This design competition is based on your existing portfolio, and culminates in the publication of a printed volume, showcasing the 25 most promising design talents, by design discipline (e.g. graphic, interior or fashion design). This collection of profiles is distributed to over 1.500 key decision makers at more than 400 companies, design institutions, and the design press.

 

Submission takes the following steps:

• 1.
  Free registration on Faces of Design
• 2.
  Payment of the Entry Fee. Upon receipt of payment, you gain the right to join the Awards Group on Faces of Design. Awards Group members enjoy the following benefits
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  Creating an online profile and portfolio for the first evaluation round of registered participants on Faces of Design, in time for the submission deadline on December 15th. Select candidates are then shortlisted based on the Evaluation Criteria.
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  In the final step, the short listed candidates are invited to craft a printable PDF using templates provided, demonstrating their best work for the second evaluation round. The winner's templates will form the basis of the final publication distributed to over 1,000 key decision-makers and opinion leaders in design worldwide. In the winners' publication, candidates are distinguished as follows: • Winner (awarded based on the total number of Panel votes received) • Special Mention (by personal selection of one or more Panel members) The publication will also distinguish between students and design professionals.

Entry Fee

Regular paticipants:

Early bird €75 Standard €120

Students:

Bird discount €50 Standard €75

The Faces of Design Awards are open to individual designers, design studios, in-house design departments, individual design students and student groups. The design competition is international in nature, and open to representatives of any design

December 15th, 2012 Early bird registration: October 1st, 2012, to October 31st, 2012 Shortlisted candidates will receive the invitation to participate in Round 2 of the competition on December 19th, and need to submit their entries for Round 2 by January 15th, 2012. Winners will be informed in the week commencing January 30th, 2012. The winners of the Faces of Design Awards will then have their profiles published and distributed to opinion leaders and key decision makers in design worldwide in May 2012.

Meeting with the client or employer you would most like to work with: for each of the three participants that receive the most panel votes, we will do our utmost to secure at least one meeting or interview with the design companies of their choice. These can be firms from our distribution list of international design leaders, or other companies specifically chosen by the winners
Winning the right to display the Faces of Design Award Winner's Seal on your website and in other marketing materials