2024 A' design award and competition: lighting design winners

2024 a’ design award and competition’s call for entries

Every year, the A’ Design Award and Competition stands as a beacon to acknowledge, celebrate, and ignite a passion for exemplary design. The platform, custom-tailored for architects, designers, and innovators, offers a gateway to global recognition and dialogue for their projects, complemented by an array of coveted rewards. With 18,460 winners over the years, designboom flicks the switch back to highlight 20 of our favorite lighting design winners from the 2023 A’ Design Award and Competition, below.

Are you feeling the spark of inspiration? The doors are open for submissions to the 2024 A’ Design Award and Competition until September 30 – here.

Reflex Pendant Lamp by Alexey Danilin

image credit Maytoni brand visualizer Dmitry Cherednikov, 2022

name: Reflex

designer: Alexey Danilin

award: Silver

100+ design categories

The A’ Design Award and Competition annually beckons creative minds across the globe to present their illuminating innovation. With an expansive repertoire of over 100 categories, including architecture, structural design, interior spaces, exhibitions, and notably, lighting products and projects design, the platform accommodates a spectrum of creative industries. This empowers designers, architects, and pioneers to select the category most suitable to their project, facilitating a comprehensive evaluation by an esteemed international panel of jurors.

Altocumulus by Chengfeng Cai

image credit 2023 Chengfeng Cai

name: Altocumulus

designer: Chengfeng Cai

award: Bronze

design trophy, winners pack, and publicity

Regarded as an emblem of distinction, attaining the A’ Design Award is a highly desired prize in the creative field. Winners bask in the glory of a trophy and an expansive winner’s package: an invitation to participate in an exhibition, inclusion within the prestigious yearbook, ascendancy within the world design rankings, and an exclusive invitation to the gala-night event—a networking haven. Most notably, though, a selection of the 2024 winners of the A’ Design Award and Competition will be announced on designboom on May 1st, 2024.

Waon by Misaki Kiyuna

image credit Misaki Kiyuna, Waon, 2022

name: Waon

designer: Misaki Kiyuna

award: Iron

Feeling the surge of inspiration intensify? For more details on how to embark on your journey with the A’ Design Award and Competition, venture here.

U Table Lamp by Mónica Pinto de Almeida

image credit Photographer Tiago Costa, 2021

name: U

designer: Mónica Pinto de Almeida

award: Silver

Enigma Pendant Lamp by Alexey Danilin

image credit Maytoni brand photographer Vladislav Bukin 2022

name: Enigma

designer: Alexey Danilin

award: Silver

Lead Recycled Cork Led Lantern by Takanori Urata

image credit Takanori Urata (2022)

name: Lead

designer: Takanori Urata

award: Silver

Wood Table Lamp by Magali Suchowolski

image credit Photographer Guillermo Gimenez 2017

name: Wood

designer: Magali Suchowolski

award: Silver

The Alien by Sepideh Bayat

image credit 2023 Haile Wu

name: The Alien

designer: Sepideh Bayat

award: Silver

Scacco Matto Portable Lamp by Francesco Cappuccio

image credit 2023, Francesco Cappuccio

name: Scacco Matto

designer: Francesco Cappuccio

award: Silver

Flora Mushroom Yard Light by Haile Wu

image credit 2023 Haile Wu

name: Flora Mushroom

designer: Haile Wu

award: Bronze

Honey Drop by Akira Nakagomi

image credit Takanori Urata,2022

name: Honey Drop

designer: Akira Nakagomi

award: Platinum

Hexa by Sepehr Mehrdadfar

image credit saeed MirTahmasb and maryam saeedpoor

name: Hexa

designer: Sepehr Mehrdadfar

award: Silver

Od Ana by Cenk Ahmet Kaya

image credit Cenk Ahmet Kaya

name: Od Ana

designer: Cenk Ahmet Kaya

award: Bronze

Farol Ceiling Light by Tiago Russo

image credit Trick Design Ltd.

name: Farol

designer: Tiago Russo

award: Silver

Fukla Pendant Light by Nikolay Mihaylov

image credit Nikolay Mihaylov

name: Fukla

designer: Nikolay Mihaylov

award: Iron

Barro by Caterina Moretti

Design by Caterina Moretti for Graypants, Photo: Andrés Alejos

name: Barro

designer: Caterina Moretti

award: Silver

Kalky Ragged Pendant Lamp by Marek Blazucki

image credit Photographer Marek Błażucki, Kalky ragged, 2022

name: Kalky Ragged

designer: Marek Blazucki

award: Iron

Objects Come Alive by Fengsheng Cai

image credit Fengsheng Cai, 2022

name: Objects Come Alive

designer: Fengsheng Cai

award: Silver

Ning by Wei Peng Hung

image credit 3D Rendering Wei-Peng Hung, NING, 2022

name: Ning

designer: Wei Peng Hung

award: Bronze

Poente Table Lamp by Marcos Duailibe

image credit Marcos Duailibe

name: Poente

designer: Marcos Duailibe

award: Bronze