Product Design Competitions
Awards and open calls for industrial and product design: furniture, lighting, mobility, medical devices, consumer electronics, tools, building products, fashion and textiles.
29 open or upcoming · 5 with dates not yet announced · 17 past editions
Open and upcoming
NY Product Design Awards 2026 (Season 2)
International Awards Associate program for product design in 17 categories, including lighting, automotive, furniture and wearable technology.
Open Chair Design Competition 2026
A global ideas competition challenging designers to create a full-scale chair that can be 3D-printed at home and assembled with minimal tools.
Rome Design Awards 2026 (Season 2)
International Awards Associate competition for architecture, interiors, furniture, product, lighting and packaging design, with a student category.
L.A.M.P International Lighting Design Competition 2026
Independent international lighting design competition for professionals and students, with Professional, Student and Manufactured categories.
iF Design Award 2027
One of the world's most prestigious design competitions, open to product, packaging, communication, interior, and UX design.
London Design Awards 2026 (Season 2)
Multi-discipline design competition from International Awards Associate with 12 categories, including product, architecture, UX/UI and communication.
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Spark Design Awards 2026 (Fall/Winter Cycle)
Long-running, budget-friendly design competition for product, architecture, interiors, graphic and digital design, with a two-phase jury.
MIAW Innovation 2026 (Muuuz International Awards)
French award from Muuuz/ArchiDesignClub for outstanding architecture, interior and decoration products, with an Innovation track beside its Design track.
Stanford Center on Longevity Design Challenge 2026–2027: Human-Centered Robotics for Longevity
Global student design challenge from the Stanford Center on Longevity: design human-centered robotics that support longer, more connected lives.
The Architect's Chair – Stockholm Furniture Fair Edition #6
Buildner and Stockholm Furniture Fair competition: distill your design philosophy into a single signature chair or seating piece.
Swiss Design Awards 2027
Switzerland's federal design competition: 17 prizes of CHF 25,000 each across graphic, product, fashion, photography and interaction design.
International Furniture Design Competition Asahikawa 2027 (IFDA 2027)
International wooden-furniture design competition held since 1990 in Asahikawa, Japan, with a jury including Ronan Bouroullec and Cecilie Manz.
TAIPEI CYCLE d&i awards 2027
TAIPEI CYCLE's design and innovation award, run with iF Design, for bicycles, e-bikes, components, accessories and cycling digital and brand work.
Asia Design Prize 2027
Seoul-based international design award since 2016, judged in three rounds across industrial, space and communication design. Free early student entry.
Design Discovery Awards 2026 (Season 2)
UK-based multidisciplinary award for architecture, interior, product and graphic design, evaluated by blind review from an international jury.
Green Good Design Award 2027
An international award for products, graphics, and organizations with strong ecological and sustainability credentials, presented by The Chicago Athenaeum.
Red Dot Award: Product Design 2027
One of the world's most prestigious product design competitions, recognizing outstanding product design across industries worldwide.
Green Product Award 2027
An international award for sustainable products and services across 14 categories, from architecture to mobility.
Green Concept Award 2027
Sibling award to the Green Product Award for early-stage sustainable design concepts and prototypes, with free entry for students.
ADI Compasso d'Oro International Award 2027 (IV Edition)
4th international edition of Italy's Compasso d'Oro, themed 'Play for Humanity: Sport and Music for All' with Expo 2027 Belgrade.
French Design Awards 2027
Multi-discipline design competition from International Awards Associate for interior, architectural, product, packaging, landscape and UX/UI design.
Architizer A+Product Awards 2027
Architizer's sister competition to the A+Awards for building products and materials specified by architects, from facades to furniture and lighting.
MUSE Design Awards 2027
New York-based multidisciplinary award for architecture, interior, product, lighting, packaging, fashion, furniture, landscape and concept design.
AZ Awards 2027
AZURE Magazine's international architecture and design awards, covering built projects, products, interiors, landscape and student work.
A' Design Award & Competition 2026–2027
One of the largest global design competitions, covering over 100 categories including digital products and UX/UI.
International Architecture & Design Awards 2027 (IADA)
Annual awards from the Architecture & Design Community for built projects and concepts in architecture, interiors, landscape, product and digital design.
SIT Furniture Design Award
International furniture and interior design award judged by an architect- and academic-led jury, with a gala ceremony held in Switzerland.
Red Dot Award: Design Concept 2027
Red Dot competition for design concepts, prototypes and unreleased products, with a discounted Next Gen track and an awards ceremony in Singapore.
DNA Paris Design Awards 2027
Paris-based multidisciplinary award for architecture, interior, landscape, product and graphic design, open to professionals and students.
Dates not yet announced
Design Preis Schweiz 2027
Switzerland's most prominent juried design prize, awarded every two years in seven categories from furniture to circular design.
BLT Built Design Awards 2027
Annual international awards for architecture, interior design, landscape architecture and construction products, expected to return.
Archiproducts Design Awards 2027
Annual Italian product design award from Archiproducts for furniture, lighting and building materials, expected to return for its next edition.
Andreu World International Design Contest 2027
International furniture design contest from Spanish manufacturer Andreu World, open to students and professionals, expected to return after 2026.
European Product Design Award 2027
Farmani Group's international product design award, whose 2027 edition the organizer has announced as open, with deadlines still to be published.
Past editions
LIT Lighting Design Awards 2026
International lighting design competition for lighting products, architectural and entertainment lighting, in its 10th anniversary year.
BLT Built Design Awards
International awards for architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, and construction products, judged by an academic- and industry-led jury.
Architecture & Design Collection Awards 2026
International multi-category design awards for architecture, interior, product, and communication design, judged by a jury of working professionals.
International Design Awards (IDA) 2026
A long-running Los Angeles-based award spanning architecture, interior, product, fashion, and graphic design.
WorldStar 2027 Global Packaging Awards
The World Packaging Organisation's global packaging award, open only to packs that already won a WPO-recognized national or regional competition.
Eurobest Design Award 2026
The design discipline of Eurobest, Europe's advertising and communications festival: brand identity, packaging, product, publication and digital design.
MUSE Design Awards 2026 (Season 2)
A New York-based multidisciplinary design award spanning architecture, product, packaging, and graphic design.
KOKUYO Design Award 2027
Free-to-enter international product design award from Japan's KOKUYO: ¥2,000,000 Grand Prix, student category, 2027 theme 'dialogue'.
German Design Award 2027
A cross-disciplinary award from the German Design Council, judged this cycle with a focus on communication design.
Interior Design Best of Year Awards 2026
A long-running US interiors award covering completed projects and furniture/product design across many typologies.
Archiproducts Design Awards 2026
Italian product design award from Archiproducts for furniture, lighting, bathroom, kitchen and building materials, with a Sustainability category.
25th Andreu World International Design Contest 2026 — Manufacturing the Future
25th international furniture design contest from Spanish manufacturer Andreu World, open to students and professionals, themed 'Manufacturing the Future'.
European Product Design Award 2026
An international product design award from Farmani Group recognizing innovation across categories like automotive, consumer electronics, and eco design.
Design Intelligence Award (DIA) 2026
China-based, WDO-endorsed industrial design award with a roughly €500,000 prize pool, in Product Group and Concept Group tracks.
Architectural Products Product Innovation Awards 2026
US award from Architectural Products magazine for innovative building products, from lighting and facades to finishes and hardware.
James Dyson Award 2026
An international student and recent-graduate award for engineering and product design that solves a real problem.
Bundespreis Ecodesign 2026
Germany's federal design award for products, services, and concepts with strong ecological performance.