IIDA Global Excellence Awards 2026
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IIDA Global Excellence Awards 2026
IIDA's flagship international interior design awards program, honoring interior design and interior architecture projects located outside the United States.
MUSE Design Awards 2026 (Season 2)
A New York-based multidisciplinary design award spanning architecture, product, packaging, and graphic design.
International Design Awards (IDA) 2026
A long-running Los Angeles-based award spanning architecture, interior, product, fashion, and graphic design.
L.A.M.P International Lighting Design Competition 2026
An independent international lighting design competition open to both professional and student designers, with finalists selected across Professional, Student, and Manufactured categories.
WorldStar 2027 Global Packaging Awards
The world's most prestigious packaging design award, presented by the World Packaging Organisation, open only to packs that have already won a WPO-recognized national or regional packaging competition.
Eurobest Design Award 2026
The design-focused discipline of Eurobest, Europe's pan-continental advertising and communications festival, spanning brand identity, packaging, product, publication, and digital design.
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Winter Stations 2027: Monument
A free, open international design competition for temporary winter installations on Toronto's beachfront, themed "Monument" for 2027.
Architecture & Design Collection Awards 2026
International multi-category design awards for architecture, interior, product, and communication design, judged by a jury of working professionals.
LIT Lighting Design Awards 2026
An international lighting design competition covering lighting products, architectural lighting, and entertainment lighting, marking its 10-year anniversary in 2026.
NY Product Design Awards 2026 (Season 2)
An International Awards Associate program recognizing product design across 17 categories including lighting, automotive, furniture, and wearable technology.
WDC 2028 Busan Pavilion International Design Competition
Two-stage open competition to create the pavilion system for Busan's year as World Design Capital 2028: a fixed pavilion and a mobile pavilion sharing one design language.
Rome Design Awards 2026 (Season 2)
International design competition from International Awards Associate covering architecture, interiors, furniture, product, lighting and packaging design, with a dedicated student category.
31st Annual Webby Awards
The Webby Awards, presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, honor excellence across websites, apps, and other digital experiences, with a dedicated Websites & Mobile Sites category judged partly on UX/UI design.
Epica Awards 2026
Founded in 1987, Epica is judged entirely by journalists from marketing and design trade publications worldwide, with a dedicated Design category.
DETAIL Architecture Award 2027
Annual international architecture prize from Germany's DETAIL magazine recognizing completed building projects for the quality of their overall design concept, alongside a dedicated Students & Schools award and an Affordable Housing special prize.
Joseph Binder Award 2027
A prestigious Austrian international competition for graphic design and illustration, run by designaustria since 1996, themed 'Under Pressure' for its 17th edition.
AIA COTE Top Ten Award 2027
AIA's flagship award recognizing the ten best examples of sustainable architecture and design excellence each year, run by its Committee on the Environment.
AIA Architecture Award
The AIA's flagship national Architecture Award, one of its Institute Honor Awards, recognizes outstanding contemporary architecture designed by a U.S.-licensed AIA member architect.
AIA Interior Architecture Award 2027
One of the AIA's national Institute Honor Awards, recognizing outstanding interior architecture by U.S.-licensed AIA member architects for projects anywhere in the world.
AIA Housing Award 2027
The AIA's national award for housing design, recognizing residential projects from custom homes to affordable and multifamily housing designed by U.S.-licensed architects.
AIA Small Project Award 2027
The AIA's national award for small-scale architecture, from objects and design elements to buildings under 5,000 sq ft, recognizing design excellence regardless of project size or budget.
AIA Regional & Urban Design Award 2027
The AIA's national award for urban design, regional and city planning, and community development work led or supported by U.S.-licensed architects.
iF Design Award 2027
One of the world's most prestigious design competitions, open to product, packaging, communication, interior, and UX design.
World Design Awards 2026
An international architecture and design award covering commercial, residential, interior, landscape, and urban design projects, open to architects, students, and designers worldwide.
London Design Awards 2026 (Season 2)
International, multi-discipline design competition covering 12 categories including product, architecture, UX/UI, and communication design, run by International Awards Associate.
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.
UX Design Awards 2027
A biannual German award recognizing user-driven digital and physical products, concepts, and student projects in UX design.
Spark Design Awards 2026 (Fall/Winter Cycle)
A long-running, budget-friendly multidisciplinary design competition spanning product, architecture, interiors, graphic, and digital design, judged through a two-phase jury process.
MIAW Innovation 2026 (Muuuz International Awards)
Annual French interior-products award from Muuuz/ArchiDesignClub recognizing the most outstanding products in architecture, interior design, and decoration, with an Innovation-focused track alongside its Design track.
