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Categories

Climate Change

Focused on the relevance of ecological issues and impact on natural resources as well as „green“ design practices for information design.
Traffic and Public Transport

Ensuring people reach their destination by foot, underground, bike, car, bus, aeroplane, boat...
Healthcare

Information design that makes physical, social and mental well-being possible.
Social Affairs

Projects that have a positive, tangible, impact on a specific population, gender equality and democracy.
Editorial

Submission related to media, journalism and writing, analogue as digital.
Products & Services

Projects that help make products and services accessible, understandable and beneficial for the users.
Wayfinding

Navigation in unfamiliar environments.
Future Concepts

New and innovative projects. Something that makes us wish we had thought of it first!
Circular Design

Rethinking the process of creating and adopting sustainability.
Finance

Submissions should focus on issues such as economics, personal financial management, banking and investments.
Science and Research

Making science understandable and accessible by design
Didactics

Projects that focus on educational or instructional information design.
Bachelor and Masters

Thesis by students showing new approaches, methods and research
Universal Design

Information design that create an inclusive environment.
Emergency and Safety

Identifying and communicating hazards, information about avoiding dangerous situations and awareness of consequences.
Civic Administration

Projects that interrogate the role of information design in government interactions

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Evaluation

The international jury is composed of experts from their respective fields. Each jury member and its team will review all the entries in their category and select the top shortlisted submissions. The shortlisted submissions will be evaluated by the entire jury to determine the category winner and honourable mentions. IIID follows the ico-D Best Practice Paper: Serving as a Juror for a Design Award Competition, which was developed as a set of guidelines for professional designers to serve as Jurors in Design Award Competitions in ways that are ethical and respect the integrity of designers, the design process and the value of design. Submissions to the IIID award will be judged on the following criteria:

1) Attractiveness and elegance of the designed information
2) Quality of the employed problem solving procedure:
- identifying the information needs of users
- making needed information available, accessible, understandable
- assessing the effectiveness s of the provided information,

The IIID award will recognize outstanding work done in the field. The breadth of information design has led us to develop 15 categories of awards, focused on specific topic areas.