The German Design Award is an internationally acknowledged prize from the German Design Council. The goal: to discover, present and award design trends. The jury of experts sets high demands for the participants that want to have a change at winning a prize in this competition. Their unique selection process ensures that only products and services, that are of proven high quality, are invited to participate. Therefore, their scouts are constantly seeking for the best international projects and products. They call for your supports by asking you to apply your best work before the
1st of July. Competition procedure The competition is only open to entries that have been nominated for the German Design Award by the German Design Council, one of its foundation members, or a German state’s economics ministry. Evaluation criteria The products and achievements should stand out due to particularly remarkable features demonstrated with regard to the following aspects:
- Overall concept
- Design quality
- Brand value andbranding
- Brand fit
- Independence
- Degree of innovativeness
- Aesthetics
- Product graphics and semantics
- User-friendliness
- Functionality and operability
- Practical value
- Sustainability
- Ecological quality
- Profitability
- Accessibility
- Symbolic and emotional content
- Durability
- Technical quality
- Technical function
- Manufacturing techniques and quality
- Excellent Communications Design
- Excellent Product Design
- Universal Design