The applications for the UX Design Awards 2020 are now open. It is a global UX Designing competition for user experience and is open for products, services, environments, prototypes, and concepts as well as for future-oriented visions.

The International Design Center Berlin (IDZ) calls all the companies, start-ups, design agencies, development offices, students, graduates and industry-related consortia of companies, research institutions and universities worldwide to participate in this UX Designing Competition. IDZ offers companies access to consulting and expertise in the field of design; promotes knowledge exchange; and realizes projects and events. The institution works in active dialogue with representatives from politics, culture, and science at national and international levels.

Categories

The competition is open for the following categories

• Product/UX Design Award: Market-ready or new products, services and environments
• Concept/UX Design Award: Product studies, service concepts, conceptual environments (development perspective: 2 – 5 years)
• Vision/UX Design Award: Foresight concepts, advanced design studies, research projects (development perspective: more than 10 years)
• New Talent/UX Design Award: Bachelor and master projects in the fields of experience design, interaction design, industrial and product design as well as service design

Evaluation Criteria

All the entries must solve a relevant challenge in an elegant and useful way as well as should be self-explanatory and reflect the overall user experience. The candidate must design and present the submission from the user perspective and also should outline the extended context of the solution.

Basically, the jury made the decision on the basis of relevance, empowerment, innovation, user-centric design, etc. Click here to see more information about the evaluation criteria.

Benefits/Prize

• Internationally recognized title, awarded by renowned design research and business experts as well as an award ceremony as a high-profile media event (including professional photos and videos).
• Opportunity to be a part of the global community for UX leadership as well as increase visibility and recognition.
• High visibility for all nominated projects (including press, social media, website, newsletter); also an additional promotion opportunity for award winners.
• Pass to attend UX Design Awards exhibition at the global tech show IFA in Berlin (250,000 visitors, 6,000 media representatives).
• Access to the network of IDZ with knowledge exchange and insights into current trends and future developments.

Fee and Payment

• Submission Fee: € 320 *
• Submission Fee New Talent: € 50

The jury will examine the application and admit the candidate to the nomination procedure upon the payment of the submission fee. The fee applies per submission. April 15, 2020, is the last day to submit an entry.

Candidates must read the General Terms and Conditions