The Core77 Design Awards is an annual celebration of excellence, enterprise and intent. The 2012 edition features 17 categories, professional and student entry fields, globally distributed juries, entrant video testimonials, live jury announcements and a unique trophy that honors teamwork.

Deadline for entries is April 10, 2012. For more information visit www.core77designawards.com

FULL LIST OF CATEGORIES:

CONSUMER PRODUCTS

• Products designed for personal use (home, work, leisure, health, sports, etc.). Examples include electronics and accessories, household goods and appliances, tabletop and personal care.
• Jury Captain: Nicolas Roope, Founder and Owner of HULGER / PLUMEN, Founder and Owner of Poke
• Judging Location: London, United Kingdom

 

EQUIPMENT

• Equipment and systems designed for public, commercial, industrial, medical and scientific use. Examples include machinery, medical instruments and devices, construction tools, transaction kiosks and weather instruments.
• Jury Captain: Renke He, Dean and Professor at School of Design at Hunan University
• Judging Location: Changsha City, China

 

SOFT GOODS

• Apparel and products made from soft materials for personal, recreational, outdoor or work use. Examples include clothing, shoes, bags, backpacks, hats, uniforms, sleeping bags, tents and textiles.
• Jury Captain: Michael DiTullo, Creative Director of frog design
• Judging Location: San Francisco, CA, USA

 

FURNITURE & LIGHTING

• Furniture and lighting products or systems for private, public, commercial or industrial use. Examples include home or public seating, office systems, lighting, street lighting and workstations.
• Jury Captain: Zoë Ryan, Chair and Curator of Architecture & Design at the Art Institute of Chicago
• Judging Location: Chicago, IL, USA

 

INTERIORS & EXHIBITIONS

• Spatial design as it relates to physical interiors, exhibitions or installations, either permanent or temporary, and to any context (private, commercial, public or institutional). Examples include public installations, restaurant/hospitality interiors, office or medical interiors, set designs, retail displays and exhibition booths.
• Jury Captain: TBD 

VISUAL COMMUNICATION

• All graphic design, branding and identity projects for print, online or physical environments. Examples include logos and identity systems, environmental graphics and signage, typefaces, infographics, motion graphics, print design and advertising.
• Jury Co-Captains: Min and Sulki Choi
• Co-Directors of Sulki and Min
• Professors at University of Seoul and Kaywon School of Art & Design
• Judging Location: Seoul, South Korea

 

PACKAGING

• All graphic design, branding and structural designs related to the packaging of products. Examples include primary or secondary packaging for FMCG (Fast Moving Consumer Goods) or premium brands, promotional packaging and gifting programs, and limited editions.
• Jury Captain: Laurent Hainaut, Co-Founder and Partner of Raison Pure Design Group, Founder, President and CEO of Raison Pure NYC
• Judging Location: Paris, France

 

INTERACTION

• Interactive multimedia and user interface design for websites, mobile devices and experiential installations. Examples include software, mobile apps, interactive projections, animations, simulations, and robotics.
• Jury Co-Captains: Matt Webb, CEO and Principal of BERG, Jack Schulze and Matt Jones, Principals of BERG
• Judging Location: London, United Kingdom

 

SERVICE

• All projects entailing the organization of users, communications, transactions, infrastructure, institutions and service. Examples include distribution or delivery systems, ways of connecting people or enabling transactions, funding platforms and web-based communities.
• Jury Captain: Panthea Lee, Co-Founder and Principal of Reboot
• Judging Location: New York, NY, USA

 

TRANSPORTATION

• Vehicles or modes of transportation used to get people or objects from one place to another, in any context (private, public, commercial or industrial use). Examples include planes, trains, automobiles, bikes, boats, mass transit systems and transportation infrastructure.
• Jury Captain: Jay Rogers, President, CEO and Co-Founder of Local Motors, Inc.
• Judging Location: Chandler, AZ, USA

 

SOCIAL IMPACT

• Projects specifically designed to directly benefit social, humanitarian, community or environmental causes. Examples include community or environmental impact initiatives, products for underrepresented communities, distribution systems and disaster relief toolkits.
• Jury Captain: Tasos Calantzis, CEO of Terrestrial
• Judging Location: Pretoria, South Africa

 

EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES

• Any educational class project, curriculum or institutional level program or tool that furthers the practice of design education or education about design. Examples include curricula, class programs, teaching systems or toolkits, and mobile educational platforms.
• Jury Captain: Mariana Amatullo, Co-Founder and Vice President of Designmatters at the Art Center College of Design
• Judging Location: Pasadena, CA, USA

 

STRATEGY & RESEARCH

• Design projects that predominantly utilize research or strategy in their product or project. Examples include brand strategies, product and project strategies, research methodologies such as surveys, interviews, studies, observations and varied research throughout projects.
• Jury Captain: Lorraine Justice, Dean of College of Imaging Arts and Sciences at Rochester Institute of Technology
• Judging Location: Rochester, NY, USA

 

WRITING & COMMENTARY (new!)

• Writing and critical commentary about designed objects, spaces or systems. Examples include reviews, essays, profiles, articles, columns, blog posts and manifestos.
• Jury Captain: Alice Twemlow, Chair of MFA in Design Criticism at School of Visual Arts
• Judging Location: New York, NY, USA

 

SPECULATIVE

• Projects that are pure concepts or proposals, whether self-initiated for fiction, discourse, intervention or exploration, or created as exploratory/speculative designs for a client or educational institution. Examples include future scenarios, design explorations, provocations and visionary concepts.
• Jury Captain: Bruce Sterling, Author of “Beyond the Beyond” at Wired
• Judging Location: TBD

 

DIY

• Any personal project that is self-directed, self-produced and self-funded, whether it’s the modification of an existing system or artifact or the creation of something new
• Examples include hacks, mods, upcycles, recycles, crafts and digital fabs.
• Jury Captain: Becky Stern, Founder of Sternlab
• Judging Location: Brooklyn, NY, USA

 

FOOD DESIGN (new!)

• Design at the service of eating, cooking, serving, distributing or experiencing food. Examples include edible materials, culinary design, delivery systems or architectures, urban gardening, educational programs, multi-sensory gastronomic experiences, kitchens and food trucks.
• Jury Captain: Marc Brétillot, Food Designer
• Judging Location: Paris, France

Note: Text of article is extract of the official press release of Core77 Design Awards