The call for entries to the C-IDEA Design Award 2026 has opened to designers from all parts of the world.
The C-IDEA Design Award aims to recognize and promote visionary talents in various categories ranging from communication design, industrial design, architecture, interior design, fashion design, and new media.
Award winners receive award certificates, opportunities for inclusion in the C-IDEA Design Award Yearbook, international media coverage, a free entry ticket to the award ceremony and more. A yearbook and exhibition of the nominated designs are also presented as part of the event.
The 2026 competition includes the following themes:
- Free Theme – all types of design works with different themes
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Future – works that explore the application of artificial intelligence in service design, green design, medical design, social design, and other fields
- C-IDEA Design Award & Krosno Design Festival – forward-thinking, creative, and sustainable design works, aiming to unearth innovative achievements capable of driving tangible impact in commerce and the marketplace
Any unpublished and published concept works include mass-produced or marketed products that can participate in C-IDEA Design Award. The works must be the original works created by the competitors recently and it is completely original without plagiarism.
The C-IDEA Design Award hopes to create more opportunities for excellent designers to communicate and cooperate with exhibitions, awards ceremonies, and international events. Each year’s results are announced during a ceremony that is hosted in a different country. So far, the CIDEA Design Awards ceremonies (and accompanying events) have been hosted in Germany, Australia, Russia, Poland, South Korea, Czech Republic, China Taiwan, and so on.
The Award’s Organizing Committee consists of Australian Graphic Design Association, Poznan Design Festiwal, Visual Information Design Association of Korea, Russia Designers Association, Japan Typography Association and Taiwan Kaohsiung Creators Association.
Please visit the official website for further information.
C-IDEA Design Award 2026 – Entry Fees
- Early bird deadline until 31 December 2025
- Company & Professional: 35 Euro / per entry
- Student: the first entry’s participation fee is free of charge. If you submit more than one entry, the participation fee would be 10 Euro / per entry.
- Regular deadline until 31 March 2026
- Company & Professional: 50 Euro / per entry
- Student: the first entry’s participation fee is free of charge. If you submit more than one entry, the participation fee would be 15 Euro / per entry.
