Registration for this year’s 15th edition took place from 4 December 2023 to 4 February 2024. Thank you to everyone who participated! You can see all the finalists on our Instagram. But we won’t know their final placements until after the Ceremony on 11 May 2024! Come and toast them during the exhibition called “Future is Best of ’24!: Place in the Future,” which is part of our programme.
contest categories
Product & Industrial Design
Product design, interior and furniture design, tool and machine design, etc.
Fashion Design
Clothing design, textile design, footwear and haberdashery design, jewellery design, etc.
Service Design
Complex designs of processes, technologies and interactions that drive provision of services, etc.
Communication Design
Graphic design and illustration, new media, visual communications and intermedia design, web animations, etc.
Awards
Main prize
For the best of the best across all four categories, we have the title Best in Design 2024. The title holder will take home an extra €1 000 along with the prize for winning one of the categories.
1st place in each contest category
The author of the first-best work will receive a cash prize in the amount of €500.
2nd place in each contest category
The author of the the second-best work will receive a cash prize in the amount of €300.
3rd place in each contest category
The author of the the third-best proposal of each category will receive a prize of €200.
Media Award
The title of the Media Award category is awarded to one of the semi-finalists of the competition. The winners are nominated by the category’s judges, who are representatives of the media closely associated with design.
about
What is Best in Design?
Best in Design is an international contest for young designers. There are not only financial rewards from 200 € up to 1 500 € in the game, but it’s also a great opportunity to get a feedback, to compare yourself with young designers from all around the world, to show people what you can do and maybe to start your career. The only thing you need to enter the contest is your talent and courage.
Who may compete?
Both individuals and author teams under the age of 30 can apply for the competition. Authors can reveal all their aces up their sleeves (which must not be from before 1 January 2022) – the number of projects registered is not limited, and your wallet won’t cry because you can apply for free.
4 Categories
You can win an award in one of four competition categories (Product & Industrial Design, Fashion Design, Communication Design and Service Design) and compete for the Best in Design grand prize. Your work can also be awarded in the Media Award category.
Why shouldn’t you be afraid to take the risk and sign up?
Because risk is a profit and in Best in Design you cannot lose anything, just gain. The reward, experience, and opportunities. You only have to show us that design is what you love.
This year’s jury
Büro Famos
Category Product&Industrial Design
Zuzanna Wójcik
Category Product&Industrial Design
Janka Csernák
Category Service Design
Matěj Malecha
Category Service Design
Eva Slunečková
Grants the Media Award
Lenka Šubrtová
Grants the Media Award
Veronika Pařízková
Grants the media award
Marija Petraityte
Category Fashion Design
Branko Popovic – FASHIONCLASH
Category Fashion Design
Pavol Kyselica (Studio ECHT)
Category Communication Design
Adrián Gubrica
Category Communication Design
