A' Photo Award

A' Photo Award is an international, juried design accolade established to recognize and promote good photos.

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What is A' Photo Award

A' Photo Award

A' Photo Award is an international, juried design accolade established to recognize and promote good photos.

Good photo deserves great recognition.

A' Photo Award is your tool of choice to advertise, publicize and promote your good photos, to make your great photos publicly known, appreciated and loved in all major countries, in all major languages, so that you and your good photo work gets the righteous attention you truly deserve and entitled to.

A' Photo Award’s media exposure provides victorious designers with the chance to attain national and international fame, to honor them as well as to incentivize them, but most importantly, to help their work reach their true potential.

It is free to sign-up for A' Photo Award, it is free to upload your photo and it is free, anonymous, confidential and obligation-free to obtain a preliminary score, before you nominate your work for A' Photo Award consideration.

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FAME, PRESTIGE, PUBLICITY
Dominate Photo Industry by winning a prestigious, respected and coveted award that gets you published and promoted worldwide.


TROPHY, CERTIFICATE, YEARBOOK
Claim your 3D Metal Printed Photo Award Trophy, your Certificate of Photo Excellence, Photo Award-Winner Logo and Your Yearbook of Award-Winning Projects.


EXHIBITION, PR & GALA-NIGHT
Empower your photos with a well-designed, world-class public relations programme. Get exhibited in Italy and internationally. Get invited to the Gala-Night and Award Ceremony.


Plates Visual Communication
Eye Candy Creative Photography
Insect Sculptures Advertising
Found Awareness
Life From Stone Exhibition
SAMSA Photography Artwork
Metamorphosis Art
Peace Photo Collage
Haezer Album Art
Miniature Size Landscape Photography
Eons Exhibition Photography Series
Pine Lady Costume
Sacred trees Photograph
AMG photography, lighting
Lastlight Fine Art Photography
We Set Sail Album Art
Accents And Form Art Decor
Hand Still Participatory Art
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SEE THE WINNERS
A' Photo Award winner showcase is a source of amazing and unlimited inspiration and creativity for everyone interested in good photo.


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VEDI I VINCITORI
Affluent customers and design buyers regularly check A' Design Award winner showcase, featuring 18.463 winners in all categories, to find latest, trendsetting products, projects, arts and design.


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JOIN PHOTOS AWARD
Good photo deserves great recognition, if you have a good photo, nominate it for A' Photo Award, and you too may become a winner and get your design recognized, respected, promoted and advertised worldwide.


Vision

VISION
The A' Design Award aims to highlight, advertise and promote good photo for a better future. A' Photo Award aims to channel the attention of press, interactive medias, design journalists, distributors and buyers to the award winners.


Mission

MISSION
Provide a fair, ethical, apolitical and competitive platform for companies, designers and innovators from all fields with different experience levels, different disciplines and market focus to compete on. A' Photo Award aims to provide a global audience for award winners to showcase their success and talents to.


Action

ACTION
The A' Photo Award is an international indicator of quality and perfection in photo, the A' Photo Award is recognized worldwide and takes the attention of design-oriented companies, professionals and interest groups.


Photo Awardees

WHO IS AWARDED?
The A' Photo Award is given to best photos. Submission is open to all concept stage works, prototypes as well as finished works and realized projects.


Photo Trophy Details

UNIQUE AWARD TROPHY
The A' Photo Award Trophy was designed to be realized by the newest production techniques in order to underline the innovation behind award-winning designs.


Photo Innovation

HIGHLIGHTING INNOVATION
The A' Photo Award Trophies are realized by 3D metal printing of stainless steel. Platinum and Gold Trophies and are electro plated in gold color.


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WHAT IS AWARDED?
You can nominate original and innovative photo work designed within the last 5 years; including but not limited to products, projects, services, experiences and designs..


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WHO IS AWARDED?
The A' Photo Award is open to all entities, especially accepting nominations from brands, manufacturers, creative agencies, architecture offices and design studios..


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WHEN IS AWARDED?
There are six entry periods, First, Early, Standard, Late, Last, Omega. It is recomended to join before the end of Late Entry Deadline, that is on February 28th. Results are announced every year, starting from April 15th to winners and May 1st to Public.


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PHOTO EXHIBITION
The Museum of Outstanding Design, the moving design museum was founded by A' Design Award & Competition in order to exhibit the award-winning photos in Italy and abroad, internationally.


Exhibit of award-winning designs

ARE YOU IN THE MOOD?
Eligible A' Photo Award winners are provided free of charge exhibition space in the MOOD. No matter how big or small your photo, it will be exhibited.


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WE DO IT FOR YOU
If you are unable to send a physical version of your award-winning photo, A' Photo Award will prepare a large poster presentation and exhibit your work on behalf of you.


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Design exhibition in trade show in India
Exhibition of award-winning designs in India
Design award exhibition in China
Exhibition of awarded designs in China
Design exhibition in tradeshow
International design exhibition

INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION
A' Design Award works hard to exhibit all award-winning photos in multiple countries each year to ensure your photo is properly exhibited worldwide.


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TRAVELING THE CONTINENTS
For each international design exhibition, as well as for exhibition of your photos in Italy, you will be given a certificate of exhibition that may be relevant for your academic progression.


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SHOWCASE YOUR PHOTO
We will also provide you with photos of your works from the international photo exhibitions we organize, and you may find these photos useful in promoting your photo to new audiences.


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40×40 EXHIBITIONS
40×40 Exhibitions are international good design exhibitions featuring outstanding works of 40 Designers from 40 Countries.


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GOOD DESIGN EXHIBITION
The A' Photo Award Winners are invited to take part in 40×40 Exhibitions by sending their works. Acceptance to 40×40 Exhibition is subject to the exhibition curator.


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POWER TO YOU
The A' Photo Award laureates are also empowered to host and curate their own 40×40 Exhibitions, allowing them to take the center stage as the curators.


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MUSEO DEL DESIGN
Museo del Design, the super contemporary design museum in Como, Italy will be accepting select A' Photo Award winner photos to its permanent collection.


Exhibition of designs in the museum

AWARD WINNER'S EXHIBITION
All A' Photo Award Winners are exhibited at Museo del Design at the annual A' Design Award Winner's Exhibition, free of charge.


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PUBLIC EXHIBITION
The A' Photo Award Exhibition at Museo del Design, located right behind Villa Olmo, allows the award-winning works to get exposed to affluent design-loving tourists visiting Como, Italy.


Award Certificate

PHOTO AWARD CERTIFICATE
Eligible award-winning photos are given a unique framed certificate, printed on heavy paper, featuring the name of the awarded work, achievement status and the designer.


Certificate in Frame

CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE
The A' Photo Award Winners' Certificate is a great tool to communicate your outstanding achievement to your audiences. The A' Design Award Winners' Certificate is stamped, signed, framed and presented to you during gala-night.


