Design Award winner in 2018 – 2019 Interior Space and Exhibition Design Award Category

8 House Residential House by studiomk27
Platinum Design Award winner in 2012 – 2013 Interior Space and Exhibition Design Award Category

Furniture Design Category

9 Ali di luna (Moon’s Wings) Rocking Chair by Stefania Vola
Platinum Design Award winner in 2012 – 2013 Furniture Design Award Category

10 ANGLE Bookshelf by Selami Gündüzeri
Platinum Design Award winner in 2016 – 2017 Furniture Design Award Category

11 Ten To Sen テントセン (Point and Line) Seating and Waste Receptacle by Design Office Takebayashi Scroggin (d.o.t.s)
Platinum Design Award winner in 2011 – 2012 Furniture Design Award Category

12 Pebble Heater by Hakan Gürsu
Platinum Design Award winner in 2011 – 2012 Furniture Design Award Category

Lighting Products and Lighting Projects Design Category

13 Baccarat 250th anniversary chandelier Lighting by Yasumichi Morita
Platinum Design Award winner in 2014 – 2015 Lighting Products and Lighting Projects Design Award Category

14 Light Cube Art Object by Natalya Koptseva
Platinum Design Award winner in 2016 – 2017 Lighting Products and Lighting Projects Design Award Category

15 Leaf Pendant Light by Daniel Mato
Platinum Design Award winner in 2018 – 2019 Lighting Products and Lighting Projects Design Award

16 Gates of Light Retroreflective Architecture by Daan Roosegaarde
Platinum Design Award winner in 2017 – 2018 Lighting Products and Lighting Projects Design Award Category