About DAFES AWARDS
We established the international competition program DAFES AWARDS to encourage creative achievements, share experiences and form guidelines for professional development in design, art, fashion, education and business.
DAFES AWARDS is awarded in five profiles, 20 categories and 80 nominations, as well as various partner nominations that we form together with educational and creative institutions.
About the nomination
This nomination accepts projects of mass-produced products and concepts for devices, vehicles, packaging, and other object categories.
The evaluation criteria include originality, functionality, technological feasibility, and concept creativity without borrowing from existing products in the competetive field. The project must reflect current global industry trends.
Terms of participation
Both concepts and projects realized or published between November 1, 2023 and March 15, 2025 are accepted for the professional nominations. Proof of publication/implementation is not required for a project to participate in the competition, but the jury may request confirmation through the competition organizers in disputed cases.
Requirements to projects
It is highly recommended to provide as much detail in the project presentation as possible, add the description of its concept and visual materials, including videos: show variations of color and texture solutions in the collection, and also how the item is used and how it looks in the environment.
All projects are submitted to the competition in the format of a longread-format report created on the DAFES platform.
Jury
Mikhail Chistyakov is an industrial and product designer and the winner of several A’Design and Red Dot awards. His portfolio includes over fifty completed projects in various industries: electronics, medical equipment, promotional gifts, tableware, furniture, and car design
Dmitry Mareev is an industrial designer and head of the FORMA Industrial Design studio. The studio’s projects have been awarded at the Red Dot, iF Design, Good Design and other awards
Sergey Khelmyanov is the co-founder of the international CHE Design School, a teacher, a designer, an architect and an expert in design theory
Evgeny Maslov is an industrial designer, the Chief Designer at TMH (developers and manufacturers of rolling stock for rail and urban transport that are one of the largest in the world and the largest in Russia), has collaborated with BMW Group DesignWorks, Lebedev Studio and others
Svyatoslav Saakyan is an industrial designer and the founder of the Svyatoslav Saakyan Industrial Design Studio
Klim Pertsev is a designer and a project manager of the 2050.LAB National Center for Industrial Design and Innovation
Irina Zhdanova is an industrial designer and the founder of the «Maschtab» Industrial Design Bureau
Referenses
Registering and uploading a project
The step-by-step way to create an account and create a project on the platform to participate in the contest is described in the instructions.
Contacts