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FEATURES A QR CODE
The A' Photo Award Certificate features a QR Code which could be scanned by QR Code Readers in order to check the validity of the certificate.


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WINNER PHOTOS YEARBOOK
The A' Photo Award winners are published in the annual yearbook by DesignerPress in Italy. The yearbooks helps to disseminate the award-winning photos.


Award-winning designs yearbook

SEND TO PRESS
The Hardcopy version of the A' Design Award Winner Designs Yearbook is distributed to key press members, universities and design associations.


Yearbook of good designs

GOOD DESIGNS ARE PUBLISHED
All A' Photo Award Winner Designs are included in the winners' yearbook free of charge. Laureates of the A' Photo Award are all listed as co-editors of the book.


Winner Design Yearbook
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Backcover of Yearbook
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HARDCOVER & DIGITAL
The A' Photo Award Winners Annual Yearbook are available as hard-copy editions in addition to digital editions, designed, registered, printed and distributed in Italy, in English, registered with valid ISBN numbers.


Preface from the design book

HIGH-QUALITY PRINTING
The A' Photo Award books are full color digital printed on acid-free paper to preserve the design for long periods of time, and are great additions to any design library.


Co-editors page of the design book

GET & CHECK IT
The hardcover versions of the winner's yearbooks are gifted to laureates of the A' Photo Award free of charge during gala-night and award ceremony. Yearbooks are available for sale at select retailers and museum shops.


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Gala-Night Guests
Gala-Night Music
Gala-Night Ceremony
Gala-Night Celebration
Gala-Night Catering
Gala-Night Venue

THE GALA NIGHT
A' Photo Award organizes a unique gala night and award ceremony near the beautiful Como Lake in Italy for winners to celebrate their success.


Gala-Night Location

A' GRAND CELEBRATION
Press Members, Industry Leads, Prominent Designers and Companies are all invited in order to create networking opportunities for winners.


Gala-Night Reception

WINNERS ARE INVITED
Eligible A' Photo Award winners are able to participate the Gala-Night and Award-Ceremony free of charge. Winners have also opportunity to order additional tickets for their guests.


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Design Award Ceremony Garden
Award Ceremony Guests
Award Ceremony Venue
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Award Ceremony Location
Gala-Night Red Carpet

RED CARPET PHOTO EVENT
A' Photo Award gala night and award ceremony is super exclusive, black-tie, red-carpet event for photo.


Gala-Night Stage

BLACK TIE PHOTO EVENT
Very Important People, Ambassadors, Influential Journalists and Industry Juggernauts are provided VIP invitations to attend the A' Photo Award gala night and award ceremony.


Gala-Night Awarding Ceremony

FULL GLAMOUR PHOTO EVENT
Each and every eligible A' Photo Award winners are called to stage to celebrate their success and to retrieve their photo prize.


Guests of design award ceremony

LA NOTTE PREMIO A'
Celebration occasion exclusively reserved for top A' Photo Award winners. Hosted in addition to our gala night to celebrate the "Prime Designer of the Year" title.


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ARS FUTURA CULTURA
Designers meet to discuss strategies and policies to advance the design discipline. A' Photo Award winners may reserve their seat to join the meetings.


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ARTS FOR FUTURE
Ars Futura Cultura means arts cultivate the future, that is why A' Design Award & Competition invest heavily in promoting good design, art and architecture every year.


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Designer posing in front of design award gala-night wall
Design team posing in front of gala-night wall
Stylish designer in gala-night

WORLD DESIGN CONSORTIUM
World Design Consortium is a global design, architecture, innovation and engineering agency, winner of tens of thousands of awards.


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GOOD IN ALL INDUSTRIES
World Design Consortium have uniquely specialized members in each and every industry, especially photo, thanks to its world-class members representing the very brightest in all fields.


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MEMBERS IN ALL COUNTRIES
Winners of the A' Photo Award are invited to join the World Design Consortium. WDC Partners rely on each other to expand the range of services and capabilities they offer professionally.


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PATRONS & SPONSORS
Over the years, A' Photo Award have earned the patronage of many prestigious institutions. While the sponsors and patrons vary every year, the awards had been previously endorsed by institutions such as: BEDA, Bureau of European Design Associations, Politecnico di Milano University, Como Municipality Culture Department and Ragione Lombardia, among other respectable and reputable organizations.


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MARKETING INVESTMENT
Taking part in the A' Photo Award is almost totally risk free through preliminary preliminary checking service that tells how good your work is prior to nomination. Preliminary score is provided completely free of charge to each entrant. The A' Photo Award does not ask contractually obliged further fees from its winners. The A' Photo Award spends most of its operating income for promoting its laureates, creating a significant advertisement value. Companies and designers use the A' Photo Award Winner Logo to promote themselves and attract new customers.


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AWARD IN NUMBERS
The A' Photo Award is gaining significant popularity each year. Currently the A' Design Award has 300.247.469 page views, 194.954 members, 64.509 submissions, 1500 gala-night and exhibition participants, and winners from 122 countries. Updated numbers and statistics could be found at A' Design Award In-Numbers page. We believe numbers are important for designers to understand what it means to be a winner.


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Grand Award Jury logo on red background photograph of gala guests
Photograph of gala-night guests eagerly waiting for ceremony to begin
Lanyards from gala-night

A' PHOTO AWARD JURY
A' Design Award Jury is truly great and powerful, composed of 224 established professionals, influential press members and academics, each design is given importance and equal consideration during voting.


Designers checking artwork and designs in design exhibition

EXPERIENCED & BALANCED JURY
A' Design Award Jury although changes every year features a balanced composition of photo professionals, journalists, scholars and entrepreneurs to ensure each photo is voted fairly.


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RESEARCH THROUGH VOTING
During the voting processes, A' Photo Award jury members fill a custom criteria survey, and indicate how the photos should be voted better in the future.


Exhibition poster, cotton bag and merchandise

THE A' METHODOLOGY
A' Photo Award features a highly developed, ethical methodology for voting photos which makes use of standardised scoring, pre-established criteria and bias removal.


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STANDARDISED SCORE
A' Photo Award Scores are standardised based on the a) The Weights of Criteria, b) Average Score of Jury Members, c) Average Scores of All Years.


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INTUITIVE VOTING
A' Photo Award Jury votes online, therefore no jury member effects another jury member's votes, the voting panel is easy to use yet requires a careful analysis of the works to be voted.


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RESEARCH DRIVEN
A' Design Award and Competition was developed as a part of a Ph.D. thesis at Politecnico di Milano, in Milan, Italy, after analysis of over 800 Design Competitions.


Right page from design award yearbook

MORE RESEARCH
The A' Photo Award platform is constantly in development, and is improved thanks to survey results and through ongoing research in order to provide the most value for the competition participants.


