This list of design awards is an index to articles about notable awards given for design. It excludes architecture, fashion and motor vehicle design, but includes industrial design.
| Country | Award | Sponsor | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | Award for Excellence in Book Design | Excellence in book design[1] [2] | ||
| Canada | Best examples of visual communication design | |||
| United States | Recognizing groundbreaking work in AI and design integration.[3] | |||
| United States | Good Design (from 1950 to 1955)[4] | |||
| United States | Honoring creative excellence in Graphic Design and visual communications since 1944 | |||
| United States | Honoring creative excellence of university students in design, advertising, photography, product design, and illustration art | |||
| United States | Communication Arts | Honoring creativity in design, advertising, photography, typography, illustration and interactive media [5] | ||
| United States | Miller Prize | Exploration of architecture, art, design, and community[6] | ||
| United States | Cased | Celebrating the best in contemporary design through case studies[7] [8] | ||
| United States | Type Design Awards | Excellence in typeface design[9] | ||
| United States | Leading Edge Award | development of new themes in the water attractions industry[10] | ||
| United States | Distinguished designer in the fields of industrial design, visual communication and graphic design | |||
| United States | Israeli decorative artist working in ceramics, glass, textiles or jewellery[11] | |||
| United States | Best and most innovative Macintosh and iOS software and hardware produced by independent developers | |||
| United States | Significant contributions to art direction and visual communications | |||
| United States | Achievements of individuals in innovative works of architecture and design which significantly influenced modern American culture | |||
| United States | Numismatic design, artistic vision and craftsmanship | |||
| United States | Innovative excellence in humanitarian design | |||
| United States | Design Excellence Awards | Accessories Council | The Design Excellence Awards highlight outstanding new and innovative products offering finalists and winners an exciting platform to celebrate their products | |
| United States | Interior or furniture designer who has made a significant contribution to the industry | |||
| United States | Edison Awards | Honoring excellence in innovation | ||
| United States | Outstanding practitioner in the field of typography | |||
| United States | various categories | |||
| United States | HomeWorld Business | Recognize design innovation as one of the major drivers for housewares industry growth | ||
| United States | Farmani Group | Visionaries and emerging talent in architecture, interior, product, graphic and fashion design | ||
| United States | Fostering business and public understanding of the importance of industrial design excellence to the quality of life and economy | |||
| United States | Spur lighting manufacturers to develop high-quality, high-efficiency solid-state lighting products to replace the common incandescent light bulb | |||
| United States | Recognizing design in USA to educate and promote excellence, innovation, and lasting achievement | |||
| United States | Recognize individuals for their impact on electronic design by their contributions to electronic design automation (EDA) | |||
| United States | Earth Awards | Global search for creative solutions designed for the 21st century | ||
| United States | Transform Awards North America | Celebrating the transformative power of brand design and brand strategy. Held annually in New York in November, since 2015.[12] |
| Country | Award | Sponsor | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | National design awards for industrial design | |||
| Australia | Greenpeace Design Awards | Innovative and creative individuals whose work best reflects environmental concerns in a visually striking and iconic way | ||
| Australia | Australian Furniture Design Award | The National Gallery of Victoria and Stylecraft | The award is part of Melbourne Design Week. The Award celebrates the most interesting furniture and lighting design being created in Australia today, with a particular emphasis on new design ideas, critical and creative thinking, sustainability, material development and research that explores innovative production processes.[13] | |
| Australia | Clarence Prize for Furniture Design | Clarence City Council, Rosny Farm Arts Centre, Hobart Tasmania | The Clarence Prize is a biennial exhibition that has found its niche within Australia’s art community celebrating innovative furniture design.[14] | |
| India | Individuals and organisations doing exemplary work towards the cause of accessibility and thus ensuring a life of equality and dignity for persons with disabilities[15] [16] | |||
| Japan | Good Design Award | Product that can bless and enrich society and people's lives through its design[17] | ||
| Japan | Kyoto Global Design Award | Kyoto Global Design Awards | 8 categories: BEST 100, Environment, Industrial, Visual, Trend, Theory, Real Estate, Restaurant/ Hotel/ Bar Design[18] | |
| Japan | Mainichi Shimbun | Outstanding Japanese designers (since 1952)[19] | ||
| Singapore | Singapore Jewellery association | Competition among art school students[20] | ||
| Singapore | Singapore Good Design Award | Design Business Chamber Singapore | Design Business Chamber Singapore (DBCS) launched Singapore Good Design (SG Mark) in 2013 in partnership with the Japan Institute of Design Promotion (JDP) that founded the prestigious Good Design Award (G Mark). | |
| South Korea | Korea Institute of Design Promotion is in accordance with the Industrial Design Promotion Act. It has been implemented every year since 1985.[21] | |||
| South Korea | The Korea Design Exhibition is the most prestigious design award in Korea. (since 1966)[22] | |||
| South Korea | The Korea Design Exhibition(Youth) is the most prestigious design award in Korea. (since 1966)[23] | |||
