2025 early bird call for entries.
Submission deadline: december, 31, 2024 at 11:59pm (Eastern Time).
*More information on supporting organisations and partnerships will be update
*Please ONLY select your categories in one division.
Submission Payment (Credit card)
Qualified copywriting/ proofreading service
We would like to offer entrants the opportunity to have access to a professional and qualified copywriting/ proofreading service for any written materials. Please note that this service can be used freely outside of the Sky Design Awards. The service cost will be USD 125.
*if you wish to use these services, you may submit your project description in the original language (in the word/text. file).
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Sky Design Awards 2025 Early-Bird Call for Entries
Registration is now open until December 31, 2024. Since some projects may require time to take photos, we now accept applications and payments for early bird submissions. Files must be submitted by February 14, 2025.
Companies and individuals are invited to submit their projects for the Sky Design Awards 2025 in the relevant categories. The shortlisted entries will culminate in Tokyo's Sky Design Awards' Gala Awards Ceremony. After that, the winners will be announced, followed by an Exhibition Design Symposium in November and December 2025.
The competition is open to all practices in Architecture, Interior Design, Visual & Graphics Design, and Industrial Design projects completed between December,31 2022 - December 31, 2024.
TIMELINE:
SDA Regular submission extended to February 14, 2025 (Eastern Time). Application Fees: USD 350
SDA Late submission: February 15 - 29, 2025 (Eastern Time). Application Fees: USD 450
SDA Long-listed to Shortlisted: March 01 - March 31, 2025
SDA Online judging process (1): April 01 - 20, 2025
SDA Shortlist Announcement: May 20, 2025
SDA Public Vote: June 01 - 31, 2025
SDA Ceremony/ Design Symposium (Tokyo, Japan): November 10, 2025
SDA Exhibition (Tokyo, Japan): TBC
SDA Exhibition (Toronto, Canada): TBC
For projects relevant to the following four divisions:
Architecture Division
Category examples:
Commercial, Retail & Office/Hotel & Resort/ Infrastructure/Institution & Educational/ Transportation Hub/ Public Space/ Remodelled Heritage (conservation)/ Residential and Urban Design/Memorials Design/ Green & Sustainable designs
Interior Design Division
Category examples:
Commercial and Office/ Hotel and Resort/ Institution/ Retail Design/ Pop-Up/ Residential/ Leisure and wellness/ transportation hub/ Lighting Design/ Memorials Design/ Green & Sustainable designs
Visual & Design Business Division (including exhibition)
Category examples:
Pop-Up Design/ Brands and Creatives included: Graphic Design/ Corporate Identity Design/ Multimedia (Exhibition Design)/ Signage Design and Photography (Interior and Architectural).
Industrial Design Division (including furniture)
Category examples:
Home Furniture Design/ Office Furniture Design/ Lighting Design & Fixture/ Audio Design/ Household Products/ Home Decor Accessories/ Tableware/ Stationary
Awards and Prizes:
Gold, Silver and Bronze winners for each category will be awarded a trophy and a certificate along with a chances for an editorial/s in Merci Magazine, international media exposure, social media post/s and a listing on the SKY Bridge business to business platform (Noetic). Gold, Silver and Bronze winners will have a special feature in the SKY Design Awards 2024 Almanac.
All Shortlisted entrants receive a certificate and will be showcased in the SKY Design Awards 2024 Almanac.
Special Project Prize/s: Brand collaboration, project hiring and cooperation with international companies to be announced. Merci Magazine - One Story features.
The New Black is a new award designed to discover and recognise young architects and designers, or small projects such as pop-up, residential, or retail shops project sizes up to 50m2 (540 ft²).
*The New Black entrants must be either under 38 years of age OR the project submitted must be less than 50m2 (with no age limitation).
Submissions are carefully evaluated by a Judging Panel comprised of the most esteemed architects and interior designers based on:
25%: Originality and Creativity
25%: Appearance
20%: Constructibility
20%: Commercial value
10%: Sustainability
(If your project involved to Sustainable Development Goals - ISO, please also included)
Visual & Graphics and Industrial Design
50% Originality and creativity
25% Appearance
15% Commercial value
10% Composition
Submission Guidelines:
Each entry is limited to one Award. If you would like to submit a project to multiple Awards, you will need to enter multiple times.
Please be sure to read the following guidelines.
Submission
How to apply for Sky design Awards 2024?
Go to the landing page for your submission
You may provide any link from any server for us to download your files.
If you wish to use We-transfer.com
Select the categories you wish to apply
Fill in the name of the contact person and company name accordingly on the online form
Upload all the information and basic requirements on we-transfer https://wetransfer.com OR a server of your choice to send a link for download
Copy and paste the link from the We-transfer to the online application form
Make your payment
Click Submit
Please notes:
In the application please also list any individuals or companies involved in the project
A video for judges to preview can be up to 2 minutes and up to 1 minute for marketing collaterals. For any submitted videos, please make sure to only include music which is not copyrighted.
We would like to offer entrants the opportunity to have access to a professional and qualified copywriting/ proofreading service for any written materials. Please note that this service can be used freely outside of the Sky Design Awards. The service cost will be USD 125.
ABOUT SKY DESIGN AWARDS
Like the limitless sky, the Sky Design Awards aims to create opportunities for designers to expand their potential and broaden their horizons. The Sky Design Awards was established by Merci Magazine, a company active in the design industry.
The SKY Design Awards celebrates achievement in design excellence for projects that deliver meaningful social impact in the areas of architecture, interior design, visual & graphic design, and industrial design.
The Sky Design Awards endeavours to create opportunities for collaboration between designers and companies in the Asia Pacific region and internationally. We strive to empower design professionals to hone their skills and creative development through our awards recognition, design dialogue and experience hub. We hope to encourage and nurture creative exchange and collaborative relationships with design peers and companies around the world.
For further information about this initiative, please contact:
Sky Design Awards: enquiries@merci-magazine.com or submission@merci-magazine.com
About the Sky Design Awards Trophy
All our trophies are handmade, done by artisans in Japan. Jon Billing is an American but has lived in Japan for three years. He has been doing woodworking since 2003 but developed an interest in traditional Japanese woodwork which led him to come to Japan. He builds furniture and also does traditional carpentry work in Japan.
As the world evolves and adapts to ever-changing circumstances, the Sky Design Awards also grows and transforms as we embark on our fourth year.
Last year we were excited to announce ‘Sky Design Bridge,’ a sourcebook of world-class architects, designers, and materials suppliers that will be newly established, making it a further upgraded DESIGN AWARDS, and will be pre-launch by the end of the first quarter in 2022. To inaugurate this milestone, we are delighted to unveil a new logo. This design was created to integrate the Sky Design Awards with our new B2B platform to connect designers and companies from different countries.
The red circle symbolizes the sun in the sky, shining a light on outstanding sustainable designs with social impact. The A for Awards is reminiscent of a bridge with a road leading the way to success by communicating with and connecting people worldwide.