UX Design Awards
The Global Competition for Excellent Experiences
The UX Design Awards foster the impact experience design has on shaping our lives. Originating in 2008 as a show for good usability, we established the Awards in 2015. Ever since, the UX Design Awards have been honoring exceptional experiences and presenting UX talent across the world. The list of winners reads like a who is who of the industry.
The UX Design Awards present great experiences and accomplished solutions – across all fields and industries worldwide – twice per year.
Design is about improving people's lives. We believe that good people-centered design can deliver on this promise because it is informed by the aims, wishes, and emotions of real people. The UX Design Awards reflect this by honoring products and concepts that provide meaningful solutions for real needs – effectively creating positive change.
Our thorough approach – and the focus on a key design field – makes the UX Design Awards stand out among other design competitions.
The jury is at the heart of the Awards. The International Design Center Berlin invites experienced design and industry leaders to evaluate entries in a multi-stage procedure. We take great care to appoint jurors according to their experience, knowledge and expertise in different fields. All jury decisions are made by majority vote – entirely independent of the organizers.
»I fell in love with the global scope of the Awards and I can really appreciate the opportunity to be exposed to such a diverse range of ideas from the best design minds on the planet.«
Jury Member Amber Lundy, Senior Designer, Amazon UX Lab
»The UX Design Awards are a good opportunity to see the cutting-edge projects out there, and to keep the finger on the pulse of the UX world.«
Jury Member Sabine Berghaus, Principal Key Expert for Digital User Experience, Siemens
International Design Center Berlin (IDZ)
Design is an innovation driver for a future worth living.
At the International Design Center Berlin (IDZ), we focus on sustainability and user experience – two core issues of our time.
In doing so, we build on the expertise of our members in design and business, our partners, and our extensive network in politics and society.
The UX Design Awards are central to our mission: to promote accomplished design and to recognize the people involved.
The IDZ benefits from over 50 years of experience and stands for good design. As an independent design association, we represent the highest professional expertise, with leaders and specialists working in diverse industries and design fields.
We connect people. Across national borders, disciplines, and industries.
»The UX Design Awards by IDZ are a great initiative. In a connected world, user experiences are the real game changers for consumer preferences and business success. Evaluating these is a delicate process. IDZ and the team of judges are doing a great job by promoting best practice in UX design.«
Klaus Schröder, Founder, User-Planet
»What is unique about the UX Design Awards is that it's organized by a non-profit design organization: a membership network for designers by designers. Because of this focus it has a totally different expert level.«
Pia Betton, Design and Site Lead, Nutanix