ABOUT
A' Design Award and Competitions, aims to highlight
the excellent qualifications of best designs, design concepts and design
oriented products & services.
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WHO IS AWARDED?
The A' Design Award is given to best designs; both concept stage, prototype or finished products are accepted.
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UNIQUE TROPHY
The A' Award Trophy was designed to be realized
by the newest production techniques in order to underline the innovative
content of winners.
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HIGLIGHTING INNOVATION
The Award Trophies are realized by 3D metal
printing of stainless steel, the gold & platinum awards are electro
plated in gold color.
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THE EXHIBITION
The Museum of Outstanding Design, the moving
design museum was founded by A' Design Award in order to exhibit the
winning designs.
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ARE YOU IN THE MOOD?
All A' Award winners are provided free of charge,
exhibition space in the Mood. No matter how big or small your design, it
will be exhibited.
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WE DO IT FOR YOU
if you are unable to submit a physical version of your winning design, we will print a poster & exhibit it for you.
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THE CERTIFICATE
Winner designs are given a unique certificate
framed in metal, printed onheavy paper, featuring the name of the design
and the designer.
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EXPLAINS THE AWARD
The Winners' Certificate explains type of award
won, and is signed by the President, Vice-President and Jury
Coordinator of A' Award.
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FEATURES A QR CODE
The Winners' Certificate features a QR Code which
could be scanned by QR Code Readers in order to check the validity of
the certificate.
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THE YEARBOOK
Our own publishing house, the Designer Press was founded by A' Design Award in order to disseminate the winning designs.
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SEND TO PRESS
The Hardcopy version of the A' Design Award Winner Designs' Book is distributed to key press members.
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YOU ARE IN
All Winner Designs are included in the winners' book free of charge, the winners are also listed as co-editors of the book.
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HARDCOVER & DIGITAL
The winners' books are available as hard-copy
editions in addition to digital editions, designed, printed and
distributed in Italy.
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DIGITAL PRINTING
The books are full color digital printed to
acid-free paper to preserve the designs' presentation qualities for long
periods of time, and are great additions to any design library.
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CHECK IT
The Hardcopy versions of the books are available online for ordering at A' Design Award.
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THE GALANIGHT
A' Award & Competition organizes a unique
Galanight & Award Ceremony near the beautiful Como Lake in Italy for
winner designers.
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EVERYONE IS HERE
Press Members, Industry Leads, Designers and Companies are all invited in order to create networking opportunities for winners.
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YOU ARE INVITED
All winners are invited and unlike some other awards, the participation to Gala-Night is free of charge.
View Previous Years' Gala-Night Images |
THE A' AWARD JURY
A' Award Jury is composed of dozens of
professionals and academics, each design is given importance and equal
time during voting.
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EXPERIENCED & BALANCED JURY
A' Award Jury although changes every year features a good composition of Academics, Business People and Focus Group members.
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RESEARCH THROUGH VOTING
During the Voting Processes, jury members fill a
custom criteria survey, and thus indicate how a category should be voted
in the future.
View A' Design Award Jury Here |
THE A' METHODOLOGY
A' Design Award features a highly developed methodology for voting with standardised scoring, voting criteria and more.
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STANDARDISED SCORE
Scores are standardised based on the a) The
Weights of Criteria, b) Average Score of Jury Members, c) Average Scores
of All Years.
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INTUITIVE VOTING
Jury votes online, therefore no one effects
others' votes, the vothing panel is easy yet requires a careful analysis
of the design to be voted.
Learn About Voting & Methodology Here |
RESEARCH DRIVEN
A' Design Award and Competition was developed as a
part of a Ph.D. thesis at Politecnico di Milano after analysis of 800
Design Competitions.
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MORE RESEARCH
The platform is constantly developed with survey
results, and through ongoing research in order to provide the most for
the winners.
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FAIR COMPETITION
A' is not affiliated with any subculture, politic
group or institution, and the jury is equally free during voting, your
entry will be judged fairly.
Design Competition Theory & Practice |
THE A' WINNERS' KIT
The A' Design Award Winners Kit is seperated into two pieces: 1. The Provided Services & 2. The Physical Components.
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THE PACKAGE
The Package includes your award certificate,
invoices, manual for winners, your award trophy, A3 Posters & A3
Certificate, Yearbook and more..
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GRAB IT FREE
The Winners' Kit is free and given to all winners
at Gala-Night & Exhibition. If you were unable to join the events
you can also order them.
Order Your Packages Here |
THE MEDIATION
Being an award winner is just the beginning, A' Design Award provides Mediation and Brokerage service to its winners.
