The call for entries for Edition 25 starts on February 25, 2025.
Procedure
Registration and project submission
25 February — 29 June 2025
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.
Nomination
30 June — 15 July 2025
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.
Jury
September 2025
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Award ceremony
7 November 2025
The award ceremony will take place at the Porzi-Areal in Langenthal (by invitation only).
Long Valley Island
7.–8. November 2025
Rules
Eligibility
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.
Procedure of evaluation and decision
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.
Intellectual Property
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.
