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iF DESIGN AWARD for Home Furniture

Take advantage of the Early Bird rate: submit your design until June 27, 2025 or contact us for any questions.

A Global Platform for your Design

Since 1953, iF DESIGN has been a symbol of outstanding design and is a proud and active member of the international design community.

Home furniture and decoration play a key role in creating a comfortable, functional and aesthetically pleasing home environment. In recent years, sustainable and eco-friendly materials have become increasingly popular in home furnishing design, with examples including organic cotton, recycled wood, and bamboo. The industry is placing greater emphasis on sustainability, with stone and wood elements being used more frequently in interior design.

The iF DESIGN AWARD pays homage to the timeless principles of great furniture design, while also rewarding innovation and creativity. Let your design shine on a coveted international stage!

iF DESIGN AWARD 2026 - Overview

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT


Easy application


Register your entry for the iF DESIGN AWARD 2026: It´s quick and easy: just create a free my iF account. Then enter your project’s basic information, and you'll still have until November 5th to finalize the submission.

Take advantage of our first Early Bird rate until June 27, 2025.

Find out more below and in our FAQs to make sure you're prepared!

Detailed Feedback


From almost 11,000 entries, the iF Expert Jury selects the top 50% of projects to progress to the Final Jury stage. After these two stages, jurors select the winners based on scores across five key criteria. The scoring process for both rounds is detailed in the iF Jury Feedback Chart(s). Use this to compare your success with the average scores of all other submitted entries.

As a finalist, you can choose whether you would like to submit your entry to the final jury in physical or digital form.

International attention


For you, your team, your project and your design: Through our iF Winners Campaign, we will publicise your success in the press, on social media, at events and via global design platforms.

Win Gold and take centre stage at our international Winners Gala in Berlin.
You will also be featured on ifdesign.com, in the Metaverse, and in the iF Design App. Last but not least, receive points for the global iF Design Ranking to use as a marketing tool.

The iF Design Ranking

As an iF DESIGN AWARD finalist or winner, you will receive between 5 and 100 points for the iF Design Ranking, based on results from the past five years.

Whích players in your industry focus on design excellence?

Home Furniture Ranking

Discover top positions in the home furniture/decoration segment

ANY QUESTIONS?

The international iF Team is happy to advise and assist you! Leave your address here and we will contact you asap.

Excellent design for lovers and pros

Jury Process

The iF DESIGN AWARD jury process is divided into two stages: An online preselection, sorting out about 50 percent of all entries - and a physical final jury, deciding on the winners.

All entries are evaluated based on five updated criteria, developed together with a team of international design experts. Each juror enters his or her detailed assessment of each entry into the iF Digital Jury Tool©, which will then be available to ALL participants as a feedback chart.

  • Task: Does the design achieve what it sets out to do?

  • Relevance: Is the design relevant?

  • Fit for purpose: Is the idea appropriate?

  • Emotional appeal: Does the design engage the target group?

  • Execution: How is it made?

  • Aesthetics: Why does it look the way it does?

  • Usability: Is it easy to use?

  • Efficiency: Does it work well?

  • User Benefit: Does it serve the user?

  • Innovation: Is it new?

  • Brand Differentiation: Does it fit to the brand?

  • Social Benefit: Does it benefit society?

  • Sustainability: Is it sustainable?

Want to participate directly?

Dates for the 2026 Award

Early Bird Registration Deadline

27 June 2025

Regular Registration Deadline

26 September 2025

Last Chance Registration Deadline

5 November 2025

Deadline to complete registration details

19 November 2025

iF Online Preselection

1– 4 December 2025

iF Final Jury in Hamburg

10 – 12 February 2026

iF DESIGN AWARD NIGHT 2026 in Berlin

End of April/Beginning of May 2026

iF Design Trend Conference 2026 in Berlin

End of April/Beginning of May 2026

Fees at a Glance

Registration Fees

Early Bird Deadline until 27 June 2025

EUR 300 per entry

Regular Deadline until 26 September 2025

EUR 400 per entry

Last Chance Deadline until 5 November 2025

EUR 500 per entry

Jury Fees

For all entries qualified for the iF Final Jury

EUR 300 per entry

Winners Fees

Product Design / Packaging Design

EUR 3,300 per entry

For all other disciplines

EUR 2,900 per entry

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PARTICIPATING?