Hardcover design yearbook page

FAIR COMPETITION
A' Photo Award is not affiliated with any subculture, politic group, interest group or institution, and the jury is equally free during voting, your photo will be judged fairly.


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Trophy silhouette seen on winner kit box
Do not stack more than eight sign seen on box
Silhouette of tropy

PHOTO PRIZE
The A' Photo Award Prize is composed of logo license, public relations, publicity and reputation services, as well as the winner's kit that contains physical items, such as trophy, yearbook and certificate.


Winner kit box

PHOTO AWARD PRIZE
Eligible A' Photo Award Winners will receive their personalized Winners' Kit Package that include printed and framed award certificate, 3D printed metal award trophy, A' Design Award Winners Yearbook, Award-winner's Manual Booklet, A3 Posters and A3 Certificate, and more.


Winner kit package

FREE AT GALA NIGHT
The A' Photo Award Winners' Kit is free and given to all pro-edition winners at the Gala-Night & Exhibition. If you are unable to join the gala-night and award celebration events, you can order your kit to be shipped to your address.


Highlight Your design value
Platinum Award winner logo
Gold Award Winner Logo
Silver Award Winner Logo

PHOTO AWARD WINNER LOGO
Winners of the A' Photo Award are provided a special license to use the photo award-winner logo. The A' Photo Award winner logo can be freely implemented to product packages, marketing materials, communications and public relation campaigns to help differentiate award-winning photos.


Bronze Award Winner Logo

AVAILABLE IN MANY FORMATS
The A' Photo Award Winners' Logo is available in many formats and can be incorporated into all sorts of advertisements free of charge, and can be used freely by your agents and dealers with regards to your award-winning photos.


Iron Award Winner Logo

LIFETIME USAGE
The Photo Award Winners' Logo is provided free of charge to all A' Photo Award winners, and A' Design Award and Competitions grants unlimited usage to winners, without yearly fees, without recurrent costs.


Platinum Selection Logo
Laureal Wreath
Award Winner Ribbon
Award Winner Black Flag

ADDED VALUE
A' Photo Award Winner Logo helps you communicate the excellent design values embedded in your photo to your customers, consumers and clients.


Award Winner Red Flag

IN COMMUNICATIONS
To leverage their award-winner status and get further benefits, A' Photo Award Winners use the logos in their communications prominently and visibly.


Award Winner Logo

MAKES THE DIFFERENCE
The A' Design Award Winner Logo's is expected to create a positive impact during a client's decision towards you and your work, and is designed to orient consumers and customers towards purchase of your photo.


Selection Badge
Platinum Trophy
Gold Trophy
Silver Trophy

SYMBOL OF EXCELLENCE
The A' Photo Award Winner Logo is an excellent symbol to communicate your design excellence, quality and capabilities.


Bronze Trophy

FOR ALL INDUSTRIES
There is a distinct award-winner logo for each and every industry. The photo award winner logo was designed following industry best practices, and taking into consideration historical use and heritage.


Iron Trophy

EXCLUSIVE FOR WINNERS
Many awards require annual payments for unlimited logo use license. A' Photo Award winners are able to use their award-winner logos unlimitedly and free of charge without annual licensing fees.


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DESIGN MEDIATION
Being an A' Photo Award winner is just the beginning, eligible laureates are provided with complimentary mediation and brokerage services for selling their conceptual designs.


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GENTLEMEN'S AGREEMENT
Designers are kind, polite individuals who might have difficulty in making contracts with businesses, but we will be there to help.


Design Mediator Signature

HELP WITH CONTRACTS
A' Design Award, together with Design Mediators, provides support to eligible designers to help form legal contracts with companies who are interested in buying design concepts.


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SALONE DEL DESIGNER
A' Design Award has founded the Salone del Designer, with the sole purpose to provide a platform for award winners to sell their designs.


Salone del Designer Website

SELL PHOTO CONCEPTS
A' Photo Award Winner Designers can set a sales price and also customize their contracts for selling their award-winning designs through the Salone del Designer platform.


Salone del Designer Platform

LIST YOUR DESIGNS FOR SALE
The Salone del Designer platform access and sales listing service is provided free of charge to all winners, however only award-winning designs can be listed for sale.


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THE DESIGNMEGASTORE
At DesignMegaStore winner designers and companies can sell any of their designs or products, not only winning entries.


Design Mega Store Packaging

SELL GOOD PHOTO
DesignerMegaStore normally requires a registration fee and annual listing fees to sell your photo. Registration and listing is provided free of charge to all winners without annual fees.


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%0 SALES COMMISSION
The DesignMegaStore is not just free for winners, but also does not take any commissions from the sales of designs, products or projects. You keep all the revenues.


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JOIN DESIGN TENDERS
Not just sell designs; but join design tenders to give a price quote for design and production of custom photo products, services and more for international buyers.

Sell Your Design

SELL HIGH-LEVEL SERVICES
Are you a manufacturer? Give price quotes to big buyers for turnkey design and manufacturing solutions. Are you a designer? Find high-profile requests.

Buy Design

EXCLUSIVE SERVICE
The BuySellDesign network is exclusive to A' Design Award Winners, who wish to provide photo services to worldwide clients.


Benefits for Winners

A unique public relations campaign will be made for the Photo Design Award winners. Your work and your details will be communicated to thousands of press contacts, and also we will prepare a media kit for you. You can use this professionally prepared media kit to contact local press contacts. The winning design and the designer or the design studio will also be featured in the design annual and yearbook which is distributed by Design PR Wire to key figures in the design industry such as high-profile editors, press members and multi-national companies.


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PROOF OF DESIGN CREATION
Can you prove that you are indeed the original creator of your work? The Proof of Creation certificate given by A' Design Award can be useful.


Protect Your Design

DULY SIGNED AND TIMESTAMPED
The Proof of Creation document is a signed and timestamped paper to help you prove that at a given time, you had the design concept in your hands.


Free Design Protection

FREE & EASY TO OBTAIN
A' Design Award provides an easy way to obtain the Proof of Design Creation document, free for all participants. Please note that this is not a patent or registration.


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GOOD PR SERVICES
A' Photo Award winners are provided with numerous public relations and promotion services through DesignPRWire to celebrate their success.

Public Relations for Design

BEHIND THE CURTAINS
The scope of PR Services is not just digital, throughout the year, DesignPRWire visits tradefairs and introduces winner photos to design-oriented companies.

Press Kit for Designers

CONNECT WITH PRESS
With services such as press release preparation and distribution, all free of charge, A' Photo Award increases your connectivity with the media and provides you with exposure throughout the year.


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PRESS RELEASE PREPARATION
A' Photo Award prepares a press release for all winner photos, in addition to allowing winners to upload their own releases to our platform for international press release distribution.


Press Release Preparation

PRESS RELEASE DISTRIBUTION
Photo Award Winner press releases are distributed by DesignPRWire to a wide range of press members including both the traditional and online digital media.


