The Grand iF DESIGN AWARD 2025 Jury
At the iF DESIGN AWARD 2025, 131 renowned designers from 23 nations make up the iF expert jury panel. Their task: Find and honor the best designs of the world. Every year, we work on building an even more prestigious and multifaceted design jury.
The jury process is divided in two stages: In the Online Preselection, where our international jury selects 50 percent of the best designs to enter the physical Final Jury - the second stage of our jury process. For three days, they decide on the next winners of the iF DESIGN AWARD and vote on who would receive one of the coveted Gold awards! All entries are evaluted on the basis of five criteria. Starting 2025, Sustainability will make up one fifth of the evaluation criteria in all 82 categories. To this end, we have set up a Sustainability Working Group to help integrate key elements of environmental and social impact into the jury.
THE CHAIRPERSONS
Our jury process is based on a redesigned jury structure. Chairpersons will guide all jury groups. The Chairpersons are higly experienced design experts and jurors, helping, overseeing and securing the whole evaluation process. They are passionate advocates for transparency and objectivity: only the quality of a design determines the results of the award. They are appointed for three years - get to know them below:
THE JURORS
Design is changing and so should the jury: iF Design puts much effort into finding a high profile international jury. We proudly believe, that only a well balanced design excellence jury makes for more interesting discussions, more profound decisions, and helps avoid unconscious cultural biases.
The jury’s task is to provide all participants with the most in-depth feedback possible on the quality of their submission. Each juror will enter his or her detailed assessment of each entry into the iF Digital Jury Tool©, which will then be available to the participant.