The Core77 Design Awards celebrates the best professional and student design work across 23 distinct design disciplines. The design awards program founded in 2011 returns with new future-focused categories, and an interest in all things Metaverse, AI, etc. with the implementation of a new “Emerging Technologies” category and more.
Regular Pricing Deadline March 15 / Final Deadline: April 06 2023
Future-forward
2022 was a year introducing us to radical technologies that will forever change the way we conduct design in the future. While AR and VR was a fun source of entertainment just a few years ago, the introduction of concepts like the Metaverse in 2022 showed the potential power of virtual reality in our future to change how we work and interact. AI programs like Midjourney and Dall-E are interrupting typical design practices quickly as design students begin to collaborate with AI softwares to design never before imagined products.
The 2023 Core77 Design Awards were envisioned in the spirit of progressive innovation, with a number of new categories added to the roster that honor and recognize how our world is rapidly changing, and the ways in which design and technology are working together to shape our world.
What’s new for 2023?
The 2023 Core77 Design Awards introduces to its roster of awards a list of new categories, including Apps & Platforms — Audio, Video & Photography Equipment — Brand & Identity — Emerging Technologies — Gaming — Robotics — Sustainability — and Toys & Play.
The Visualization Prize, sponsored by KeyShot, will be open to any eligible projects across all 22 categories and awards the best renderings of the year.
The winners
The best part of this process, however, is the announcement. Not just to finally satiate everyone's anticipation for who the winners are, but to kick off a conversation on the current state and future of design in the years to come. In June of 2023, winners will first be announced in a live virtual ceremony so honorees can celebrate together on a global scale.
And what do winners get when they are bestowed this honor? Beyond another line on their LinkedIn profile, honorees get their work showcased across the Core77 blog and beyond, adoration by your peers, visibility by esteemed designers in your field, as well as a very swanky trophy designed by none other than New York studio Rich Brilliant Willing. Inspired by the kind of group effort that designers and their clients engage in every day, the trophy doubles as a mold, allowing winners to make multiples as a way of honoring the entire team.