Each year the
European Design Awardscelebrate excellence in the fields of print, web and exhibition design, illustration, packaging, mobile apps and motion graphics. With
40 available categories, the
ED-Awardsare the most prestigious and comprehensive awards organisation to recognise and promote your work.
The
ED-Awardsare unique in their field in the sense that their jury is made up by editors of the most important print and digital design publications. The
ED-Awardsaim is to always keep moving forward and evolving as an organisation and a service to communication designers throughout the european continent.
Judging criteria:
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Design quality: Design excellence including use of images, typography etc.
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Creativity: Originality and artistic quality.
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Relevance: Extent the design serves the specific purpose it was designed for.
All submitted work must have been published in
2016.
The entry fee per submission is 140 Euro. There is also a volume discount for 5 or more submissions (
112 Euro/submission). The entry fee for the
Student Project Categoryis 40 euros.
Eligibility
All designers living or working
within Europemay participate. Designers in
Europemay submit work done for clients outside
Europe.
Prize
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Gold winnersreceive a trophy during the Award Ceremony. In rare cases, the maximum of two
Gold Awardsmay be given in one category.
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Silver winnersreceive a diploma during the Award Ceremony. A maximum of five
Silver Awardsare given per category.
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Bronze winnersreceive a diploma by post or in the
ED-Conferencereception. A maximum of five
Bronze Awardsare given per category.
All award winners (
Gold, Silver and Bronze) will be published in the
ED-Awardscatalogue and on the
ED-Awardswebsite. This year's
Awards Ceremonyand a number of parallel events (
in collaboration with designaustria) will take place in Porto,
May 2017.