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A’ Design Award & Competition is the Worlds’ leading design accolade reaching design enthusiasts in over 108 countries.
The Laureates of the A’ Design Award & Competition get fame, prestige, recognition, credibility, publicity and international awareness, in addition to a comprehensive and extensive winners’ kit. You will also receive a Gala Night invitation, be included in the yearbook, be promoted to media partners, receive an award trophy, receive feedback notes by the Jury, a Proof of Creation Document, inclusion in the world design rankings, a free sales listing at SaloneDelDesigner, and translation of award-winning works for international press.
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Let’s have a look at a selection of the winners…
Tokyo Multifunctional Bench by Joao Teixeira
Rooted in human behavior, the bench named ‘Tokyo’, is inspired by the Japanese custom of removing shoes before entering homes. This furniture piece crosses cultural tradition with modern home needs, and is visually influenced by Japanese Torii gates.
Golden A’ Design Award Winner for Furniture Design Category in 2025 – find out more here.
Photography by Pedro Machado
Oruha Chair by Yuya Nakazawa
Oruha Chair was inspired by the concept of waves, representing continuous transitions between tension and release.
Golden A’ Design Award Winner for Furniture Design Category in 2025 – find out more here.
Photography by Mitsuaki Takahashi
King Boat Cultural Museum by Pingtung County Government and C.M.Chao
Located in Donggang, the Pingtung King Boat Museum is Taiwan’s first cultural center for the King Boat Ceremony. Inspired by the triennial ritual, the architecture transforms spiritual and oceanic imagery into a vessel of history and faith, linking local identity with future vision.
Golden A’ Design Award Winner for Architecture, Building and Structure Design Category in 2025 – find out more here.
Photography by C.M.Chao. Architect & Planners
The Taipei Weather Station Meteorological Instruments Center by IMO Architecture and JC Cheng Associates
The design of this weather station imagines spaces beyond data points and utility, reconnecting observers with the natural environment they study to harness nature’s positive effects on productivity, mood, memory, and stress relief.
Golden A’ Design Award Winner for Architecture, Building and Structure Design Category in 2025 – find out more here.
Photography by IMO Architecture + Design
Otsuchi Table Light by Yuto Yamada
This table light is made from a deer leather captured in Otsuchi, Iwate, Japan. Otsuchi was destroyed by the devastating tsunami caused by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. Our crop has been damaged due to a significant increase in number of deer, while the population of local residents declined. Local hunters started the Gibier business to carry on the life of a deer that was hunted as vermin. This lamp was created in a hope to carry on deer’s life and create a feeling of peace to the user.
Silver A’ Design Award Winner for Lighting Products and Fixtures Design Category in 2025 – find out more here.
Photography by Kenichi Kikuchi
Olivino Restaurant by Not A Studio
This project transforms a former industrial “white box” exhibition hall into a Michelin-level restaurant through a strategy of dialogue rather than coverage. By retaining the original steel dome and column-free volume, and integrating refined insertions such as a circular glass wine cellar and copper stove, the design reconciles industrial rationality with culinary warmth.
Platinum A’ Design Award Winner for Interior Space and Exhibition Design Category in 2025 – find out more here.
Photography by Mountain imagery
Wuhan Senbo Resort Hotel by Wjd Design
The design is inspired by Wuhan’s identity as the “River City” and the cultural legend “High Mountains and Flowing Water,” symbolizing profound human connection. By extracting mountains, water and lotus as core motifs, the project aims to create a nature immersed sanctuary for families.
Platinum A’ Design Award Winner for Interior Space and Exhibition Design Category in 2025 – find out more here.
Photography by Hanmo Vision – Song Ye, Fupeng Wu
Thank You Bouquet Art Installation by Ching Ke Lin
Inspired by the resilience of nature and the symbolism of flowers as emblems of gratitude and renewal, The Thank You Bouquet reimagines the traditional craft of bamboo weaving. The installation transforms robust bamboo into delicate floral forms, evoking the enduring strength of human connection.
Golden A’ Design Award Winner for Fine Arts and Art Installation Design Category in 2025 – find out more here.
Photography by Ching Ke Lin
Resonance Light Installation by Yu Fan He and Chia Chen Lee
The project draws inspiration from the Seven Luminaries (Qiyao), symbolizing the cycles of the sun, moon, and stars. These celestial bodies correspond to internal human emotions and rhythms, carrying both cosmic order and the diversity of life. Positioned to echo one another across the water, the seven structures create layers of ripples that momentarily freeze the vast rhythms of heaven and earth at this specific location.
Platinum A’ Design Award Winner for Fine Arts and Art Installation Design Category in 2025 – find out more here.
Photography by Yu-Sheng Yao
Radiant Bloom Public Art by Kuo-Hsiang Kuo
The conceptual inspiration derives from the dual imagery of a fountain and a blooming flower. This biomorphic sculpture, a harmonious fusion of natural forms and advanced material science, serves as a dynamic focal point in its environment.
