Rotterdam Design Prize
The Rotterdam Design Prize is a national prize open to all design disciplines. The € 15,000 award is presented every two years. Any designer, studio or company based in the Netherlands can submit work.
Hema Design Prize (D)
Design plays an important role in the success of Dutch department store Hema’s success. Through its annual design contest Hema wants to contribute to the opportunities for professional practice for students and to enhance the attention for design by a broad audience. Hema strives to take one or more winning designs into production every year. The prize was founded in 1983/84
Harrie Tillie Prize (D)
A biennial competition for independent designers in the fields of Ceramics, Glass, Fashion, Product Design, Textile or Jewellery, awarded by the municipality of Roermond.
The best idea of the Netherlands (D)
Annual competition for inventive design organised by the foundation ‘Het Beste Idee van Nederland' [The Best Idea of the Netherlands] in collaboration with a television broadcasting company. The 2009 competition attracted over 6,000 submissions. The categories this year were expanded with a section for ‘the best sustainable idea’.
Vredeman de Vries Prize (D)
Biennial prize awarded, in alternation, to Architecture and Design, by the Province of Friesland. The province aims to stimulate the development of and interest in architecture and design in the province. The prize also aims to acknowledge successful client / designer relationships.
The 'Gouden Noot' (D)
The 'Gouden Noot' is organised every two years by the Netherlands Packaging Centre.
NVC Graduation Packaging Prize (D)
The NVC Graduation Packaging Prize is organised annually (since 2001) by NVC, the Netherlands Packaging Centre. The idea is to enhance awareness about packaging and its design. The competition is aimed at students.
Pro Carton
This competition is run every two years and the entries for the international cardboard event are drawn from the winners of the competitions that Pro Carton runs in several countries across Europe.
KITTZ Innovation Prize (D)
The KITTZ Innovation prize is aimed at highlighting beautifully designed products that enhance the self-sufficiency and participation of less-abled people. The aim is to showcase products that can be used by everyone, young or old and with or without a disability.
Het Ei van Columbus [Columbus’s Egg] (D)
Design Prize for innovation and sustainability awarded every two years. Five prizes are awarded across five categories. Het Ei van Columbus [Columbus’s Egg] 2010 is a collaboration between five different Dutch ministries (including VROM, BZ/OS, EZ, LNV en OCW).
Woon awards [Interior awards]
The Sanoma Woon Awards are awarded annually, celebrating unusual products, projects and professionals in the interior design field. The prize is awarded in four categories: best domestic interior design product; best interior design shop; best interior design professional; and best interior design campaign.
Effie (D)
The annual prize for Communication Design, the Effie, is organised by VEA (The association of communication design companies) and BVA (the association of advertisers). The prize was established in 1984. Participants in the competition have to demonstrate that communication has played a determining role in a successful marketing campaign.
Françoise van den Bosch Award
The Françoise van den Bosch Prize is awarded every two years to a designer of jewellery and objects living in or outside the Netherlands, in recognition of his or her body of work.
New Traditional Jewellery
The fourth edition of New Traditional Jewellery (NTJ) will take place in 2010. As the quality requirements as to the nature and scope of and entries for the event are becoming more distinct, NTJ will become a biennial design contest.