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IT IS FREE & HIGH RES.
Electronic multi-media press release preparation and distribution services are provided to all A' Photo Award winners automatically and without any payments.


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DESIGNER INTERVIEWS
A' Photo Award publishes interviews with the award winning designers at designerinterviews.com and all photo award winners are eligible for complimentary interviews.


Designer Interviews Website

PICKED BY THE PRESS
Designer Interviews are also available at A' Design Award Website and are part of the Electronic Press Kit that are distributed to media members and journalists.


Designer Interviews Platform

USED BY JOURNALISTS
Designer Interviews are provided in a way to encourage usage without attribution to A' Photo Award, this helps the press members to write their articles faster.


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PHOTO INTERVIEWS
A' Photo Award publishes interviews regarding award winning photos at design-interviews.com, and the interview service is provided free of charge for all photo award winners.


Design Interviews Website

DESIGNED FOR THE PRESS
Photo Interviews, which are also available at A' Design Award Website, are part of the Electronic Press Kit that are distributed to journalists.


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INTEGRATED BY THE PRESS
Design Interviews platform was designed in a way to incentivize coverage by the press without attribution to A' Photo Award, to help journalists write feature stories faster.


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DESIGN LEGENDS
A' Photo Award publishes interviews with legendary designers at design-legends.com and as a laureate, we would be honor to feature you and your award winning photo.


Design Legends Website

LEGENDARY INTERVIEWS
Design Legends interviews help award-winning designers express themselves and explain their photos better to worldwide audiences in long text format.


Design Legends Platform

LEGENDARY COMMUNICATION.
Design Legends interviews are included in your Electronic Press Kits that are distributed to photo media, and are also available to you for your own communication.


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MAGNIFICENT DESIGNERS
A' Photo Award publishes interviews of Magnificent designers at magnificentdesigners.com, award-winners are all contacted to schedule for an interview and talk about their award-winning photos.

Magnificent Designers Website

MAGNIFICENT MEDIA
Magnificent Designers platform allows laureates to communicate their perspectives on photos with easy to follow questions and answers format.

Magnificent Designers Platform

LOVED BY PHOTO LOVERS
Magnificent Designers, along with other interview platforms provide design-oriented audiences rich and high quality knowledge and wisdom into philosophy of designers behind original and creative photos.


Explore Uplifting Design Interviews

Explore uplifting design interviews published by The Photo Design Award at these fine design interview blogs : — Magnificent Designers #1 Magnificent DesignersDesign Interviews #2 Design InterviewsDesign Legends #3 Design LegendsDesigner Interviews #4 Designer Interviews


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IDNN NETWORK
International Design News Network helps your photos get international coverage through publications in all major languages.


Design News Website

REACH THE WORLD
IDNN publications reaches almost all of the world population in their native language, and helps you communicate your photos to audiences far and beyond.


Design News Platform

IN 108 LANGUAGES
IDNN Network publishes award-winning photo news in 108 languages, in 108 publications, for true global outreach.


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BDCN NETWORK
Best Design Creative Network is all about communicating your excellence in photo to your locality. BDCN helps you get discovered when best photo in your region is searched for.


BDCN Website

122 SHOWCASES
There are 122 BDCN websites, each specialized in a distinct geographic area. Each BDCN Network website showcase the best of the best photo from a specific region.


BDCN Platform

PROMOTE YOUR PHOTO
When you win the A' Photo Award you will be listed in your local BDCN publication aimed to attract local clients, consumers, customers and buyers to your photo.


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BEST DESIGNERS NETWORK
Best Designers Platform is all about delivering due respects, recognition and good reputation rightfully deserved by A' Photo Award laureates. Winners of the A' Photo Award are listed in the Best Designers Network.


Best Website

ACCLAIMED AND BRILLIANT
Get recognized, respected and published among other acclaimed and brilliant photo masters, and get found when good photo is searched for.


Best Design Promotion Platform

FAMOUS AND INFLUENTIAL
A' Photo Award winners, with their outstanding and excellent designs deserve all the fame and influence. Getting listed at Best Designers Platform, is only one of the many perks of winning the A' Photo Award.


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DXGN NETWORK
Design News Exchange Network spotlights, publishes and features good photos worldwide. DXGN features and publishes articles on award-winning good photo.


DXGN Website

PROMOTE YOUR GOOD DESIGN
DXGN is composed of 127 amazing magazines that feature award-winning designers and their work. A' Photo Award winners are published.


DXGN Platform

REACH GREAT AUDIENCES
A' Photo Award winners are provided free editorial coverage and free news articles featuring their photos at the DXGN Design News Network.


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GOOD NETWORK
Good Design News Network is composed of 50 publications that feature good design in different industries. GOOD Network is composed of many publications, each specialized in a given industry.


Good Website

PHOTO PUBLICATION
For each and every industry, there is a distinct GOOD Network publication that will feature, spotlight and highlight your award-winning works. Get your photo published in the GOOD Network.


Good Platform

GOOD DESIGN SHOWCASE
Good design deserves great recognition. Winners of A' Photo Award will be prominently featured and published in the GOOD Design News Network.


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NEWSROOM
A' Photo Award provides many tools for press members to reach good photo content. Accredited journalists are given access to exclusive interviews, photo images and press releases.


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REACH PHOTO JOURNALISTS
A' Photo Award Newsroom empowers journalists to interview award winners. Journalists can download press releases and high-resolution images of awarded photos.


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DESIGNED FOR MEDIA COVERAGE
A' Photo Award Newsroom provides photo journalists with ready to use images, interviews and content. A' Photo Award Newsroom allows journalists to easily feature your award-winning photo and provide you with fast media coverage.


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DESIGNERS.ORG
Designers.org premium portfolio service is provided to all A' Photo Award winners, free of charge. Award winners use their Designers.org premium portfolio to showcase their award-winning photos to design-oriented audiences worldwide.


Designers.org Website

PREMIUM PORTFOLIO
Designers.org is highly selective for the quality of photos that are accepted, showcased and exhibited in their platform; only award-winning photos are accepted for showcase promotion.


Designers.org Platform

SHOWCASE AND EXHIBIT
Get your work exhibited and showcased beautifully. By winning the A' Photo Award you will get a premium portfolio created for you, without you doing anything, we will list all your award-winning photos on your behalf at designers.org platform.


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SECURITY COMES FIRST
The Security of your submissions, your personal data and photos is of uttermost importance to A' Photo Award. Your password is secured with the SHA algorithm and even we do not know your password. Furthermore, your connections are secured and encrypted with SSL.

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CONCEALED CATEGORIES
Normally all A' Photo Award results are public and heavily promoted, however A' Photo Award allows you to make a concealed nomination. If you make a concealed nomination, your work is not published if it is awarded but you can still use the winner logo. The concealed nomination method is relevant for patent-pending designs and trade-secrets.