Bronze A’ Design Award Winner for Fine Arts and Art Installation Design Category in 2025 – find out more here.
Photography by Kuo,Kuo-Hsiang
Nabism Human Pet Shared Furniture by Yensu Consulting
Inspired by Urbanization and Low Fertility trends, the design redefines human-pet cohabitation with design thinking. The product blends with diverse home decor, its multi-functional design supports human-pet shared scenarios, boosting emotional interaction and companionship. The modular structure allows easy cleaning and maintenance, optimizing overall user experience.
Platinum A’ Design Award Winner for Furniture Design Category – find out more here.
Imagery by Jumseo Pang, Yensu Creative
Otona Randosel Backpack by Tsuchiya Kaban Co., Ltd.
This project is based on the craftsmanship of the “RANDOSEL”- a traditional Japanese school bag-honed since their founding in 1965. While inheriting the elegance, carrying comfort, and robust box-shaped structure, the designers pursued refined functional beauty to create an iconic model to be appreciated not only in Japan but also in the international market.
Platinum A’ Design Award Winner for Fashion and Travel Accessories Design Category in 2025 – find out more here.
Photography by Tsuchiya Kaban Co., Ltd.
Timscape Indoor Landscape by Xinpeng Liu
This near-zero-energy smart vertical garden for Tims Cafe in Beijing’s underground commercial area merges classical Chinese garden philosophy with modern low-carbon technology.
Bronze A’ Design Award Winner for Landscape Planning and Garden Design Category in 2025 – find out more here.
Photography by Xinpeng Liu
Suzumushi Tea House by Hiroyuki Shinohara
The inspiration stems from the endangered bamboo weaving craft in Hong Kong, exemplified by master Lui Ming. Sound of Suzumushi is a woven bamboo pavilion featuring torus-shaped seating baskets made from Kagome triaxial weaving.
Silver A’ Design Award Winner for Cultural Heritage and Culture Industry Design Category in 2025 – find out more here.
Photography by Craft Design Research Lab
Toke Decorative Bookshelf by Sahin Celik – Maisonord
Toke’s story is built on the theme of “Balance point and the flow of knowledge.” Toke acts as a bridge, holding, displaying, and elegantly balancing precious information (books). The wooden sphere, the central element of the design, forms the weight and focal point of the entire system, creating an illusion of gravity by balancing the books’ position.
Silver A’ Design Award Winner for Homeware Design Category in 2025 – find out more here.
Photography by Sahin Celik – Maisonord
Ural Forest Children Playground Equipment by Taiga
Ural Forest is a series of children playground equipment designed in sculptural, geometric shapes to compliment contemporary urban landscape. The large Tree structures encourage active play in all weather conditions, helping children experience controlled risk responsibly. Smaller playhouses Bears and Mushrooms support roleplay, light activity, and interaction between different age groups.
Silver A’ Design Award Winner for Playground Equipment, Play Structures and Public Park Design Category in 2025 – find out more here.
Photography by Taiga
Beehive Fireworks Interactive Light by Ting Kai Chen
The Beehive Fireworks is a unique ritual in Tainan, Taiwan, symbolizing purification. The installation senses the audience through shoreside cameras. By subtly translating their posture into the dynamic rhythm of beehive firecrackers, it recreates the temporal experience of the ritual.
Bronze A’ Design Award Winner for Lighting Projects and Light Art Design Category in 2025 – find out more here.
Photography by Ching Hung
Higeta Building Headquarters Office by Nobuaki Miyashita
The inspiration for this building is wheat, with the facade reads as a wheat field swaying in a “wind of memory” across Nihonbashi. Louver rhythm and gentle undulation were refined through computational studies so invisible forces-wind, time, and fermentation-can be felt as geometry, light, and shadow, while also delivering real shading and privacy.
Golden A’ Design Award Winner for Architecture, Building and Structure Design Category in 2025 – find out more here.
Photography by Nobuaki Miyashita
Hope Table Lamp by Alexey Danilin
This table lamp seamlessly combines ancient ceramic craftsmanship with modern LED technology. Crafted from natural ceramic using traditional methods, it features powerful integrated LEDs suitable for workspace illumination.
Silver A’ Design Award Winner for Lighting Products and Fixtures Design Category in 2025 – find out more here.
Photography by Vlad Bukin
Anima Landscape Lighting by Alexey Danilin
Inspired by forest rivers and lakes, the Anima lamp creates a unique atmosphere in any environment. It combines innovative technologies and natural design, with its main components made of premium acrylic glass. The design features two decorative elements with a water pattern that interact with integrated LED lights, creating a caustic effect resembling natural water patterns.
Silver A’ Design Award Winner for Lighting Products and Fixtures Design Category in 2025 – find out more here.
Photography by Pavel Dunaev
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