With 100 categories the A’ Design Award and Competition is the worlds’ largest design competition. But it is not just an award. It is an indicator of quality and perfection in design, recognized worldwide, bringing your design front and centre before design companies and professionals. Categories such as Interior Space and Exhibition Design; Architecture, Building and Structure Design; Furniture, Decorative Items and Homeware Design; Lighting Products and Lighting Projects Design; Arts, Crafts and Ready-Made Design; Landscape Planning and Garden Design and soooo many more. (You can find all the design categories here.)

The A’ Design Award & Competition has ended for another year and the winners have been announced. Here are some of my favourite winners of 2020 from the following categories: Furniture, Decorative Items and Homeware Design; Architecture, Building and Structure Design; Lighting Products and Projects.

Haleiwa Chair by Melissa Mae Tan – i love the shape! boho cool!

Loover Sofa by Christos Yordamlis – the slat sides are such a unique feature!

Duoo Desk by Andriy Mohyla – sleek while keeping you organized!

Sushi Chair by Linda Martins – love the sushi roll back 🙂

Cecilia Armchair by Linda Martins – such fun texture!

Bloom Succulent Dedicated Grow Box by Mert Ali Bukulmez – if this keeps succulents alive I’m in!

Rainforest Vase by Sini Majuri – those colours are stunning!

Tamsa Money Bank by Jose Roca – sexiest money bank I’ve ever seen!

Khayyam Lounge Chair by Fater Saadat Niaki – for an ethnic vibe with a modern touch

Aks sconcentrico Dining Table by Ascanio Zocchi – a table to keep you entertained 🙂

The Peach Garden Hostel Homestay by Chao Zhou – all of those windows!

Casa Lupita Residential House by Binomio Taller – indoor/outdoor living at its finest

H2O House House by Niroop Kumar Reddy Nallari – love that circle cut-out!

Panorama Villa Residence by Potiropoulos and Partners – love the juxtaposition between the stone and the steel

Skipping-Girl Vinegar-Vats House and Architecture Studio by Adrian Light – industrial cool!

Santos House by Fernando Abelleyro – such a unique shape!

Zen Mood House by Francisco Eduardo Sa and Felipe Savassi – how about this for a weekend getaway/cottage?!

Aggregate Collection Lamp by CoCo Ree – love the texture and organic form!

Capsule Lighting by Natalia Komarova – how unique!

Mobius Pendant Lamp Pendant Lamp by Nhi Ton – it’s reconfigurable!

Spike Lamp by Sini Majuri – if you thought your interior needed a bit of an edge 🙂

A’ Design Award and Competitions are organized and awarded annually and internationally in a wide range of categories. Every year, projects that focus on innovation, technology, design and creativity are awarded with the A’ Award. While realized projects find opportunities to get published, reach new markets and meet a wide range of buyers for their existing products, the organization also helps the creative minds and startups to meet with the business people to realize their product ideas. If you’d like to register for next year’s competition you can do so here.

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An earthy colour palette, exposed brick, an industrial kitchen, vintage touches….this charming home in Amsterdam is your Sunday eye candy. Via Elle Decoration Sweden.

Photo: James Stokes

This is an apartment I can get behind, and move into immediately. Clean lines, earth tones with hits of mustard yellow (I loooooove yellow), deep ochre(?) and salmon. Lots of comfy places to sit surrounded by pale woods and chalky walls. Appealing to the masses. By interior design duo Espejo & Goyanes. (Jo featured them back in February).

Letícia of Lisbon-based Roof Design Studio (interior design, architecture and renovations, product design and graphic design) sent over photos of a beautiful apartment in a duplex in Lisbon that overlooks the Tagus river. In a perfect balance between neutral colors and the explosion of colours, between modern and clean design and pieces full of travel memories, between collector art and emerging illustration, walls have been torn down to create wider spaces and doors were eliminated to create greater visual connections. In these residential 170m2 you can find portuguese brands such as Mambo Unlimited Ideas, Dooq details, Theia tiles, Utu Lamps and many furniture pieces designed by the creative team of studio Roof, meticulously manufactured by the best national artisans. Sophistication and functionality were the keywords of the project, where each chosen material, each combination of colours and patterns and each perspective reflect the owner’s taste and personality.

Really lively and bright colours, playful wallpaper, an elaborate gallery wall, and vintage vibes are abundant in this Pennsylvania forever home designed by Michelle Gage. She has added so much energy to each space. Forever indeed! (Photos: Rebecca McAlpin)