Tag: DFA Design for Asia Awards 2021

CALL FOR ENTRY: DFA DESIGN FOR ASIA AWARDS 2021

(For Thai, press here)

Hong Kong is the major destinations for design enthusiasts from around the world and the year’s last months are filled with world-class design competitions and exhibitions where both the year’s important trends share the spotlight with the future trends. Throughout the years, art4d has regularly featured the DFA Design for Asia Awards, now in its 19th annual edition having been initiated by the Hong Kong Design Centre (HKDC) in 2003. 

As always, entries from across the continent are welcomed, in 24 categories as follows:

(1) Apparel & Accessory Design: 
• Fashion Apparel
• Functional Apparel
• Intimate Wear
• Jewellery & Fashion Accessories
• Footwear

(2) Communication Design: 
• Identity & Branding
• Digital Media
• Packaging
• Publication
• Poster
• Typography
• Marketing Campaign

(3) Environment Design: 
• Home & Residential Spaces

• Hospitality & Leisure Spaces
• Culture & Public Spaces
• Retail & Showroom Spaces
• Workspaces
• Institutional Spaces
• Event, Exhibition & Stage Design

(4) Product and Industrial Design: 
• Household Appliance
• Homeware
• Professional & Commercial Product
• Information & Communications Technology Product
• Leisure & Entertainment Product

In Category Award, Gold, Silver, Bronze & Merit will be selected by an international judging panel and conferred to the outstanding works in each category by open submission.

In addition, Gold Award winners of the Category Award and outstanding design projects by nomination will be selected as the candidates of Grand Awards, Grand Award for Culture, Grand Award for Sustainability, Grand Award for Technology and  Grand Awards with Special Mention.

Winning works will be featured by international media and exhibited in DFA Awards annual exhibition, awardees will also be invited to attend the opening ceremony of Business of Design Week (BODW), a major design forum in the HKSAR, in December 2021, and more.

Read more details and submit your work online, now until June 18, 2021 (50% OFF entry fee by April 30) at: http://dfaa.dfaawards.com

List of the DFA Design for Asia Awards 2020 – Grand Award Past Winners

PANDAID (Project Location: Japan)
Winning Company: NOSIGNER
Company Economy: Japan

Truck Art Childfinder (Project Location: Pakistan)
Winning Company: Impact BBDO / Samar Minallah Khan
Company Economy: United Arab Emirates

Tainan Spring (Project Location: Taiwan)
Winning Company: MVRDV B.V.
Company Economy: The Netherlands

Jewel Changi Airport (Project Location: Singapore)
Winning Company: Safdie Architects
Company Economy: United States

Find out all winners at: https://dfaa.dfaawards.com/en/winner/

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Since 2003, the DFA Design for Asia Awards honours and acknowledges user-centric designs that embrace cultural values unique in Asian societies, with concerns for sustainable development and use of technology to enhance the quality of life for people in the region. Organised by the Hong Kong Design Centre and as one of the programmes of DFA Awards, it aims to celebrate design excellence and acknowledge outstanding designs with Asian perspectives towards the globe.

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