Australasian Student Design Awards

Who can enter the ASDA?
Entry is open to design projects created in 2nd Semester 2009 or 1st Semester 2010 from entrants aged 18 years or older who are:

• Permanent residents of Australia and New Zealand or international students under a Student Visa in Australia andNew Zealand.
• Currently studying full time equivalent or apprentice tertiary courses at a Certificate III, Certificate IV, Diploma or Advanced Diploma or Degree level, or graduated from any of these courses in Semester 2 2009.

Why enter the ASDA?
The ASDA program offers great opportunities for young designers:

• Expose your work to a national and international design audience
• Gain positive public recognition of your skills as an innovative emerging designer
• Gain peer recognition of your work
• Launch your new design and ideas into the market place
• Media attention through media releases circulated to major media outlets and features on the DIA Website, tri-annual Newsletter “Spark”, Facebook page and weekly E-Newsletter
• Winning work will also be recognized by prizes and Australasian Student Design Awards 2010 Certificate

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Adobe Design Achievement Awards

Organization: Adobe
The Adobe® Design Achievement Awards celebrate student achievement reflecting the powerful convergence of technology and the creative arts. The competition - which showcases individual and group projects created with industry-leading Adobe creative software - honors the most talented and promising student graphic designers, photographers, illustrators, animators, digital filmmakers, developers and computer artists from the world's top institutions of higher education.

Adobe Design Achievement Awards

Hong Kong Young Design Talent Awards

Organization: Hong Kong Design Council
The Hong Kong Young Design Talent Awards (HKYDTA) is introduced in 2005 with a view to identify and encourage up-and-coming young practising designers and design students to undergo training and/or work attachment at reputable organisations abroad so as to broaden their horizon. The awards are sponsored by DesignSmart Initiative, Create Hong Kong, Commerce and Economic Development Bureau of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and VTC Design Education Fund.

There are four categories of the awards:

• DesignSmart Young Design Talent Awards
• HKDI Young Design Talent Educational Award
• PolyU School of Design Young Design Talent Educational Award
• CreateHK Young Design Talent Awards

Hong Kong Young Design Talent Awards

World's Outstanding Chinese Designer

As the modern day world continues to look for inspiration in ancient Chinese traditions, multicultural Hong Kong is the ideal forum for this year's World's Outstanding Chinese Designer award. The Award aims to reach out to Chinese designers across the globe, creating a pool of shared knowledge and experience based on common origins. The organiser's vision is that a ripple started in Hong Kong will form a tide reaching every corner of the world where Chinese people are designing. This process will help identify role models who can inspire young Chinese designers wherever they may be.

Judging Criteria

Criteria was based upon three levels: personal, social and industry:
Personal
The winner should be an established figure in his discipline with a high quality of work, service and notable achievements. He must also demonstrate his long-term efforts and total commitment in the design field.
Industry
The winner should contribute to the design industry either through academic exploration or in-the-field applications, educational involvement or research studies. The winner must have demonstrated his commitment to design training at a national or an international level.
Social
The winner's design should have a positive social impact on everyday living and environmental concerns. He must demonstrate a social consciousness and responsibility; be human-oriented and possess a positive mindset for creating designs that enhance the welfare of people and society.

World's Outstanding Chinese Designer