The European Design Awards is a prestigious annual competition that brings together the best examples of communication design from across Europe. It is a joint initiative of major communication design media in the continent and is recognized as one of the most significant design awards on an international scale.

Submitted works are evaluated by three specialised juries composed of representatives from the leading design media and institutions in Europe. The jury members are all design editors, publishers, critics, and academics who regularly curate communication design. This makes them the most qualified design award jury in Europe.

There are eight main categories:

• Branding
• Publications
• Promotion
• Packaging
• Digital
• Illustration
• Internal Production
• Miscellaneous

Also, besides the main categories there are three special prizes: Jury’s Prize, Agency of the Year, Best of show.

The European Design Awards wraps up with a festival in a different city every year, leading up to the awards ceremony. This creates an ideal opportunity for the most creative people of our community to come together, benchmark, be inspired and celebrate.

The Standard Submission entry fee is 169 Euro per entry. There is also a volume discount for 5 or more submissions (135,12 Euro/entry). The entry fee for Student Submission is 40 Euro.

Eligibility

All designers living or working within Europe may participate. Designers in Europe may submit work done for clients outside Europe. Designers who are not based within Europe may only submit work that was created for the European market.

Prize

Submissions are carefully reviewed in March, and all winners are notified at the start of April. The official ED-Awards ceremony for this year will be held during the European Design Festival (set to take place in Luxembourg, the heart of Europe, from May 31st to June 4).