NY Product Design Awards 2024
The NY Product Design Awards was launched to honor the efforts of talented product designers, design teams, and manufacturers from all over the world, whose designs have made daily living that much better with their practical and ingenious creations.
Recognizing that excellence exists in various forms in the design industry, the NY Product Design Awards intends to celebrate excellence in all its facets that are found in design work and its designers.
2024 NY Product Design Awards Theme - BEYOND IDEAS
WHERE IMAGINATION SPARKS INNOVATION
In the creative world of design, we uncover visionaries who do more than create products; they breathe life into them, endowing each with purpose and the extraordinary ability to reshape our world.
These trailblazers of a new era craft a profound bridge from dreams to tangible reality, transmuting mere ideas into captivating designs.
The NY Product Design Awards welcome those who gaze into the future with bright eyes, eager to shape tomorrow. We celebrate the pioneers who boldly explore uncharted territories, bringing ideas to life in vibrant ways.
Venture beyond ideas, reshape design, and forge the future.
Categories:
NY Product Design Awards Categories include: Automotive & Transport, Conceptual, Digital, Electronic Devices & Accessories, Fashion & Lifestyle, Furniture, Home Interior, Interface & User Experience, Lighting, and so much more.
Eligibility:
The NY Product Design Awards is open to:
Advertising Agencies, Art Directors, Brand / Business Owner, Car Designers, Creative Boutiques, Design Firms, Designers, Engineers, Entrepreneurs, Fashion Designers, Freelance Professionals, Furniture Designers, Graphic Designers, In-house Marketing, Institutions, Manufacturers, Product Designers, PR firms, Students, Teachers and Anyone aged 18 and with a great new product design.
Submission Requirement:
Entries must be produced within the last FIVE (5) calendar years up through the final deadline.
All entries must be submitted for judging exactly as published or implemented and may not be modified for the competition. The NY Product Design Awards may request proof of initial production and/or publication date.
The awards reserve the right to re-categorize incorrectly classified entries.
Judges reserve the right to withhold an award in a category if submissions do not meet their expectations.
Entry Brief:
It is recommended that you keep your synopsis to approximately 350 words. We suggest you utilize this section of your entry to elaborate on the piece as well as the creativity and originality of your idea. The brief should strengthen your entry, as well as providing the jury a better understanding of your project. A written translation or adaptation must accompany non-English entries.
Image Submission:
- The submissions should be saved in a flattened JPEG or JPG format. (keep them under 4MB, 1,200px wide is preferable, 300dpi, RGB).
2024 Entry Deadline & Fees:
Early Bird: 10 Nov 2023 — 13 Dec 2023 ($199)
Regular: 14 Dec 2023 — 24 Jan 2024 ($209)
Final: 25 Jan 2024 — 21 Feb 2024 ($229)
Final Extension: 22 Feb 2024 — 20 Mar 2024 ($239)
Winning Level:
There are FOUR (4) levels of achievement in the competition:
Product Design of the Year
Product Designer of the Year
Gold: Average score between 85 - 100
Silver: Average score between 60 – 84
Judging:
Judging is blind. All entrant information is removed from entries to prevent bias/conflict of interest.
The prestige of the NY Product Design Awards competition relies in large part on the high caliber of the juries, whom we vetted to review submissions. The jury panel comprised of experienced professionals in their field and industry, including creative designers and art directors from international agencies, product designers, educators, marketers, manufacturers or business owners, and exemplify diversity in professional experience, geography, gender, and ethnicity. All judges are selected based on experience, availability and credibility to their respective industry.
Evaluation Criteria:
Judges score on a scale of 1-100, based on the below criteria:
Form
Creativity & Innovation
Finishing & Functionality
Impact
The NY Product Design Awards and International Awards Associate Inc's (IAA) decision are final in its sole discretion and binding in relation to all matters relating to Competitions and may not be subject to any discussions or correspondence.
Results Announcement:
All winners of the 2024 competition will be announced on May 15, 2024 via the NY Product Design Awards’ official page. All registered participants can then login to see the winning works.
Prizes:
The Product Design / Designer of the Year Winners will receive a complimentary limited-edition trophy and professionally designed certificate.
One professionally designed certificate commemorating the winning entry, which includes entry title, entering company/winners' name and category. Decal will be affixed indicating the level of win.
Top tier (Gold and Silver) winners will be featured on NY Product Design Awards site's Gallery, where professionals can view your work.
A press release template sent to major industry outlets, celebrating your win.
Professionally designed logos for use on websites, in email signatures, etc.
In addition to the complimentary certificates, Gold and Silver winners may purchase beautiful Ava statuettes, and/or additional customized certificates.
Gold and Silver winners will get featured by the NY Product Design Awards on social media or our media partner on Muse.World’s website.