AIA New York is the oldest and largest chapter of the American Institute of Architects with more than 5,000 architects, allied professionals, students, and public members interested in architecture and design. AIANY is dedicated to three goals: design excellence, public outreach, and professional development.

More information here: aiany.org

EIDE - Basque Design Association is a non-profit organisation that brings together professionals and companies in the fields of strategic, industrial, graphic, space and service design in the Basque Country and Navarre.

Since 1986 it has pursued the following objectives, among others:

• To disseminate and promote the role of Design as a strategic factor in innovation and business competitiveness.

• To promote Design and its professionals of the Basque Country and Navarre to other public, economic, cultural and social agents.

• To contribute to making the Basque Country and Navarre a national and international reference for Design.

• To promote the professional practice of Design based on sustainability and social responsibility.

• To represent the interests of the collective in those decision-making forums of interest.

• To encourage meetings and exchanges between professionals and collaboration with other associations and organisations that promote design.

• To support young designers in their incorporation into the professional market and in their professional development.

The Kids Design Association is a non-profit organization (NPO) aiming to contribute to creating a social environment that leads to the healthy growth and development of children, who make up the next generation.

The Association consists of various member companies and other organizations supporting the Association, which conducts activities under three design missions. The objectives of the Association are to widely publicize and disseminate these kids’ design principles and thereby expand the development of products and creation of content taking the standpoint of children into consideration.

Website: https://kidsdesign.jp/

Established in 2010, Brasil Design Award belongs to the Brazilian Association of Design Companies (ABEDESIGN).

The award has ten main categories: Branding, Craft For Design, Environment Design, Packaging Design, Positive Impact Design, Product Design, Service Design, Digital Design, Editorial Design and Graphic Design. The categories are divided into 72 subcategories and seek to represent the Brazilian design scene.

Website: https://brasildesignaward.com.br/

The ABRE Award for Brazilian Packaging selects the packages that stand out as icons of excellence in quality, technology, design, functionality, sustainability in the product life cycle and innovation. The way the ABRE Award is divided emphasizes the main packaging user markets and the strategic attributes of packaging. Through the award of the GOLD, SILVER and / or BRONZE trophy, the ABRE Award gives the winners the merit for excellence in the development of packaging, promoting the national and international appreciation of the companies involved and their packaging.


Website: http://www.premioabre.org.br/

The Taiwan Interior Design Award (TID Award) is the largest competition platform to promote interior design in the Greater China region.

The TID also serves as an important platform where creative minds and elite Asian designers come together to exchange, converge and observe their essential field studies on contemporary Asian lifestyle and regional culture in order to present the diversity of modern "space". Since 2007, the TID Award has been extended from Taiwan to the entire Asia-Pacific region. Rising stars compete with veterans for the best designs. A TID Award has become one of the most professional design awards in the Greater China region. Regardless of nationality, designers who have ideas for creative interior design and consider interior design to be socially responsible are invited to participate.

Website: https://www.tidaward.org.tw/

Taipei is a dynamic and innovative city, and the Taipei Design Award has been organized by the Industrial Development Bureau of Taipei Municipal Government since 2008, and this year marks its 17th edition. With the vision of "Making design the driving force for shaping a better future", we will publicly collect outstanding works and build Taipei City into a platform for creative design convergence, so as to explore creative design with business potential, encourage social design, expand their influence, and strengthen the added value of enterprises and products, thereby enhancing the development of the design industry.

In order to encourage designers to take design as their own responsibility, solve the problems that the public and society must face, jointly promote sustainable urban development, and strengthen the close link between the Taipei Design Award brand and the Taipei City, the Taipei Impact Design Award was also established to collect works, activities or solutions that use "design" to improve the well-being of Taipei citizens, enhance Taipei's urban image, or promote Taipei's industrial development.

The Taipei Design Award is not only a competition, but also a platform for creative exchange and design sharing, promoting cross-domain dialogue and creating a better life, thus driving the value of the overall industry chain.

Website: https://taipeidaward.taipei/

Established in 1981, Taiwan’s Golden Pin Design Award is the most influential design award in the global Huaren market.

The planning and handling of the awards, the prize-giving ceremony, and all other related activities are executed by Taiwan Design Research Institute (TDRI). In 2015, the Golden Pin Design Award launched three separate awards – the GOLDEN PIN DESIGN AWARD, GOLDEN PIN CONCEPT DESIGN AWARD, and YOUNG PIN DESIGN AWARD. The purpose of each award is to commend outstanding innovation in design within different target demographics.

Website: https://www.goldenpin.org.tw/en/

The award is co-organized by the Taiwan External Trade Development Council and the Taiwan Bicycle Association.

iF DESIGN ASIA Ltd. Taiwan, subsidiary of iF International Forum Design GmbH in Germany, was commissioned to organize the award. This award has become an important distinction for the global bicycle industry since its introduction in 2012. It awards outstanding innovative products in the bicycle industry that anticipate and reflect trends in the industry. The winning products are exhibited every year at TAIPEI CYCLE.

Website: https://ifdesign.com/en/taipeicycle-d-and-i-awards

The ADI Awards of ADI-FAD, the Industrial Design Association of Fostering Arts and Design, have been granted since 1961 recognizing the work of designers and both national and international companies.

Their goal is to celebrate excellence in industrial design and acknowledge its importance as the expression of the economic, social, and cultural values of our society. As well as contributing to record and display the legacy companies and designers contribute year after year. The ADI Awards bring together the main recognitions in the field of product design in Spain, over this 59 years there have been 40 editions of the Delta Awards, for professionals and industrial design companies; the ADI Medals, for product design students, since 1976; and the ADI Culture Awards, for those projects which promote and value the culture of design, since 2016.

ADI Awards ceremony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TCjjA6_O38

ADI Awards web: https://www.adifad.org/premis/

ADI-FAD web: https://www.adifad.org

Established to connect the value of spatial design to the future, the KUKAN DESIGN AWARD is the most esteemed of such awards in Japan.

The mission behind the KUKAN DESIGN AWARD is to mine the solutions of our society’s multi-faceted challenges and break through to a hopeful future. Activities associated with the KUKAN DESIGN AWARD focus on creating places and opportunities for the myriad people passionate about design to assemble and collectively hone their craft. These activities bring to light new design values and talent, both domestic and international, and build a creative platform serving as an index for future generations.

Website: https://kukan.design/en/detail-guidelines/