IDA 2024 NOW OPEN -- Final Deadline November 30, 2024
Architecture/Interior Design Grant: ($5,000)
Product Design Grant: ($5,000)
Graphic Design Grant: ($2,000)
Fashion Design Grant: ($2,000)
The International Design Awards, in collaboration with the European Product Design Awards, recently issued a call for entries to the Covid-19 Design Innovation Grant, as a way to find and support those who were working to provide innovative solutions to tackle some of the most pressing problems and needs during the Coronavirus Pandemic. The response was overwhelming, with hundreds of creative designs submitted from all over the world.
Our thanks appreciation go out to all of those who used their time and skill and passion to help meet the needs of their community and the world during this truly challenging time.
Below are the Top 10 picks in the category of Architecture and Interior Design, which challenged designers to present a simple, practical, innovative solution for an in-home isolation pod that would allow those with COVID-19 symptoms and others to safely co-habit without transmitting the virus.
The Winner of the $5,000 Grant is Sarah Goldblatt – Safe Shed. Congratulations!
Top 10 Architecture/Interior Design Entries:
Sarah Goldblatt
Architecture/Interior
Mohamed El Arabi
Architecture/Interior
MAY ALI
Architecture/Interior
Neevriti Studio
Architecture/Interior
Faldo Andreo Honggowidjojo
Architecture/Interior
Darya Semenova
Architecture/Interior
Chih-Kang Hsu
Architecture/Interior
Nistor Mircea Dragos
Architecture/Interior
Daniel Caven
Architecture/Interior
Hao Wu
Architecture/Interior
Below are the Top 10 picks in the category of Product Design, which invite product designers to design ventilators or other life-saving equipment that can be affordably produced and distributed.
The Winner of the $5,000 Grant is David Bassetti – Positive Air Pressure Respirator. Congratulations!
Top 10 Product Design Entries:
Daniela Hazel Ruiz López
Product Design
Federica Marrella Cecilia Polonara
Product Design
Rron Cena
Product Design
Thomas Kilmar
Product Design
Kirk Wilhelmsen
Product Design
Michal Swoboda
Product Design
Daniil Frants
Product Design
Genie Anggita
Product Design
David Bassetti
Product Design
Curtis Kline
Product Design
Below are the Top 10 picks in the category of Graphic Design, which invited graphic designers and illustrators to submit their designs for a resource to help the public protect themselves, prevent spreading the virus to others, or deal with the psychological effects of isolation.
The Winner of the $2,000 Grant is Nakevia Miller – COVID-19 Austin Area Response project. Congratulations!
Top 10 Graphic Design Entries:
Elsa Carenbauer
Graphic Design
Annalisa Raho
Graphic Design
Bill Dussinger
Graphic Design
Jessica Esch
Graphic Design
Sharon Davis
Graphic Design
James Annan
Graphic Design
Nakevia Miller
Graphic Design
Chiara Zhu
Graphic Design
Enea Mauro
Graphic Design
Harriet Tzou
Graphic Design
Below are the Top 10 picks in the category of Fashion Design, which invited fashion designers to create fashionable and reusable masks or protective gear to help stop the spread of the virus.
The Winner of the $2,000 Grant is Danielle Elsener – DECODE. Congratulations!
Top 10 Fashion Design Design Entries:
Alexey Vinokurov
Fashion Design
Anna Blazhnova
Fashion Design
Carlos Cardenas
Fashion Design
Kam Yat HUI
Fashion Design
Danielle Elsener
Fashion Design
Lingxiao Luo
Fashion Design
Nathalie Armand-Bradley
Fashion Design
Matthys van Leeuwen
Fashion Design
Robert Dabi
Fashion Design
Gary Ljamin
Fashion Design