WAN Awards
Global architecture awards from World Architecture News covering over 20 sector and specialist categories, from future projects to adaptive reuse and sustainable architecture.
Vancouver Tall Challenge 2026
A Buildner ideas competition organized with the City of Vancouver and UBC's School of Architecture, inviting proposals for taller buildings in Vancouver's downtown core.
DBA Design Effectiveness Awards 2027
The UK's longest-running awards program for measuring the commercial impact of design, jointly entered by the design team or agency and the client who commissioned the work.
International Architecture Awards 2027
A prestigious international architecture award from The Chicago Athenaeum and The European Centre recognizing outstanding new buildings, landscape architecture, and urban planning projects worldwide.
European Design Awards 2026
A long-running (since 2003) pan-European design competition spanning branding, packaging, digital, editorial, and typographic disciplines.
Stanford Center on Longevity Design Challenge 2026–2027: Human-Centered Robotics for Longevity
A global student design challenge from the Stanford Center on Longevity, asking teams to design human-centered robotics that support longer, more connected lives.
Unbox 2026 Architecture Competition
An international ideas competition from Volume Zero (marking its 30th competition and 10th anniversary) challenging entrants to design micro-architectural interventions for adaptable, inclusive spatial experiences.
Swiss Design Awards 2027
Switzerland's federal design competition, run by the Federal Office of Culture, awarding 17 prizes of CHF 25,000 each across graphic, product, fashion, photography, and interaction design.
Festival des Architectures Vives 2027: Bonheur partagé
Open call to design and build a temporary architectural installation in a private courtyard of Montpellier's historic centre, on the 2027 theme "Bonheur partagé" (shared happiness).
International Furniture Design Competition Asahikawa 2027 (IFDA 2027)
A long-running (since 1990) international wooden-furniture design competition hosted by Japan's furniture-making city of Asahikawa, judged by a jury including Ronan Bouroullec and Cecilie Manz.
House of Poetry
A YAC ideas competition to turn the house of poet Dino Campana in Marradi, Italy, into a contemporary house museum and cultural centre.
Andrew Martin International Interior Designer of the Year Award 2027
A prestigious global interior design award from British furniture brand Andrew Martin, dubbed 'the Oscars of the design world,' recognizing a Designer of the Year from an international 'Top 100' shortlist.
TAIPEI CYCLE d&i awards 2027
The design and innovation award of the TAIPEI CYCLE show, run with iF Design, for bicycles, components, e-bikes, accessories and cycling-related digital and brand work.
Asia Design Prize 2027
A Seoul-based international design award, running since 2016, judged in three rounds across industrial, space/architecture and communication design, with free early entry for students.
Design Discovery Awards 2026 (Season 2)
A UK-based multidisciplinary design award spanning architecture, interior, product, and graphic design, evaluated by blind review from an international jury.
The Architect's Chair – Stockholm Furniture Fair Edition #6
A Buildner and Stockholm Furniture Fair competition inviting architects and designers to distill their design philosophy into a single signature chair or seating piece.
Communication Arts 2027 Illustration Competition
A long-running global illustration competition from Communication Arts magazine; winners are published in the print and digital Illustration Annual.
RIBA International Awards
Biennial global architecture awards from the UK's Royal Institute of British Architects, open to qualified architects worldwide for completed buildings outside the UK.
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.
New York High Falls Riverfront Market
A Buildner competition presented with AIA Rochester, inviting proposals for a contemporary riverfront market and public space within Rochester's future High Falls State Park.
ADI Compasso d'Oro International Award 2027 (IV Edition)
The fourth edition of the international spin-off of Italy's historic Compasso d'Oro, ADI's design prize running since 1954, themed 'Play for Humanity: Sport and Music for All' in partnership with Expo 2027 Belgrade.
French Design Awards 2027
International multi-discipline design competition from International Awards Associate (the MUSE and London Design Awards organizer), covering interior, architectural, product, packaging, landscape, UX and UI design.
The Oak Moon Pavilion
A Buildner ideas competition for an open-air timber yoga pavilion set beneath a historic oak tree in central Italy.
Indigo Design Award 2026
An independent, Lisbon-based international design competition for graphic and digital design, judged by a jury of professionals from major tech and agency brands, with reduced entry fees for freelancers and students.
American Architecture Awards 2027
Annual program from The Chicago Athenaeum honoring outstanding American architecture, landscape architecture, and urban planning projects.
Graphis Poster Awards 2027
A long-running New York-based international poster design competition from Graphis, recognizing excellence in poster design by industry professionals.
iF Design Student Award 2027
A free-to-enter international student design award from iF, marking its 25th anniversary in 2027, for concepts that address one of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
The Quiet Tower International Architecture Competition
An open international architecture ideas competition from Buildner inviting designs for an observation tower on Latvia's remote Cape Kolka coastline.