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CONTINUOUS DEVELOPMENT
A' Photo Award is continuously improved to provide your award-winning photos with new and exciting promotion and publicity opportunities. Every year, we do our best to refine and improve the A' Photo Award Prize to serve you better.


How to Participate in Photo Award 2023 - 2024

Joining the Photo Design Award is easy; first create an account at the A' Design Award and Competition, login to your account and finally submit your work. When you enter your work, your work will be checked by the preliminary jury for its presentation. Afterwards, your design will be assigned a preliminary score from ten (best) to zero (worst), your work may also be marked approved or rejected to take part in the competition. If your entry is approved you can continue nominating your design for Photo Awards consideration. If your entry is rejected, you are suggested to update your presentation before nominating your design to Photo Award.


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DESIGNER RANKINGS
A' Design Award and Competition publishes Designer Rankings that is easily accessible by public and media. The Rankings feature the number of awards won by each designer and total rankings. Top 10, Top 100 and Top 1000 Designers can be accessed.


Designer Rankings Website

HIGH-RANKING DESIGNERS
Designer Rankings allow potential customers to find high-ranking designers. High-ranking design teams allow their designer ranking status to impress clients and customers. Journalists check Designer Rankings and discover good designers.


Designer Rankings Platform

RISE IN RANKINGS
A' Photo Award Winners are included in the Designer Rankings, each award-winning photo contributes a point towards better and higher ranking. Designer Rankings help award-winning designers and their awarded designs gain exposure.


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WORLD DESIGN RANKINGS
A' Design Award and Competition publishes the World Design Rankings that ranks countries and regions based on the number of award-winning designers from each territory. Journalists use World Design Rankings to find best photo talent from your region.


World Design Rankings Website

PRESTIGE AND HONOUR
Each country and region further lists the best brands, designers, artists and architects within the territory. For each A' Photo Award you win, you will be increasing your regional score in the global World Design Rankings, bringing honor and prestige to your region.


World Design Rankings Platform

THE FIRST AND ONLY
World Design Rankings is a very inclusive ranking system for design, with representation from all major industries and territories. Obtaining a high rank in the World Design Rankings will help you communicate your photo excellence to journalists and buyers from a unique perspective.


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AIBA
Alliance of International Business Associations. Free membership for award winning associations, organizations, institutions and clubs.


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ISPM
International Society of Product Manufacturers. Free membership for award winning product manufacturers and companies.


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IBSP
International Bureau of Service Providers. Free membership for award winning businesses and institutions in tertiary sector of the economy.


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IAD
International Association of Designers. Free membership opportunity for A' Photo Award laureates.


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ICCI
International Council of Creative Industries. Free membership for award winning businesses and institutions related to creativity.


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IDC
International Design Club. Free membership for award winning creative agencies, architecture offices, artists workshops and designer studios.


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FREE PRELIMINARY SCORE
A' Photo Award will review your submission and inform you how good your photo is prior to nomination. You will get a score from zero (0) to ten (10). Ten (10) is the highest preliminary score. Preliminary score service is provided completely free of charge to you and is confidential.


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FREE PRELIMINARY REVIEW
Preliminary score service is provided to you free of charge. Preliminary score is confidential. When you submit your work to A' Photo Award, your submission will be reviewed, and you will be provided a numerical preliminary score together with suggestions on how to improve your design presentation.


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FREE PHOTO REVIEW
You will get your photo reviewed for free and you will learn how good your photo actually is. If you get a high preliminary score for your photo you may want to nominate your photo for A' Photo Award consideration.


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SOCIAL MEDIA PROMOTION
A' Photo Award winners are featured in social media platforms. A' Photo Award have created many tools to help you advertise and promote your photo in social media.


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PHOTO PUBLICITY
Reach out to your prospective customers and connect with your existing clients in social media. A' Photo Award winners benefit from exclusive social media promotions created to promote award-winning photos.


Design influencer post

PR AGENCY FOR PHOTO
If you need a public relations agency for photo, you will be happy to learn that A' Photo Award Prize includes many public relations and promotions services. Public relations services are provided free of charge to all A' Photo Award winners.


Design of the Day

DESIGN OF THE DAY
Design of the Day initiative aims to create social awareness for a distinct award-winning photo each day. Design of the Day is promoted in hundreds of publications as well as social media.


Designer of the Day

DESIGNER OF THE DAY
Designer of the Day initiative aims to create social awareness for a distinct photo award winner each day. Designer of the Day is promoted in hundreds of publications as well as social media.


Design Interview of the Day

INTERVIEW OF THE DAY
Design Interview of the Day initiative aims to create social awareness for a distinct award-winning photo interview each day. Design Interview of the Day is promoted in hundreds of publications as well as social media.


Design Legend of the Day

DESIGN LEGEND OF THE DAY
Legend of the Day initiative aims to boost and promote a distinct photo award-winner in social media as well as at hundreds of magazines and publications.


Design Team of the Day

DESIGN TEAM OF THE DAY
Design Team of the Day initiative aims to boost and promote an award-winning photo team in new media as well as at hundreds of magazines and publications.


Design Highlight of the Day

HIGHLIGHT OF THE DAY
Highlight of the Day initiative helps us promote your photo and your image as an award-winner in social media, as well as hundreds of magazines and publications.


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CASE STUDY
As a business, you might already be spending tons of money on the advertisements, you already know the costs & prize for publications, advertorial and editorial placements but most importantly you know it is best when customers find you, when you are the spotlight.


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GET PUBLICITY
Winning the A' Photo Award could help you secure some editorial space at both the traditional, new and social media and could create free publicity that your photos very much deserves. Winning the A' Photo Award could help you attract prospective clients and customers to your business.


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ADVERTISE PHOTO
A' Photo Award provide its winners with really good PR services, electronic and traditional press release preparation and distribution, mass media syndication and access to an exclusive advertisement network. Winning the A' Photo Award will help you advertise your photos easily.


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AWARD SPONSORSHIP
The A' Photo Award offers many scholarship programs to provide opportunity for start-ups and young designers to take part in the competition free of charge with their designs. The purpose of these sponsorship programs is to make the photo competition more fair, ethical and accessible.


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UNIVERSAL ACCESS
By taking part in our award sponsorship programs, you can earn free entry tickets to nominate your photos for A' Photo Award consideration. There are many sponsorship programs available, some of them are very simple to take part.


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DESIGN AMBASSADOR PROGRAM
Design Ambassador program is one of the many photo award scholarship programs we offer. If you perform a few simple tasks to help us create an awareness for good design, you may be granted free entry tickets to nominate your photos for awards consideration.


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DESIGN TRANSLATIONS
A' Photo Award winner designs are translated to almost all major languages free of charge. A' Photo Award award-winning photos are published and promoted in all major languages.


