Product Designer of the Year Competition

Entry FEEs
Professional
$250 for each entry

Student
$50 for each entry

We invite product designers to submit their work in the following categories:

Home Interior Products
Media and Home
Electronics
Sustainable Living/Environmental Preservation
Outdoor and Exercise Equipment
Transportation

AWARDS
TITLES
Product Designer of the Year, Professional
The product designer of the year will receive publication of his/her work in the 2008 International Design Awards art book, to be distributed to museum bookstores nationwide; promotion in an newletter to 100,000 design professionals and potential clients worldwide; year-long coverage on the International Design Awards website; and critical acclaim by our distinguished panel of judges.

Emerging Product Designer of the Year, Student
This award will be awarded to a student who has demonstrated devotion to elevating the art of product design. He/she will receive publication of his/her work in the 2008 International Design Awards art book, to be distributed to museum bookstores nationwide; promotion in an newletter to 100,000 design professionals and potential clients worldwide; year-long coverage on the International Design Awards website; and critical acclaim by our distinguished panel of judges.

International Designer of the Year, Professional
The Architecture, Interior, Fashion, Graphic and Product Designers of the Year will also compete for this title, awarded to one visionary in either architecture or the design of interiors, products, graphics or fashion who demonstrates extraordinary vision and creativity in his/her approach to designing the man-made world. He/she will receive a multi-platform media blast to professionals and memebers of the design press internationally.

Discovery of the Year, Student
Student winners in each competition compete for this title, awarded to one student in either architecture or the design of interiors, products, graphics or fashion who demonstrates extraordinary vision and creativity in his/her approach to designing the man-made world. He/she will receive a multi-platform media blast to professionals and memebers of the design press internationally.

celebration of winners' work at a show at the Museum of Design Art and Architecture, Los Angeles, fall 2008

press campaign to over 100,000, with links to winners' websites

inclusion in the IDA Design Directory, with contact information of all IDA winners, and on the IDA website Gallery of Winning Work.

Color Feature in the 2008 IDA book of winners' work, distributed through Distributed Art Publishers to museum and design bookstores.

Exposure to our JURY, from Dwell magazine, Los Angeles Times, House Beautiful, Los Angeles Fashion Awards, apartment therapy, coolhunting.com, Rhode Island School of Design, USC School of Architecture, and others, including:
Rido Busse, Chairman of the German Trade and Industry Board; Professor at the Design School in Ulm, Germany, and designer of the celebrated Krups mixing bowls, Soehnle kitchen scales and other designs for Zeiss, IBM, Yamaha.
Newell Turner, Style Director, House Beautiful
Kelly Wearstler, Los Angeles-based interior designer and star of BravoTV's "Top Design"
Josh Rubin, Editor-in-Chief and Publisher, cool hunting (www.coolhunting.com)

HOW TO ENTER
Entries may be submitted by any company or individual involved in the creation or production of the project, including designers, the firm, clients, etc. If one individual is not the sole creator, all other participants significantly contributing to the design of the project must be given credit as part of the submission, regardless of professional discipline. Name the team in your online submission, and credit will be given to all who contributed in the project.

Projects will not be judged until payments have been received in one of the following ways:
1. Enter and pay online. Click on "Enter Now" to create a password and log in. When you enter your work online an entry ID will be supplied to you. Enter all representations of your project online. Submit ../08/images of projects as Photoshop TIFF, JPG (800 pixels) or PDF files. You may choose to pay online via PayPal account or via VISA or MC on PayPal.

2. Enter and pay offline. Download and print PDF entry form, complete it by hand and send PDF entry form and all materials to International Design Awards, 844 S. Robertson Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90035. You may pay via check or money order payable to the International Design Awards; or via VISA or MC as filled out on the PDF entry form. Fees must be paid in U.S. currency. Indicate firm name (or student name), design name, entry id # and phone # on all materials sent offline.

3. Enter online and pay offline via check or credit card. Click on "Enter Now" to create a password and log in. When you enter your work online an entry ID will be supplied to you. On the payment page choose Pay Offline. Please print the form and mail it with your payment. Make sure to write this entry ID on your check. Mail it to: International Design Awards, 844 S. Robertson Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90035.

4. Enter offline and pay online. Click on "Enter Now" to create a password and log in. When you create your password, you will be prompted to describe your work online. Do so; then if you do not wish to then upload ../08/images, go straight past the next page to "Make your Payment." Pay online via PayPal, print the payment form online and mail it with your entry materials to: International Design Awards, 844 S. Robertson Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90035. Indicate firm name (or student name), design name, entry id # and phone # on back all materials sent offline.

Entries submitted without entry fee attached or pre-paid via PayPal will be disqualified. Entries not paid for and received at IDA or uploaded by the deadline will not be considered. iDA retains the right to disqualify any entry that does not meet our basic requirements.

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