The call for entries for Edition 25 starts on February 25, 2025.

Proce­dure

The submis­sion is made online. Once your personal details have been regis­tered, select the desired cate­gory. You will then be asked to answer specific ques­tions about the product/project. Supple­men­tary image and film files as well as docu­ments can also be uploaded.

Regis­tra­tion fees:

Early Bird: 25.02.– 24.03.25

CHF 290.–

Regular: 25.03. – 14.06.25

CHF 390.–

Late: 15.–29.06.25

CHF 440.–

Young Profes­sionals: 25.02.–29.06.25

CHF 90.– for profes­sionals whose grad­u­a­tion from a design degree or design-oriented training program was no more than 3 years ago.

No further costs will follow.

In a first phase, the works are eval­u­ated by nomi­na­tion-teams, who are proven experts in the respec­tive disci­pline they are judging. The nomi­na­tion teams then submit a pre-selec­tion to the inter­na­tional jury panel.

Nomi­na­tors

The nomi­nated designers submit their works phys­i­cally. Over the course of a multi-day process, the winners are selected by an inter­na­tional expert jury comprising repre­sen­ta­tives from all design disci­plines.

Jury
  1. All nomi­na­tions will be docu­mented and prepared for media work. Specif­i­cally, all nomi­nated projects will be portrayed during the jury sessions in Zurich or Langen­thal.
  2. By partic­i­pating in the compe­ti­tion, the partic­i­pants auto­mat­i­cally consent to being filmed and/or having their submis­sions recorded on video. This consent is granted world­wide, across all media, and without time limi­ta­tions, within the scope of the Design Preis Schweiz’s commu­ni­ca­tion campaigns.
  3. The nomi­nees declare that they are in agree­ment that the high-reso­lu­tion images submitted when they register for the compe­ti­tion (photos, films, etc.) can be used for media commu­ni­ca­tion.
  4. Partic­i­pants grant the Design Preis Schweiz the usage rights to all submitted audio­vi­sual mate­rials (photos, videos, etc.) for all commu­ni­ca­tion measures conducted by the Design Preis Schweiz.
  5. The portraits of the works will be first published on the social media chan­nels and the website of the Design Preis Schweiz. Subse­quently, the commu­ni­ca­tion elements may be reused by the nomi­nees.

The award cere­mony will take place at the Porzi-Areal in Langen­thal (by invi­ta­tion only).

Rules

Appli­ca­tions are invited from designers, compa­nies and students of appro­priate design colleges. Appli­cants must demon­strate that they have a connec­tion with Switzer­land – at least one of the indi­vid­uals signif­i­cantly involved in the work submitted must be of Swiss nation­ality or work in Switzer­land.

All forms of expres­sion with rele­vance to design are permitted: Circular Design, Food Design, Furni­ture Design, Inclu­sive Design, Inte­rior Design, Product Design.

The proce­dure is laid down by the jury. The jury will give no justi­fi­ca­tion for its declining to award a prize to a given entry. The deci­sion of the nomi­na­tors and the jury is final. Legal action is excluded. Regis­tra­tion implies that partic­i­pants acknowl­edge the rules of the compe­ti­tion.

The partic­i­pants them­selves are respon­sible for ensuring that their submis­sions are docu­mented in writing prior to submis­sion and, if neces­sary, deposited as designs with the Swiss Federal Insti­tute of Intel­lec­tual Prop­erty (www.ige.ch). The partic­i­pants agree that the Design Preis Schweiz may publish and repro­duce submitted projects as well as pictures and names of the partic­i­pants in connec­tion with the awarding of the current design prize, but also later as part of its public rela­tions work. The use of the Design Preis Schweiz logo, which is protected by trade­mark law, by the partic­i­pants requires the written consent of the Design Preis Schweiz.