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TRANSLATION PLATFORM
In addition to the free of charge translation services provided by the A' Photo Award, award winners could further provide translations of their work in their native languages.


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UNIVERSAL REACH
Reach majority of the world population in their native language. Get your photo promoted to buyers, journalists, businesses and design enthusiasts that speak foreign languages. Help the world discover your photo.


Makedo Toolkit cardboard construction system
The Majestic Watch Timepiece
Iberital Vision Professional Espresso Coffee Machine
Dab Ecg holter patch
Pure Advance Flex Electric Scooter
Shenzhen Zhongshuge Bookstore
The Shape of Old Memory Womenswear Collection
Pepsi Chinas People Daily New Media Beverage
109 Pro Headphone
YOGA 900s Convertible laptop
k-haler Inhaler
Ideal Combine Harvester
Memento Letter opener
Bullet + Stone Collection Architectural Hardware
CanguRo Mobility Robot
XFINITY xFi Mobile Application
Float Rower Indoor Rowing Machine
Galaxy Light Concept Car
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COMPETITION CATEGORIES
A' Design Award & Competition features many competition categories in order to reach the widest audience possible. Large number of categories allow designers and brands from different industries to compete in a truly international multi-disciplinary competition.

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WIDE REACH
Research indicates that the worth and value of an award increases proportionally to its reach. Having a large number of competition categories allows the A' Design Award to reach a large number of people from diverse backgrounds.

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OPEN TO ALL PHOTOS
A' Photo Award is open to nomination of all types of photos. You can nominate photos already realized and released to the market. You can also nominate photo concepts and prototypes that are not yet released to the market.


Organized by A' Design Awards.

A' Design Award has over 100+ competition categories. — Kitchenware #50 Plate AwardsCosmetic Product #44 Personal Care AwardsAccessory #52 Badge Design AwardsHome Appliance #11 Black Good AwardsHardware #26 Hardware AwardsFurniture #1 Glasses Design AwardsHVAC #32 Industrial Design AwardsCulinary Art #18 Food Design ContestDigital Product #80 Repaid Product AwardsManufacturing Materials #139 Industrial CompetitionGiftware #79 Social Project AwardsMotorcycle #171 Motorcycle Awards are some of the accolades organized by the A' Design Awards.


Arrangement of XXL Trophies

RESPECT PHOTO
The A' Photo Award respects designers and companies who take part in the accolades. The photo awards logo and publicity services are provided free of charge to all eligible winners. Photo award trophies, yearbooks and certificates are distributed free of charge during the gala night to eligible winners.


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WINNERS' PACK
A' Photo Award winners are eligible to obtain the A' Photo Prize which includes public relations, advertising and promotion services. A' Photo Award winners are given a broad logo license to promote their photos worldwide as award-winning photos.


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WINNERS ARE WINNERS
If you win the the A' Photo Award, you do not have to pay any contractually obliged further fees. A' Photo Award does not force its laureates to pay so called winner fees.


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PRESTIGE SYSTEM
The A' Photo Award grants you access to its unique A' Prestige System that provides you with a special opportunity to benefit from very exclusive intangible and tangible benefits.


Prestige Token

PRESTIGE TOKENS
Winners of the A' Photo Award are able to accumulate A' Prestige Tokens that could be exchanged for a plethora of privileged benefits and highly exclusive services.


Prestigious designer

GOLDEN TICKETS
Having your name written and showcased on the walls of a contemporary design museum in large gold letters, and to have your photo accepted to a permanent collection of a design museum are only some of the perks that may be obtained by using your A' Prestige Tokens.


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A' DESIGN STAR
The A' Design Star is a special design recognition programme that is aimed to recognize and reward time-proven photo excellence.


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A' STAR EMBLEM
A' Design Star Emblem is a very special symbol awarded to multiple award-winning designers, brands, innovators, companies and agencies that are able to repeatedly and consistently create good photos.


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A' STAR GUIDE
The A' Design Star guide lists the A' Design Star recognized 8-Star, 7-Star and 6-Star designers. A' Design Star is aimed to help large enterprises and brands to find reliable photo providers.


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WORLD DESIGN RATINGS
A' Photo Award winners will be listed at World Design Ratings, together with their WDC-Rank, Designer Title and Designer Honorifics.


World Design Ratings Website

DESIGNER HONORIFICS
A' Photo Award winners will be able to obtain respectable honorific titles based on their creative merits and tenets, including but not limited to Master and Grand-Master designations.


World Design Ratings Platform

HONOURING DESIGNERS
Your designer honorific title serves more than just to praise your excellent skills, they serve to signal your audiences to treat you with the uttermost respect you deserve as an outstanding designer.


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VIDEO INTERVIEWS
Select A' Photo Award winners will be eligible to have a video interview published about their profile and award-winning photos.


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SPOTLIGHT VIDEOS
Eligible laureates will have the opportunity to get their award-winning photos professionally spotlighted and video-captured.


Video interview with designer during design exhibition

VIDEO CHANNELS
Your Video Interviews and Spotlight Videos, will be published and actively promoted at our online video channels to help you reach new audiences.


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RESOLUTE MOTTO
The motto of the A' Photo Award is "Ars Futura Cultura" i.e. Arts Cultivate the Future, Arts for the Culture of Future. We believe that the future is shaped by arts, design and technology, thus there is need of good photo for a better future.

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DESIGNED FOR DESIGNERS
The A' Photo Award is created to bring together designers, companies, audiences interested in photo and photo journalists. A' Photo Award aims to highlight good photo products and services to design-oriented audiences.

Design award symbolism

THE MYTH, THE LEGEND
Winning the A' Photo Award is a certificate of excellence for designers, a proof of quality for companies. Having the A' Photo Award attracts the eyes of design-oriented audiences worldwide.


Photo Award

In a world where there are countless projects released yearly, The Photo Design Award aims to bring forward the unique qualifications of preeminent Photo designs and Photo design concepts by supporting them with advertising and attention. The A' Photo Award is an international photo competition with an aim to recognize, spotlight and promote good photos worldwide. The A' Photo Prize includes many items such as Photo Award Winner Logo, Photo Trophy, Photo Excellence Certificate as well as public relations and marketing for promoting awarded photos.


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Black trophy
Gold trophy
Silver trophy

5 TIERS OF HEAVEN
A' Photo Award is always awarded in five tiers: Platinum A' Photo Award, Gold A' Photo Award, Silver A' Photo Award, Bronze A' Photo Award and Iron A' Photo Award. These award tiers are reserved for winner photos.


Bronze trophy

5 LEVELS OF RECOGNITION
In addition to award levels, there is also honorable A' Photo Award Runner-up and A' Photo Award Participant status, the A' Photo Award Nominee tag, together with A' Photo Award Withdrawn and the A' Photo Award Disqualified status.