| Taiwan | Golden Pin Design Award | Taiwan Design Research Institute | Established in Taiwan in 1981, originally named the "Taiwan Excellent Design Award". Renamed as the "Golden Pin Design Award" in 2009. | |
| Taiwan | Taiwan Excellence Awards | Ministry of Economic Affairs (Taiwan) / Taiwan External Trade Development Council | The Taiwan Excellence Awards are to encourage Taiwan industries to upgrade and incorporate innovation and value into their products. |
| Country | Award | Sponsor | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Europe | Design Management Europe | Management and successful implementation of design in processes and strategies to achieve business goals[24] [25] [26] | ||
| Europe | 15 Magazines | Outstanding work in the communication design field | ||
| Denmark | All design disciplines, with focus on form, function and value creation[27] | |||
| Denmark | Wilhelm Hansen Foundation | Special effort in the field of furniture design–with special reference to chairs[28] | ||
| Denmark | The Index Project | Improvement of life worldwide, both in developed and developing countries[29] [30] [31] | ||
| Finland | Kaj Franck Prize | Finnish design[32] | ||
| Finland | Design Forum Finland, Fennia Group | Good design grows global competition[33] | ||
| France | Agence pour la promotion de la création industrielle | Design as a key factor in business competitiveness as well as economic, social and cultural innovation[34] (from 1999 to 2019) | ||
| France | Designs for a car (2001 to 2008)[35] | |||
| Germany | Innovative products and projects, their manufacturers and designers in the German and international design sector | |||
| Germany | Multiple disciplines | |||
| Germany | Kind + Jugend trade fair | Best overall baby product in the areas of design, safety, user-friendliness, degree of innovation, and quality of workmanship | ||
| Germany | Red Dot GmbH | Product design, brand and communication design as well as design concepts | ||
| Greece | EVGE | Awards designers legally residing in Greece, or projects that are designed mainly for the Greek or Cypriot public. | ||
| Italy | Acknowledge and promote quality in the field of industrial designs made in Italy | |||
| Italy | A' Design Award | Create a global appreciation and understanding of good design in fields of design, art and architecture. | ||
| Netherlands | Mondriaan Fonds | A person who has played a stimulating role in the field of visual arts, design or architecture (from 2000 to 2012) | ||
| Netherlands | Dutch Design Award Foundation | Honor design initiatives and designers in the Netherlands | ||
| Netherlands | Dutch Furniture Awards | Dutch furniture design (from 1985 to 1998) | ||
| Netherlands | Extraordinary contributions to the fields of type design, typography and type education | |||
| Netherlands | Rotterdam Design Award | Conceptual vision and performance in the field of the designer (from 1993 to 2013) | ||
| Nordic countries | Forum AID | Architecture, Interiors, Design and Best Student Work (from 2006 to 2009) | ||
| Norway | Grafill | Professionals working with visual communication in Norway (since 1993) | ||
| Norway | Grafill | Excellence in Book Design (since 1933) | ||
| Poland | Design Educates Awards | Laka Foundation | Awards for architects and designers who educate, provide an informative layer, and added value through their projects. | |
| Scandinavia | Frederik Lunning | Eminent Scandinavian designers (from 1951 to 1970) | ||
| Spain | People and projects that stand out within the design world | |||
| Sweden | Swedish Society of Crafts and Design | Professional design organizations and their producers (from 1983 to 2002) | ||
| Sweden | Active Nordic designer or craftsman (from 1994 to 2018) | |||
| Switzerland | Swiss Design Awards | Swiss government's Federal Office of Culture | Open to Swiss designers and to designers resident in Switzerland |
| Country | Award | Sponsor | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | Excellence in Craft, Design and Business - Agencies and Studios[36] | |||
| United Kingdom | British Inspiration Awards | Achievement in the creative industries of Britain[37] [38] | ||
| United Kingdom | A person who, in a manner other than as an industrial designer, has applied art and design in great effect as instruments of civic innovation[39] | |||
| United Kingdom | The Watford Group | Visual design in railway architecture, graphics, industrial design and art, etc.[40] | ||
| United Kingdom | Excellence in Craft, Design and Business - Freelance Creatives and Freelance Creative Teams[41] | |||
| United Kingdom | D&AD Awards | Excellence in design and advertising[42] | ||
| United Kingdom | Excellence in Craft and Design[43] | |||
| United Kingdom | Excellence in Craft, Design and Business - In-House Design Teams[44] | |||
| United Kingdom | ISTD International Typographic Awards | Current standards in typographic design[45] | ||
| United Kingdom | James Dyson Foundation | Challenges young people to design something that solves a problem[46] | ||
| United Kingdom | Design excellence in Kent | |||
| United Kingdom | Loo of the Year Awards | Best toilets in Britain, Ireland and the Channel Islands | ||
| United Kingdom | British products and companies which show "imagination, ingenuity and inspiration" as well as "innovation, creativity and design" | |||
| United Kingdom | Phillips Gold Medal | Person who has contributed the most to British postage stamp design in recent years | ||
| United Kingdom | Design career which has upheld the highest standards and broken new ground | |||
| United Kingdom | Exceptional pubs in the UK that have been newly built/converted or have recently undergone building/conservation work | |||
| United Kingdom | Encourage a high standard of industrial design and enhance the status of designers | |||
| United Kingdom | Excellence in Craft, Design and Business - In-House Design Teams[47] | |||
| United Kingdom | Design and Industries Association etc. | Individuals and institutions, to honour them in their role within design education | ||
| United Kingdom | Working with wood in buildings and furniture (since 1971) |