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GENTLEMEN'S AGREEMENT
Designers are kind, polite individuals who might
have difficulity in making contract with company CEOs who are wilder,
stronger, faster.
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HELP WITH CONTRACTS
A' Design Award, together with Design Mediators, provides support to designers in order to make legal contracts with companies.
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THE SALONE DEL DESIGNER
A' Design Award has founded the Salone del
Designer, with the sole purpose to provide a platform for winners to
sell their designs.
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THE PLATFORM
Winner Designers can set a sales price and also
customize their contracts for selling their winning designs through the
Salone del Designer.
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LIST YOUR DESIGNS FOR SALE
The Salone del Designer platform is provided free of charge to winners, however only winning designs can be listed.
Visit Salone del Designer Here |
THE DESIGNMEGASTORE
At DesignMegaStore winner designers and companies can sell their any of their designs or products, not only winning entries.
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FREE FOR WINNERS
DesignerMegaStore normally requires a 500 € Registration fee, however the service is provided free of charge to all winners.
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%0 COMMISSION
The DesignMegaStore is not just free for winners, but also do not take any commission from the sales of designs.
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JOIN DESIGN TENDERS
Not just sell designs; but join design tenders to
give quote for design and production of custom products, services and
more for international buyers.
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SELL HIGH-LEVEL SERVICES
Are you a manufacturer? Give price quotes to big
buyers for turnkey design and manufacturing solutions. Are you a
designer? Find high-profile requests.
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EXCLUSIVE SERVICE
The BuySellDesign network is exclusive to A' Design Award Winners, who wish to provide services to worldwide clients.
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THE WINNER LOGO
Winners of A' Design Award are given a logo that they could apply to their communications and public relation campaigns.
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MANY FORMATS
The Winners' Logo is available in many formats
with & without the year of winning, and can be incorporated into all
sorts of advertisements.
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LIFETIME USAGE
The Winners' Logo is provided free of charge to
all winners, and A' Design Award and Competitions grants unlimited usage
to winners.
Download Winners' Logos Here |
 
ADDED VALUE
A' Design Award Winner Logo highlights the additional design value embedded in your work, products & services.
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IN COMMUNICATIONS
To leverage the award winning status and get further benefits, winners use the logos in their visible communications.
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MAKES THE DIFFERENCE
The A' Design Award Winner Logo's create a positive impact during a clients decision towards a product.
Download Winners' Logos Here |
PROOF OF CREATION
Can you prove that you are indeed the original
creator of your work? The Proof of Creation certificate given by A'
Design Award can help.
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DULY SIGNED AND TIMESTAMPED
The Proof of Creation document is duly signed and
timestamped to help prove that at a given time, you had the design
concept in your hands.
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FREE & EASY
A' Design Award provides an easy way to obtain
your proof of creation, free to all participants. Please note that this
is not a patent.
Visit Design Creation to Learn More |
THE PR SERVICES
A' Design Award provides many and free of charge public relations services for winners through DesignPRWire.
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BEHIND THE CURTAINS
It is not just digital, throughout the year, DesignPRWire visits tradefairs and introduces winners to design oriented companies.
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CONNECT WITH PRESS
With services such as press release preparation
and distribution, again free of charge, A' Design Award increases your
connectivity with the press.
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PRESS RELEASE PREPARATION
A' Award prepares a press release for all the
winner designs, in addition also allows winners to upload their own
releases to our platform.
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PRESS RELEASE DISTRIBUTION
Both press releases are distributed by
DesignPRWire to a wide range of press members including both the
traditional and digital media.
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IT IS FREE & HIGH RES.
The press release preparation and distribution services are provided to all winners automatically and without any payment.
Visit Design PR Wire |
DESIGNER INTERVIEWS
A' Award publishes interviews with the winning designers at Design-Interviews.com, this service is free for all winners.
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PICKED BY PRESS
The Interviews are also available at A' Design
Award Website and are part of the Press Kit that are distributed to
media members.
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RE-USED BY PRESS
The interviews are provided in a way to encourage
usage without attribution to A' Award helps press members to write their
articles.
Design Interviews |
DESIGNED FOR DESIGNERS
A' Design Award has been designed with keeping designers in mind, in addition to many services a special program was made.
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THE PROGRAM
Distinguished Designer Program is a tiered program bestowing unique benefits at each level to winner designers.
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THE CARD
The Distinguished Designer Card provides discounts and free offers by A' Design Award, and program partners.
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PRESS CONTROL PANEL
A' Award provides a unique control panel for
press members, accredited press members are given a lot of controls and
functionality.
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HELPING PRESS
Some of the prominent functions are: requesting
interviews with winners, downloading press kits of winners, download
high-resolution images etc.