Iron trophy

FORESIGHT TO YOU
When you sign-up and upload your photo to the A' Photo Award you gain professional insight; preliminary jurors will score your work from zero (0) to ten (10), free of charge, and completely confidential, you will know well in advance what to expect if you nominate your work.


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GOOD AWARD
A' Photo Award gives a lot of importance to promote and advertise award winning photos adequately. We believe that a good photo award should offer more than a logo, a good photo competition should provide more than a certificate, a good photo prize is more than a trophy.


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ENGINEERED
Every single element that makes the A' Photo Award for good photo was synthetically designed and engineered to help your award-winning photo reach its true potential, to help you find new markets and audiences.


Premium winner kit package

COVETED PRIZE
Photo award winner logo, photo award trophy, photo award winners book, photo award winners certificate, photo award gala-night, photo award exhibition, and marketing services for good photo. awaits eligible winners.


All-Plus trophy
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All-Plus trophy macro detail
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YOUNG DESIGN PIONEER
Young Design Pioneer is a special recognition granted by International Design Club to a young yet highly professional and creative designer under the age of 40.


Young Design Pioneer recipient

SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Young A' Photo Award laureates are eligible to be nominated for the Young Design Pioneer title and obtain their special certificate and trophy to celebrate the occasion.


Young Design Pioneer laureate

HIGHLIGHTING POTENTIAL
Young Design Pioneer recipients are also given the All-Plus Trophy, featuring a plus sign in all six perspectives, highlighting the immense, multi-dimensional creative and professional growth capacity.


All-Star Trophy
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All-Star Trophy macro photography
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INNOVATOR OF THE YEAR
Innovator of the Year title is a special recognition granted by Alliance of International Business Associations to a select A' Photo Award winner enterprise that implements good design as a core value in their business.


Innovator of the Year recipient

RECOGNIZING GOOD DESIGN
Innovator of the Year title recognizes the use of good design in business to create superior products and projects that benefit the society, customers, clients as well as employees.


Innovator of the Year laureates

INNOVATION TROPHY
Innovator of the Year recipients are given the Innovation Trophy, to highlight, recognize and celebrate their stellar innovation, creativity and expansional growth, as well as to thank them for making the world a better place with their good design.


Pi-Head Trophy
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Pi-Head Trophy perspective view
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DESIGNER OF THE YEAR
Designer of the Year is title the highest achievement granted by International Association of Designers, to award-winning designers to celebrate their success. Every year, only one Prime Designer of the Year title is granted.


Signing the Designer of the Year certificate

SIGNED BY MASTERS
Designer of the Year Certificate is signed by 40 world-class master designers. Obtaining the Prime Designer of the Year title is a great honour.


Designer of the Year recipients taking their certificate from the gala-night host

SPECIAL METAL TROPHY
Prime Designer of the Year award recipients are also given a special metal trophy to celebrate their success. A' Photo Award winners have a chance to get elected as the Prime Designer of the Year.


Omega Particle trophy corner view

PHOTO AWARD TROPHY
Omega Particle is the name of the trophy given to A' Photo Award winners. The A' Photo Award Trophy represent infinite possibilities of a design process.


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SOFT ORGANIC INTERIOR
The soft organic curves within the A' Photo Award Trophy signify our emotions. the emotional content that is implemented in design process.


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HARD GEOMETRIC EXTERIOR
The hard geometric edges of the A' Photo Award Trophy signify logic, the scientific content that is embedded in design process.


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MEDIA PARTNERS
A' Photo Award has 41 media partners this year, when we talk about Media Partners, these are different from the list of publications we reach via pr campaigns or press releases; these are the list of publications that will definetely publish a selection of our winners.


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DIRECT EXPOSURE
By taking part and nominating your work, you gain direct exposure to our Media Partners, which combined, have more than hundred million page views annually, your photo will have a chance to tap on their audiences, and get your work seen by the millions. We had already provided 36.105 media placements for our laureates.


Design award promotion in New York Times Square

INDIRECT EXPOSURE
In addition to getting your work seen by 41 Media Partners, your photo will also get an opportunity to be discovered by 500.000+ journalists, editors and media members that receive our press releases.


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DESIGNER.ORG
Designer.org is a highly prestigious global marketplace and community for good design. Designer.org brings together the finest minds in the design industry to showcase their exceptional projects to prospective clients, design buyers, customers, and the media, with a clear call to take action towards business and collaboration.


Designer.org Platform

GOOD DESIGN
Designer.org connects award-winners with leading brands and enterprises. This collaboration-centric approach allows designers to expand their horizons and gain global exposure. For companies, listing on Designer.org signals a dedication to good design, quality and innovation.


Designer.org Profile

GOOD BUSINESS
Being a winner of the A' Photo Award comes with many perks, one being a spot on Designer.org. Designer.org listing offers A' Photo Award laureates increased visibility and a pathway to new business contacts and opportunities.


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PRIME EDITIONS
In addition to the A' Design Award yearbooks, the A' Design Award winners get an exclusive opportunity to get their work published in the Prime Edition books. The Prime Editions are ultra-premium, extra-large, carefully curated, high-quality, outstanding photobooks that publish award-winning excellent designs, original art and innovative architecture worldwide.


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YOUR OWN DESIGN BOOK
Prime Editions, anthology and monograph books, come in three types. The Designer Prime Editions are books that publish award-winning works of just one designer. Plus, The Category Prime Editions publish award-winning works from a given design award category. Finally, The Locality Prime Editions publish award-winning works from distinct territories.


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PREMIUM PUBLICATION
Winners of the A' Design Award will have the exclusive opportunity to have their award-winning works published in the Prime Editions publications. Top award-winning designers will have a special opportunity to have a book dedicated to just their own works.


Nght Architecture Photography
Nightshift Shanghai Reportage Art
VINTAGE TABLE SETTING PHOTOGRAPHY
Talking Peppers Art Photography
Black&White Queens Creative photography
Waves Entropy Digital Art
Bonsai Another world
Kisarazu photo Landscape
Face Animal Portrait
Drive2Extremes Multivision Photography Artwork
House of Escher Photographs
Hidden Stories Light Painting Photography
Porsche Campaign Photography
Mother Earth Photograph
Alliance Direct Print on Brushed Aluminum
Flying in Dreams Levitation Photography
U15 Photographic Series
The Japanese Forest Photography
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BIG BRANDS
The A' Photo Award is for everybody, but big brands know better how to use the photo award efficiently for their benefits.


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FAMOUS COMPANIES
Enterprises especially use the photo award logo, photo award-winning status to promote sales, and further use the photo award to celebrate success of their R&D teams.


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MAKE USE OF A' AWARD.
Companies also benefit from the international publicity, advertising and marketing services provided to photo award-winners. You too can enjoy all these advertising and promotion benefits if you win the A' Design Award.