Architizer A+Awards 2027 (15th Annual)
The industry's largest international architecture awards program, judged by a jury of hundreds of professionals plus an online public vote across dozens of building typologies.
Architizer A+Product Awards 2027
Architizer's sister competition to the A+Awards, recognizing building products and materials specified by architects, from facades and glazing to furniture and lighting.
Clio Awards: Design
The Design medium of the long-running Clio Awards (since 1959), covering brand identity, packaging, editorial, retail/spatial design and more, judged by an international creative jury.
eVolo 2027 Skyscraper Competition
eVolo's long-running ideas competition for visionary skyscraper concepts, open to students and professionals worldwide.
AZ Awards 2027
AZURE Magazine's international architecture and design awards, covering built projects, products, interiors, landscape and student work.
DIELINE Awards 2027
A leading global packaging design and CPG design competition from DIELINE, spanning consumer packaging categories from food and beverage to circular/refill design.
Graphis Design Awards 2027
An annual professional graphic design competition from Graphis spanning brand identity, packaging, editorial, typography, environmental, and digital design.
The One Show 2027 — Design & Branding
The Design & Branding discipline of The One Show, one of the advertising and design industry's longest-running global creative awards, run by The One Club for Creativity in New York.
Communication Arts 2027 Photography Competition
International photography competition from Communication Arts magazine, honoring outstanding work across advertising, editorial, and other categories.
Applied Arts 2027 Design Awards
Applied Arts Magazine's annual awards for communication design, from branding and packaging to typography, editorial and digital work.
Young Ones 2027 Student Awards
The One Club for Creativity's student competition, spanning four shows (ADC, One Show, TDC and Portfolio) across design, typography and advertising, open to college students and recent graduates.
2027 Steel Design Student Competition
The 27th annual ACSA/AISC student competition challenging architecture students to design with steel as the primary structural material.
International Architecture & Design Awards 2027 (IADA)
Annual awards from the Architecture & Design Community for built projects and concepts across architecture, interiors, landscape, product, packaging 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
The Red Dot competition for design concepts, prototypes and not-yet-launched products, with a discounted Next Gen track for students and young designers and an awards ceremony in Singapore.
DNA Paris Design Awards 2027
A Paris-based multidisciplinary design award spanning architecture, interior, landscape, product, and graphic design, open to both professionals and students.
Communication Arts 2027 Design Competition
Communication Arts' flagship design competition, honoring branding, packaging, editorial, and environmental graphic design work published or produced worldwide.
Kaira Looro Architecture Competition 2027: Health Center
A humanitarian architecture competition for students and young architects, asking for a sustainable rural health center in southern Senegal.
German Brand Award 2027
An international brand design award from the German Design Council recognizing outstanding branding, identity, and marketing work by companies and agencies worldwide.
Buildner's Unbuilt Award 2027
An open international architecture prize for unbuilt (conceptual) projects, judged across small, medium, and large project scales with a dedicated student prize track.
WIN Awards 2027
Annual international interior design awards from World Interiors News; the 2027 edition is confirmed to be planned, but official dates haven't been published yet.
A' Design Award & Competition 2027–2028
The next cycle of one of the largest global design competitions, confirmed by the organizer as the 2027–2028 edition, covering over 100 categories including digital products and UX/UI.
A' Sustainable Products, Projects and Green Design Award 2027
The next edition of the sustainability-focused track of the A' Design Award, confirmed as set up by the organizer's own dedicated 2027 category page, though a submission deadline has not yet been published.
Design Preis Schweiz 2027
Switzerland's most prominent juried design prize, awarded every two years across seven categories from furniture to circular design; the next edition is expected to be announced in spring 2027.
Bundespreis Ecodesign 2027
Germany's federal design award for products, services, and concepts with strong ecological performance, expected to return for its next annual cycle.
BLT Built Design Awards 2027
International awards for architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, and construction products, confirmed by the organizer as an annual program, expected to return for its next cycle.
Archiproducts Design Awards 2027
An Italian product design competition from Archiproducts covering furniture, lighting, and building materials, described by the organizer as its annual appointment, expected to return for its next edition.
Tokyo TDC 2028 Annual Awards
A prestigious international typography and graphic design competition from the Tokyo Type Directors Club, confirmed by the organizer as an annual event since 1990, expected to return for its next edition.
SDGs Design International Awards 2027
A binational academic design competition from Kyushu University and Dongseo University for student ideas addressing the UN Sustainable Development Goals, confirmed by the organizer as an annual program held since 2019, expected to return for its next edition.
Andreu World International Design Contest 2027
An international furniture design contest from Spanish manufacturer Andreu World, open to students and professionals worldwide, expected to return following its 25th-anniversary 2026 edition.