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AND THE WINNERS
Press Members could also upload their articles in
PDF format, keep track of their likes etc. Designers can see press
interests and downloads.
Learn About Press Access |
PROFILE PAGE
A' Award provides a unique profile page where
designers can upload their images, and enter their cv, furthermore, all
her awards are shown.
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HIGH-RES IMAGES
High-resolution images of the winner designers
together with corporate logo of the designer are available for download
to press members.
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HIGH-RES DOWNLOADS
In addition to a profile image, designers can
upload additional images & photos (designs, studio photos, company
logo etc), for press.
Award Winning Designs |
SECURITY COMES FIRST
The Security of your submissions, your personal data and designs is of uttermost importance to A' Design Award and Competition.
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SECURE HASH ALGORITHM
Your personal data is saved with SHA algorithm and
even we do not know your password. Furthermore, connections are secured
with SSL.
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PRIVACY LOCK
A' Award never shares your personal data with
other publishers, let alone selling it. Furthermore you can use privacy
locks for your designs.
Learn More About Security at A' |
A' MEDIA NETWORK
A' Design Award makes full usage of the new media, and has created many websites in order to reach a wide array of users.
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OPTIMIZED FOR SEARCH
The A' Design Award Media Network websites are
optimized for appearance at the Search Engines in order to create the
most visibility for winners.
Visit A' Award Winners |
SOURCE FOR PRESS MEMBERS
The Network Sites features only the winning
designs & designers nothing more, and are a great source of
inspiration and news.
Visit Design Mag Winners' Showcase |
DISSEMINATION NETWORK
A' Design Award and Competition in addition to
world's best design, arts and architecture blogs, distributes your news
through the design media networks.
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DESIGN MEDIA NETWORKS
Your news are distributed through four main
networks, first the design-media, second IDDN, third DXGN, and fourth is
the DesignPRWire DB.
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SPREADS FASTER
More news linking to your winning design make sure
that your award winning status comes up at searches, creating positive
impressions.
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DESIGN MEDIA
A' Design Award has a database of thousands of
design blogs, journals, magazines, and other publications, see a partial
list at design media.
Visit the Design Media |
IDNN NETWORK
The International Design News Network, composed of
50+ sites, carries the winners' news to its final audience: design
enthusiasts and buyers.
Visit the IDNN.ORG |
DXGN NETWORK
The DXGN Design Network, composed of other 50+
design journals, magazines and blogs that also shares winners'
announcements to further audiences.
Visit the DXGN.ORG |
DESIGNER RANKINGS
A' Design Award and Competition publishes Designer Rankings that is easily accessable by public and media.
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TOP 10 DESIGNERS
The Rankings feature the number of awards won by
each designer and total rankings. Top 10, Top 100 and Top 1000 Designers
can be accessed.
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YOUR PLACE IS RESERVED
The Designer Rankings include only A' Design Award Winners and the service is provided free of charge to all winners.
Visit Designer Rankings |
WORLD DESIGN RANKINGS
A' Design Award and Competition publishes World Designer Rankings that ranks countries based on awarded participants.
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PRESTIGE AND HONOUR
Each country further lists the best designers,
artists and architects within, and for each award you won, you will be
increasing your country score as well.
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THE FIRST AND ONLY
WDR - World Design Rankings is the first and only inclusive ranking system for design among multiple disciplines.
Visit World Design Rankings |
DISTINGUISH WITH DESIGN
A' Design Award and Competition licenses the Good
Design Mark to A' Design Award winners, free of charge, for lifetime for
the awarded design.
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GOOD DESIGN MARK
The logo features an URL and the Good Design Mark page explains further the mark, and why it has been awarded to your design.
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INCREASED SALES
It has been reported by major market research
institutions that consumers are more likely to prefer products that have
been marked as "good design".
Visit Good Design Mark |
WINNERS' MANUAL
A' Design Award and Competition provides an
exclusive manual to winners, explaining the steps to take after the
results announced.
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WHAT TO DO NEXT
The "What to do Next" guidelines for winners
provides exclusive tips in order to create the most impact for winning
the A' Design Award.
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DOCUMENTS REPOSITORY
Most of the guideline documents are already
printed and included in the Winners' Kit, however they are also
available for download too.
Visit A' Documents Repository |
EXPRESS EVALUATION SERVICE*
Learn the results of your nomination within 72
hours, 3 Jury members will judge your design, comparing scores to
previous years' average.
Learn More About Express Judging Service |
PHOTOGRAPHY SERVICE*
Get Professional Photography Service to help you present your products better. Submission to Award is also included.
