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UX/UI Design Competitions

Awards for digital design: digital products, websites, apps, games, interaction and motion design.

13 open or upcoming · 1 with dates not yet announced · 2 past editions

Open and upcoming

Closing soonUX/UI DesignStudent

Communication Arts 2027 Interactive Competition

Communication Arts — United States

International competition from Communication Arts magazine for outstanding interactive design: websites, apps and digital installations.

Deadline Oct 23, 2026(3 Days)
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Closing soonUX/UI DesignStudent

31st Annual Webby Awards

International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS) — United States

The Webby Awards from IADAS honor the best websites, apps and digital experiences, including a Websites & Mobile Sites category judged partly on UX/UI.

Deadline Oct 30, 2026(10 Days)
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Closing soonProduct/Industrial DesignGraphic DesignUX/UI DesignService DesignArchitectureInterior/Furniture Design

iF Design Award 2027

iF International Forum Design GmbH — Germany

One of the world's most prestigious design competitions, open to product, packaging, communication, interior, and UX design.

Deadline Nov 4, 2026(15 Days)
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Closing soonProduct/Industrial DesignArchitectureInterior/Furniture DesignUX/UI DesignGraphic DesignStudent

London Design Awards 2026 (Season 2)

International Awards Associate (IAA) — United States

Multi-discipline design competition from International Awards Associate with 12 categories, including product, architecture, UX/UI and communication.

Deadline Nov 6, 2026(17 Days)
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Closing soonUX/UI DesignService DesignStudent

UX Design Awards 2027

IDZ Designpartner Berlin GmbH — Germany

A biannual German award recognizing user-driven digital and physical products, concepts, and student projects in UX design.

Deadline Nov 15, 2026(26 Days)
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Closing soonProduct/Industrial DesignArchitectureInterior/Furniture DesignGraphic DesignUX/UI DesignStudent

Spark Design Awards 2026 (Fall/Winter Cycle)

Spark Awards (International Design Competition) — United States

Long-running, budget-friendly design competition for product, architecture, interiors, graphic and digital design, with a two-phase jury.

Deadline Nov 16, 2026(27 Days)
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UpcomingGraphic DesignProduct/Industrial DesignUX/UI Design

Swiss Design Awards 2027

Bundesamt für Kultur (Federal Office of Culture, Switzerland) — Switzerland

Switzerland's federal design competition: 17 prizes of CHF 25,000 each across graphic, product, fashion, photography and interaction design.

Opens Oct 23, 2026
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OpenProduct/Industrial DesignGraphic DesignUX/UI DesignService Design

TAIPEI CYCLE d&i awards 2027

TAIPEI CYCLE, in cooperation with iF International Forum Design — Taiwan

TAIPEI CYCLE's design and innovation award, run with iF Design, for bicycles, e-bikes, components, accessories and cycling digital and brand work.

Deadline Dec 25, 2026(66 Days)
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OpenProduct/Industrial DesignArchitectureInterior/Furniture DesignUX/UI DesignGraphic DesignStudent

French Design Awards 2027

International Awards Associate (IAA) — United States

Multi-discipline design competition from International Awards Associate for interior, architectural, product, packaging, landscape and UX/UI design.

Deadline Jan 21, 2027(93 Days)
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OpenProduct/Industrial DesignGraphic DesignUX/UI DesignService DesignArchitectureInterior/Furniture Design

A' Design Award & Competition 2026–2027

A' Design Award & Competition (Como) — Italy

One of the largest global design competitions, covering over 100 categories including digital products and UX/UI.

Deadline Feb 28, 2027(131 Days)
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OpenGraphic DesignUX/UI DesignStudent

Indigo Design Award 2026

Marly Group Limited — Portugal

Lisbon-based international award for graphic and digital design, judged by professionals from major tech and agency brands, with reduced student fees.

Deadline Feb 28, 2027(131 Days)
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OpenArchitectureInterior/Furniture DesignProduct/Industrial DesignGraphic DesignUX/UI DesignStudent

International Architecture & Design Awards 2027 (IADA)

Architecture & Design Community (ADC) — International

Annual awards from the Architecture & Design Community for built projects and concepts in architecture, interiors, landscape, product and digital design.

Deadline Apr 9, 2027(171 Days)
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UpcomingProduct/Industrial DesignGraphic DesignUX/UI DesignService DesignArchitectureInterior/Furniture DesignStudent

Red Dot Award: Design Concept 2027

Red Dot GmbH & Co. KG — Singapore

Red Dot competition for design concepts, prototypes and unreleased products, with a discounted Next Gen track and an awards ceremony in Singapore.

Opens Dec 1, 2026
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Dates not yet announced

Dates TBAUX/UI Design

A' Design Award & Competition 2027–2028

A' Design Award & Competition (Como) — Italy

The 2027–2028 cycle of one of the largest global design competitions, confirmed by the organizer, with over 100 categories including UX/UI.

Dates not yet announced
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Past editions

ExpiredGraphic DesignProduct/Industrial DesignUX/UI Design

Eurobest Design Award 2026

Eurobest (The One Club for Creativity) — Europe

The design discipline of Eurobest, Europe's advertising and communications festival: brand identity, packaging, product, publication and digital design.

Deadline Oct 15, 2026
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ExpiredGraphic DesignUX/UI DesignStudent

European Design Awards 2026

Design Federation OÜ — Estonia

A long-running (since 2003) pan-European design competition spanning branding, packaging, digital, editorial, and typographic disciplines.

Deadline Feb 13, 2026
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