The European Design Awards, also known as the ED-Awards, are annual awards presented to European designers for outstanding work in the communication design field. The ED-Awards is a joint initiative of design magazines from across Europe and endorsed by the
International Council of Design
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The ED-Awards are judged by a panel of representatives (journalists and design critics) from fifteen European design magazines, while the winning submissions are featured in the ED-Awards Catalogue.
Model
The ED-Awards is different from other design awards schemes in that the jury is not made up of designers, but of design journalists and critics – people who see and judge work for a living.
Further more, since the ED-Awards organisation is made up of design magazines, it provides an opportunity for everyone submitting work, to have it featured in a number of these media. A lot of stories and articles are created through the submitted work every year.
Jury
The jury consists of fifteen representatives from high-profile European design magazines.
designaustria Austria
TYPO Czech Republic
grafia Finland
étapes: France
novum Germany
+design Greece
Progetto Grafico, Italy
BNO Vormberichten The Netherlands
2+3D Poland
[kAk) Russia
Visual Spain
CAP&Design Sweden
IDPURE Switzerland
Grafik Tasarim Turkey
Eye UK
Categories
There are 35 award categories, in seven groups, covering branding, packaging, exhibition design, typography, digital design, illustration and self-promotion, among others. There are also three special distinctions: Agency of the year, Best of show and Jury prize.
European Design Agency of the year
The top accolade in the ED-Awards is every time, the distinction bestowed upon the most (creatively) successful studio of the continent. This title has so far been awarded to:
*2008 Beetroot Design Group, Greece
*2010 Lava Design, the Netherlands
*2011 Les Graphiquants, France
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Silo the Netherlands
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Jaeger & Jaeger Germany
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R2 Portugal
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Ermolaev Bureau Russia
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Raffinerie AG für Gestaltung Switzerland
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Silo the Netherlands
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Vruchtvlees the Netherlands
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Kind Norway
*202
ANTI Norway
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WePlayDesign Switzerland
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Verve the Netherlands
Host cities
Each year's results are announced during a ceremony which is hosted in a different European city. So far, the European Design Awards ceremonies (and accompanying events) have been hosted by:
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Athens, Greece (2007)
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Stockholm
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, Sweden (2008)
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Zurich, Switzerland (2009)
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Rotterdam, the Netherlands (2010)
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Vilnius, Lithuania (2011)
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Helsinki, Finland (2012)
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Belgrade
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, Serbia (2013)
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Cologne, Germany (2014)
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Istanbul, Turkey (2015)
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Vienna, Austria (2016)
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Porto, Portugal (2017)
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Oslo, Norway (2018)
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Warsaw, Poland (2019)
* The 2020 and 2021 events that were scheduled to take place in Valencia, Spain had to be cancelled due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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Tallinn, Estonia (2022)
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Luxembourg city, Luxembourg (2023)
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Related links
* German Design Award
* Red Dot
References
External links
Official European Design Awards site2013 Winners
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