A' Design Award Announces 2018 Winners

Written by Collin Abdallah
Published on May 18, 2018

A’ Design Award & Competition, the world’s largest and most diffuse international design awards, has announced results of their 2017–2018 design awards, featuring 1,962 Winners from 100 countries in 99 different design disciplines. Entries were evaluated by an internationally influential jury panel composed of established scholars, prominent press members, creative design professionals and experienced entrepreneurs who carefully analyzed each entry.

This year's winners add to the rich database of architectural inspiration already established by past iterations of the award that celebrate the latest trends in arts, architecture, and technology. The online gallery of winners is available here, as well as interviews with the winning designers.

There are five different levels of distinction: Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron A’ Design Awards, which are distributed annually in all design disciplines. Designers, companies, and institutions from all countries are invited annually to take part in the open call by nominating their best works, projects, and products for consideration.

The A’ Design Awards are given for Good Spatial Design (Architecture, Interior Design, Urban Design and Landscape Design), Good Industrial Design (Product Design, Appliance Design, Vehicle Design and Machinery Design), Good Communication Design (Graphics Design, Interaction Design and Marketing Design), Good Fashion Design (Garment Design, Fashion Accessory Design and Footwear Design), Good System Design (Service Design, Design Strategy, Quality & Innovation) as well as for Achievements in Arts & Literature.

Although the 2017–2018 edition is over, entry for the 2018–2019 competition is now open; interested designers, artists, architects and companies can register and submit their works here, where you can also find further information regarding the design competition such as evaluation criteria, key dates, list of jury members, entry forms and presentation guidelines. A small selection of the 2018 winners in the architecture-related categories can be seen below:

Light Waterfall Sales Center by Kris Len
Platinum A' Design Award Winner for Architecture, Building and Structure Design Category

Arachne - A 3D Printed Building Facade by Lei Yu
Golden A' Design Award Winner for Architecture, Building and Structure Design Category

Carabinieri Headquarter Public Building by Maurizio Bradaschia
Bronze A' Design Award Winner for Architecture, Building and Structure Design Category

Mu-Mu Photography Studio by Ming-hung Tsai
Silver A' Design Award Winner for Interior Space and Exhibition Design Category

888 Boylston Street Public Plaza by Mikyoung Kim Design
Golden A' Design Award Winner for Landscape Planning and Garden Design Category

The Curtain Sales Office by Qun Wen
Platinum A' Design Award Winner for Architecture, Building and Structure Design Category

Taki Residence by Hikohito Konishi
Golden A' Design Award Winner for Architecture, Building and Structure Design Category

Beijing Jinmao Residence Flat Villa by Tina Sheng and Li Yue
Golden A' Design Award Winner for Interior Space and Exhibition Design Category

Pallet Restaurant and Micro Brewery by Ketan Jawdekar
Platinum A' Design Award Winner for Hospitality, Recreation, Travel and Tourism Design Category

Chords of Wind, Futureland Interior Design by Quan Huang
Silver A' Design Award Winner for Interior Space and Exhibition Design Category

Exhale Public Plaza by Mikyoung Kim Design
Platinum A' Design Award Winner for Landscape Planning and Garden Design Category

Tama Restaurant and Bar by Nexus Design
Bronze A' Design Award Winner for Interior Space and Exhibition Design Category

Urban Eden Residential Villa Showroom by Ji Pan
Golden A' Design Award Winner for Interior Space and Exhibition Design Category

Lakeside Living House and Garden by Stephan Maria Lang
Bronze A' Design Award Winner for Architecture, Building and Structure Design Category

QINGTIE CR Town Sales Center by LSDCASA and Studio HBA
Platinum A' Design Award Winner for Interior Space and Exhibition Design Category

Sculpture White Residential Villa by Huang Ching-Wen
Bronze A' Design Award Winner for Architecture, Building and Structure Design Category

Genzon Kexing Technology Park D4 Mixed-Use Tower by PH Alpha Design Ltd
Silver A' Design Award Winner for Architecture, Building and Structure Design Category