Learn More About Photography Service |
VISUALIZATION SERVICE*
Have your works presented better, you will get your project illustrated, rendered or photographed depending on the situation.
Learn More About Visualization Service |
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our duty to note that the afore mentioned services are additional
services provided on demand, and utilising these services do not effect
your odds of winning the A' Award. |
UNRIVALED SUPPORT
As a participant, you might need support not just
during participation but also after being a winner. A' Award Provides
7/24 Support to participants.
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FAQ PAGES
The Frequently Asked Question and Answers page features hundreds of previously asked questions and is constantly updated.
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HAQ PAGES
The How to Questions and Guidelines Page features explanation of common procedures and provides tips to participants.
Visit FAQ Pages |
PRELIMINARY JUDGING
Each uploaded design recieves preliminary judging free of charge by the A' Design Award and Competition.
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THE PROCESS
One of the Preliminary Non-Final Jury member
checks your entries, and provides suggestions on how to improve your
design presentation.
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APPROVED OR REJECTED
Your design will be either approved or rejected,
if rejected you are suggested to make the required changes before
nominating your design.
Learn About Competition Timeline Flow |
A' AWARD @ SOCIAL MEDIA
A' Design Award & Competition actively takes
part in the social media and the ongoing conversation in order to relay
your message.
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THE PHENOMENON
As experts say, the social media is the new media
to reach out your prospective customers and to connect with your
existing clients.
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AND WE ARE IN
No matter what the media is, A' Design Award is ready to take your message further by helping you reach a wider audience.
Follow @adesignaward at Twitter |
CASE STUDY
As a business, you might already be spending tons
of money on the advertisements, you already know the costs & prizes
for publication.
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GET PUBLICITY
Winning the A' Design Award could secure you some
editorial space at both the traditional, new and social media and could
create free publicity.
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GET ADVERTISED
With PR Services, Press Release Preparation and
Distribution Offers and the Advertisement Network, you will get much
more than you initially invest.
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JOIN FOR FREE
A' Design Award and Competitions offer two
programs that provide opportunity for students to take part in the
competition free of charge.
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SUGGEST A TALENT PROGRAM
By taking part in this program, you can earn free
entry tickets and t-shirts of A' Design Award and Competition by
suggesting other designers.
Suggest A Talent Program |
DESIGN AMBASSADOR PROGRAM
Students can apply for becoming a Design Ambassador, by performing simple tasks, students can win free entry tickets.
Design Ambassador Program |
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programs are only meant for current university students. Students can
earn up to three (3) processing fee waivers. Limited to a singe (1)
Ambassador per University. |
BULK NOMINATION PACKAGES
A' Award offers bulk and discounted nomination packages for businesses who wish to make multiple submissions.
Bulk Nomination for Businesses |
DISCOUNTED NOMINATION
Discounts are available for Education Centers,
Universities and Associations. Furthermore special discounts are
available for previous winners.
Discounted Nomination for Institutions |
INVOICES
Your invoice are available online for download within several hours, you can use your invoice to deduct tax payments.
Download Your Invoices Here |
40 COMPETITION CATEGORIES
A' Design Award & Competition features 80 Distinct Design Competition Categories in order to reach the widest audience.
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WHY 80 CATEGORIES?
Research indicate that the worth and value of any
award increases proportionally to its reach i.e. by including more
categories, and more stakeholders.
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CONCEPT OR FINISHED WORKS
A' Design Award is open to both concept stage
works, prototypes, finished or realized projects and products that are
already in market.
A' Design Award Categories |
    
A' DESIGN AWARD
A' Design Award is not just for participants, but
also for sponsors and organizers, read our corporate presentation to
learn more about us.
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CONTENTS
The Presentation explains A' Design Award for Participants, Sponsors and Organizers in great detail.
Download the Corporate Presentation (PDF) |
DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION
Download the A' Design Award & Competitions' Corporate Presentation in powerpoint format to discover more.
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NOMINATE WHEN YOU WANT
Uploading your design, updating your profile and
entering your design details and interacting with the platform do not
legally bind you to nominate your design. You can register & update
your profile today, submit your design tomorrow and nominate your works
whenever you want.
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GET PROOF OF CREATION
You can get a proof of creation using A' Design
Award and Competitions' Platform, the Proof of Creation service is
provided to all registered users and you do not have to nominate your
design in order to get this service for free. It is free for all; both
winners & non-winners.
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GET FREE PRELIMINARY JUDGING
Register and submit your design to A' Design Award
and Competition, a preliminary jury member will evaluate your design
and suggest you the course of action to take and will provide
constructive feedbacks about how to improve your design presentation.
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