Awards & Categories
SCHEME A: Scheme for Winners of Specified International Competitions/Awards
All specified awards (Annex: 46 International Competitions/Awards list) are eligible for application throughout the call for eligible period, from 1/7/2023 to 11/3/2026.
A1. Red Dot Design Award (Germany)
A2. iF design award (Germany)
A3. A' Design Award and Competition (Italy)
A4. DRIVEN x DESIGN: HONG KONG Design Awards (Australia)
A5. The One Show (USA)
A6. The Spark Design Awards (USA)
A7. ADC Awards (USA)
A8. London Design Awards (UK)
A9. Australian Good Design Awards (Australia)
A10. DNA Paris Design Awards (France)
A11. Kyoto Global Design Awards (Japan)
A12. Golden Pin Design Awards (Taiwan)
A13. Asia Design Prize (Korea)
A14. K-Design Award (Korea)
B1. D&AD Awards (UK)
B2. Tokyo TDC Annual Awards (Japan)
B3. Japan Typography Association (JTA) Applied Typography (Japan)
B4. Indigo Design Award (Netherlands)
B5. SEGD Global Design Awards (USA)
B6. TDC Awards (by The Type Directors Club) (USA)
B7. Japan Sign Design Award (as known as SDA Award) (Japan)
C1. International Design Awards (USA)
C2. Inside (Berlin)
C3. IIDA Global Excellence Awards (USA)
C4. FX International Interior Design Awards (UK)
C5. Frame Awards (Netherland)
C6. ICONIC Award (Germany)
C7. World Architecture Festival (UK)
D1. Good Design Award (Japan)
D2. German Design Award (Germany)
D3. International Design Excellence Award (USA)
D4. Singapore Good Design Mark (Singapore)
D5. Muse Design Awards (USA)
D6. European Product Design Award (Hungary)
D7. The Good Design Award (USA)
E1. The IDA’s Fashion Design of the Year Award (USA)
E2. International Lab of Mittelmoda, The Fashion Award (Italy)
E3. British Fashion Awards (UK)
E4. Nagoya Fashion Contest (Japan)
E5. LVMH PRIZE (France)
E6. International Woolmark Prize (Australia)
E7. World of WearableArt (New Zealand)
F1. The Webby Awards (UK)
F2. IxDA Interaction Awards (USA)
F3. UX Design Awards (Germany)G1. Core77 Design Awards (USA)
SCHEME B: Scheme for Winners of Specified Local Competition/Award to Enter International Competition/Award
Awardees of the following 6 local awards below are considered eligible participants for the scheme. The reimbursable items in this category exclude any local award expenditures.
1. Gold and Global Top 10 Design Awardee of HKDA “Global Design Awards” of year 2025.
2. Grand, Gold and Silver Awardee of HKDC DFA of the year 2022 / 2023 / 2024 / 2025.
3. Winners of Hong Kong Smart Design Awards of the year 2022 / 2023 / 2024 / 2025.
4. Gold and Silver Awardee of Kam Fan Awards of the year 2022 / 2023 / 2024 / 2025.
5. Gold and Silver Awardee of Asia Pacific Interior Design Awards of the year 2022 / 2023 / 2024 / 2025.
6. Winners of BDA Brand Award 2023 / 2024 / 2025 (Former: BDA Brand Design Awards).