Easy application

Register your entry for the iF DESIGN AWARD 2025: It´s quick and easy once you create a free my iF account. Then enter your project’s basic information and you'll still have until November 6th to finalize the submission.

Learn more with our FAQs to put your best foot forward!

Detailed Feedback

From almost 11,000 entries, the iF Expert Jury selects the top 50% of projects to advance to the Final Jury. After these two jury steps, Jurors select Winners based on scores across five key criteria. Scoring for both rounds is detailed in the iF Jury Feedback Chart(s).

Your benefit: Compare your success to the average scores of all other submitted entries.

International attention

Gain recognition and prestige for you, your team, your project, and your design! Through the iF Winners Campaign in press, on social media, at events, and via global design platforms, we help spread the word about your success.

Win Gold and take the stage live before thousands at our international Winners Gala in Berlin.

Students anywhere can submit their ideas. An independent jury honors the best projects with marketing support and EUR 50,000 in prize money.

With two juried competitions hosted each year, socially impactful initiatives are awarded with marketing support and EUR 100,000 in prize money.

The iF Design Foundation is committed to the common good, dedicating resources and expertise to scientific research and education in the context of design. It replaced the iF Industrie Forum Design e.V., which operated from 1953 to 2018.