2026 Tokyo Design Awards

Description

About:
Inspired by the story of Kira and the return of the Tokyo Spark, the Tokyo Design Awards honors outstanding design, visionary ideas, and the brilliant individuals behind them. This international design competition celebrates creativity across key disciplines — from Architectural Design, Interior Design, and Product Design to innovative fields like Character & Pop Design and other emerging creative categories.

We invite designers, studios, and creative professionals from around the world to submit work that redefines how we live, move, and experience the world through design. From breakthrough concepts to legacy-defining achievements, this is where exceptional design — and the minds behind it — are seen, evaluated, and celebrated.

Categories:
The Tokyo Design Awards celebrates global excellence across a wide range of design disciplines, including architecture, interior design, product design, packaging, furniture, lighting, transportation, conceptual design, and more. The program also features exclusive categories that recognize individual designers, emerging talents, and creative professionals for their innovation and impact on the design industry.

Featuring 12 unique categories: Architectural Design, Interior Design, Transportation Design, Product Design, Packaging Design, Lighting Design, Conceptual Design, Furniture Design, Landscape Design, Character & Pop Design, as well as individual achievements like Honorary Designer and Emerging Designer categories.

Eligibility:
The Tokyo Design Awards welcomes entries from a diverse range of global talent — including architects, interior designers, product designers, packaging designers, lighting designers, furniture designers, and transportation designers. Submissions are also open to creative agencies, brands, freelancers, emerging creators, and independent professionals from any country or background.

Submission Requirement:
All entries must be submitted for judging exactly as published or implemented and may not be modified for the competition. Tokyo Design Awards may request proof of initial production and / or publication date. Entries must be produced within the last FIVE (5) calendar years up through the final deadline.

A written translation or adaptation must accompany non-English entries. The award reserves the right to re-categorize incorrectly classified entries. Judges reserve the right to withhold an award in a category if submissions do not meet their expectations.

Entry Brief:
Kindly provide a synopsis of your design of approximately 350 words. The brief should strengthen your entry, as well as providing the jury a better understanding of your project. A written translation or adaptation of non-English entries is highly recommended.

Image Submission:
The submissions should be saved in a flattened JPEG or JPG format. (keep them under 4MB, 1,200px wide is preferable, 300dpi, RGB).

2026 Entry Deadline & Fees:
Early Bird: Oct 23 - Nov 26, 2025 ($209 - $295)
Regular: Nov 27, 2025 - Jan 7, 2026 ($219 - $355)
Final: Jan 8 - Feb 11, 2026 ($239 - $395)
Final Extension: Feb 12 - Mar 12, 2026 ($249 - $415)
Last Minute: Mar 13 - Apr 16, 2026 ($259 - $425)

FULL RESULT: May 8, 2026

Full Deadline & Fees - https://thetokyodesignawards.com/design-awards.php#thefees

Winning Level:
There are FIVE (5) levels of achievement in the competition:
➡ Design of the Year
➡ Designer of the Year
➡ Platinum Winner (85-100 points)
➡ Gold Winner (70-84 points)
➡ Silver Winner (50-69 points)