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.
2027 NKBA Design Competition
The National Kitchen & Bath Association's annual competition for installed kitchen, bath and specialty-space projects, with over $125,000 in cash prizes.
2027 IALD International Lighting Design Awards
The longest-running awards program for architectural lighting design, run by the International Association of Lighting Designers since 1983.
Communication Arts 2027 Interactive Competition
International competition from Communication Arts magazine recognizing outstanding interactive design work across websites, apps, and digital installations.
KOKUYO Design Award 2027
International product design competition from Japanese stationery and furniture maker KOKUYO, open worldwide with a dedicated student category, themed 'dialogue' for 2027.
2026 Brick in Architecture Awards
A US architecture award from the Brick Industry Association honoring outstanding built projects that showcase clay brick, judged across nine categories.
AN's 2026 Best of Design Awards
An annual awards program from The Architect's Newspaper honoring standout architecture and interiors projects across more than 50 categories reflecting AN's editorial coverage.
International Sustainable Building Competition 2026
A UN- and Türkiye-backed international competition recognizing energy-efficient, low-carbon, climate-resilient buildings, with winners honored at COP31 in Antalya.
A' Design Award & Competition 2026–2027
One of the largest global design competitions, covering over 100 categories including digital products and UX/UI.
A' Sustainable Products, Projects and Green Design Award 2026
A sustainability-focused track of the long-running A' Design Award, recognizing sustainable products, projects, and green design across a broad range of industries.
Kingspan MICROHOME 2026
A Buildner and Kingspan-sponsored international competition to design a sustainable, energy-efficient microhome under 25m², open to all backgrounds.
Jacques Rougerie Foundation International Architecture and Innovation Competition 2026
A free international architecture and innovation competition endorsed by the Académie des Beaux-Arts, focused on design for the sea, space, and flood-prone lands.
Buildner's Unbuilt Award 2026
An open international architecture prize for unbuilt (conceptual) projects, judged across small, medium, and large project scales with a dedicated student prize track.
Poster for Tomorrow 2026–2027: "Dignity"
A free, non-commercial international poster competition run by the Paris nonprofit 4tomorrow, now in its 14th edition, using graphic design to spotlight human-rights themes.
Interior Design Best of Year Awards 2026
A long-running US interiors award covering completed projects and furniture/product design across many typologies.
Communication Arts Typography Competition 2027
One of the most prestigious competitions for typographic excellence, covering hand-lettering, calligraphy, and type design.
Pavilion Atlas 2026
An international conceptual pavilion design competition from Buildner and ArchDaily, open to architects, artists, and creatives of all backgrounds.
25th Andreu World International Design Contest 2026 — Manufacturing the Future
A 25th-anniversary international furniture design contest from Spanish manufacturer Andreu World, open to students and professionals worldwide, themed 'Manufacturing the Future' for the circular economy.
Tokyo TDC 2027 Annual Awards
A prestigious international typography and graphic design competition from the Tokyo Type Directors Club, open to designers worldwide.
SDGs Design International Awards 2026
A binational academic design competition from Kyushu University (Japan) and Dongseo University (Korea) for student ideas addressing the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Archiproducts Design Awards 2026
An Italian product design competition from Archiproducts recognizing furniture, lighting, bathroom, kitchen, and building-material design, with a dedicated Sustainability category.
Living Places – Simon Architecture Prize 2026 (6th Edition)
The 6th edition of the Living Places – Simon Architecture Prize, organized by Simon with the Fundació Mies van der Rohe, recognizing built projects by architects, city planners, and landscapers across Europe, Mexico, Brazil, and Morocco.
German Design Award 2027
A cross-disciplinary award from the German Design Council, judged this cycle with a focus on communication design.
European Product Design Award 2026
An international product design award from Farmani Group recognizing innovation across categories like automotive, consumer electronics, and eco design.
BLT Built Design Awards
International awards for architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, and construction products, judged by an academic- and industry-led jury.
Design Intelligence Award (DIA) 2026
A China-based, WDO-endorsed industrial design award with a roughly €500,000 total prize pool, spanning Product Group and Concept Group tracks across four sectors.
Architecture MasterPrize 2026
An international prize covering architectural design, interiors, landscape architecture, and architectural products.
Architectural Products Product Innovation Awards 2026
A US trade-publication award from Architectural Products magazine recognizing innovative building products across categories from lighting and facades to finishes and hardware.
AIA International Design Awards 2026
American Institute of Architects awards program honoring architecture, interior architecture, urban design, and unbuilt projects located outside the United States.
WIN Awards 2026
Annual international awards recognizing outstanding interior design projects across residential, commercial, and public spaces, organized by World Interiors News.
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.