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AMBERIF Design Award

Amberif / International Amber Association

An international competition promoting Baltic amber as a medium for artistic jewelry expression, tied to the Amberif trade fair.

📍 Gdańsk, PolandPaidMedium

#competition#jewelry-design#craft

Apply → amberif.pl

Australian Furniture Design Award (AFDA)

Stylecraft / National Gallery of Victoria

One of Australia's richest design prizes for a furniture concept, with a commercialization opportunity through manufacturer Stylecraft.

📍 AustraliaPaidHard

#prize#furniture-design#australia

Apply → ngv.vic.gov.au

Berlin International Sound Design Competition

Berlin International Film Scoring Competition

Sound designers create foley, sound effects, and dialogue for a supplied five-minute animated film.

📍 Germany (international entries)PaidMedium

#competition#sound-design#film

Apply → bifsc.org

Dorothy Waxman International Textile Design Prize

New York Textile Month

An annual prize honoring sustainable, innovative textile design by current students or recent graduates, sponsored by the Mohawk Group.

📍 United States (international student eligibility)PaidMedium

#prize#textile-design#sustainability

Apply → textilemonth.nyc

LAMP International Lighting Design Competition

An independent juried competition championing emerging lighting designers across professional, student, and manufactured-product categories.

📍 Vancouver, Canada (international entries)PaidMedium

#competition#lighting-design#student

Apply → lampthecompetition.com

SIT Furniture Design Award

A global furniture design award with an Emerging Furniture Designer category and a cash prize to help build a working prototype.

📍 InternationalPaidMedium

#prize#furniture-design#product-design

Apply → sitaward.com

Kokuyo Design Award

An annual stationery, furniture, and everyday-tool design competition open globally, judged on originality and practical usability, with a substantial cash grand prize.

📍 Global (online submission)PaidMedium

#competition#design#product-design

Apply → kokuyo-award.org

Stanford Center on Longevity Design Challenge at Stanford Center on Longevity

Stanford Center on Longevity Design Challenge

Stanford Center on Longevity

A design competition for student teams proposing products or services that improve healthy aging and human longevity, judged in a final pitch round.

📍 Global (online); finals at Stanford, USAPaidHard

#competition#design#healthcare

Apply → longevity.stanford.edu

Toyota Logistic Design Competition

A design competition inviting student teams to propose 2D or 3D circular-economy object designs addressing transportation and material-use challenges.

📍 Global (online submission)PaidMedium

#competition#design#sustainability

Apply → toyota-mobility.com

Samsung Solve for Tomorrow at Samsung

Samsung Solve for Tomorrow

A competition challenging students to design a product, app, or service idea that solves a real-world community problem, with incubation support for finalist teams.

📍 Multiple countriesPaidMedium

#competition#innovation#product-design

Apply → samsung.com

James Dyson Award

James Dyson Foundation

An international student design-engineering award recognizing inventions that solve real problems, judged first nationally and then by James Dyson himself at the international stage.

📍 Global (submission by country)PaidMedium

#competition#design#engineering

Apply → jamesdysonaward.org

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