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/DESIGN/Newswire
With /DESIGN/Newswire, every A' Photo Award winner gains exclusive access to broadcast their award-winning work and press release to global design outlets, media, editors, journalists, and prestigious publications.

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BROADCAST YOUR SUCCESS
/DESIGN/Newswire is ready to amplify your A' Photo Award achievements, relaying them to influential design magazines, industry publications, and a vast array of national and international media outlets, including television, radio, newspapers, and online news networks.

Design Newsire Communication

GET MARKETPLACE ATTENTION
Being featured in prominent photo publications opens doors to potential consumers, customers, and clients. Each media placement secured by /DESIGN/Newswire amplifies your voice, connecting you with a marketplace audience eager for original and innovative photos.

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DESIGN NEWSROOM
A' Photo Award will create a tailored Design|Newsroom for you, complete with high-res images, detailed interviews, and expertly crafted texts. This newsroom offers journalists the ready-to-use content and high-resolution imagery they seek.

Design Newsroom Concept Art

GOLDMINE FOR MEDIA
Design|Newsroom presents a curated collection of exceptional, award-winning design content to media professionals and journalists. Design|Newsroom equips press members with an array of ready-to-publish assets, including high-resolution images, interviews and in-depth design stories, making it easy to feature your award-winning photos.

Design Newsroom Communication

MAKE IT EASY
The easier you make it for journalists, the more exposure you get. A' Photo Award sets you up for success with prepared high-res images, detailed interviews, and visuals of your %work%. By streamlining the content process, you become a quick pick for media features.

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DESIGN NEWS WORLD NETWORK
DNWN is a global, multilingual media network dedicated to spotlighting design excellence. When you win A' Photo Award you award-winning photo will get eligible to get published via DNWN platform to help your news reach its intended audiences; clients, consumers, and customers in many countries.

Design News World Network Screenshot

IN-DEPTH ARTICLES
Being showcased on DNWN through in-depth articles spotlighting your works helps your award-winning photo reach and resonate profoundly with key audiences — clients, consumers, customers and photo buyers across diverse regions worldwide.

Design News World Network Website

AMPLIFY YOUR SUCCESS
The high quality and organized presentation of your award-winning photos on premium DNWN publications can inspire other journalists, editors and media houses to feature your photo in their own publications, leading to even more exposure.

88 Percent

88 PERCENT
Higher Certainity : Before nomination, A' Design Awards gives you a score on your photo. This score is provided to you free of charge. About 88% of the time, your preliminary score will be close to your final result. If there's a big difference, we give you another go within the scope of our Second Chance Policy.

Omega Radiance

VICTORY UNVEILED
When you secure a victory at the A' Photo Award, you are not tied down with mandatory winner fees. In recognition of your award-winning design, you gain eligibility for the highly esteemed and much coveted A' Design Prize without any contractually obliged winner fees.

95 Percent

95 PERCENT
Increased Safety : 95% of A' Photo Award entrants use our free score-check before nominating their photo. The preliminary score serves as a barometer and offers insight into the strength of your presentation and the potential success of your design, to help you make an informed decision of participation.

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MAIN IMAGE
To take part in A' Photo Award you need one primary main image that represents your photo. Your photo image shall be placed in a canvas that is 3600 x 3600 pixels, and should be a 72 dpi resolution, jpeg file.


Optional image example

OPTIONAL IMAGES
If you wish to represent your photo better, we would further recommend that you upload up to 4 optional images, each placed on a 1800 x 1800 pixel canvas, your images should have 72 dpi resolution, and should be jpeg files.


Optional data

OPTIONAL PDF, LINK OR VIDEO
Finally, you will have an opportunity to support your photo presentation with an optional video presentation, a private access link or a PDF document up to 40 pages, accessible only to jurors.


Designer registering an account for awards consideration

TAKE PART STEP #1
Register to A' Design Award & Competition for taking part in A' Photo Award. During photo award registration, you will type in your name, surname and email. Confirm your e-mail address after registration to fully activate your profile. It is free to create an account.

Designer uploading a design to awards website

TAKE PART STEP #2
Login to A' Design Award website. Upload your photo. You can upload as many photos as you like. It is free and very easy to upload your designs.

Designer nominating a work for awards consideration

TAKE PART STEP #3
Select the award category that you wish to compete for and nominate your photo for the A' Photo Award before the competition deadline.


Join A' Photo Award today for fame, prestige and publicity as well as to promote and advertise your name and your excellency in photo. Position and market yourself as a leader in photo industry.


References and Sources.

Lists of award-winning projects featured, from first row to last row, from left to right, in order of appearance: — 1 #57104 Plates Visual Communication2 #76515 Eye Candy Creative Photography3 #63001 Insect Sculptures Advertising4 #76664 Found Awareness5 #52793 Life From Stone Exhibition6 #139404 SAMSA Photography Artwork7 #78964 Metamorphosis Art8 #139653 Peace Photo Collage9 #32975 Haezer Album Art10 #121547 Miniature Size Landscape Photography11 #123321 Eons Exhibition Photography Series12 #56004 Pine Lady Costume13 #56179 Sacred trees Photograph14 #45302 AMG photography, lighting15 #85225 Lastlight Fine Art Photography16 #39322 We Set Sail Album Art17 #74747 Accents And Form Art Decor18 #139199 Hand Still Participatory Art19 #57595 Plates Visual Communication20 #117296 Eye Candy Creative Photography21 #63742 Insect Sculptures Advertising22 #65254 Found Awareness23 #149070 Life From Stone Exhibition24 #142467 SAMSA Photography Artwork25 #148885 Metamorphosis Art26 #118923 Peace Photo Collage27 #143978 Haezer Album Art28 #45125 Miniature Size Landscape Photography29 #61514 Eons Exhibition Photography Series30 #75776 Pine Lady Costume31 #49675 Sacred trees Photograph32 #77404 AMG photography, lighting33 #106350 Lastlight Fine Art Photography34 #67061 We Set Sail Album Art35 #53571 Accents And Form Art Decor36 #149873 Hand Still Participatory Art37 #117152 Nght Architecture Photography38 #83718 Nightshift Shanghai Reportage Art39 #57302 VINTAGE TABLE SETTING PHOTOGRAPHY40 #113450 Talking Peppers Art Photography41 #27081 Black&White Queens Creative photography42 #51952 Waves Entropy Digital Art43 #63904 Bonsai Another world44 #64173 Kisarazu photo Landscape45 #76247 Face Animal Portrait46 #139340 Drive2Extremes Multivision Photography Artwork47 #57162 House of Escher Photographs48 #58723 Hidden Stories Light Painting Photography49 #61789 Porsche Campaign Photography50 #88302 Mother Earth Photograph51 #116684 Alliance Direct Print on Brushed Aluminum52 #139240 Flying in Dreams Levitation Photography53 #90822 U15 Photographic Series54 #95058 The Japanese Forest Photography.