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Announcement of IAUD International Design Award 2024 Winners
2025.02.28 Updated
IAUD International Design Award 2024 had 36 entries, which are from 9 countries around the world; Brazil, France, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Norway, UK and USA.
IAUD International Design Award 2024 Selection Committee judged the entries rigorously and impartially, and finally selected 3 Grand Awards, 7 Gold Awards, 6 Silver Awards and 11 Bronze Awards. In addition, for the new category which was established in 2021, “Student Design Challenge”, 1 Award of Excellence for Student Design Challenge and 1 Award for Student Design Challenge were selected.
The IAUD International Design Award 2024 Awards Ceremony / Presentation was held on February 28, 2025. The “Grand award”, “Gold award” and “Award of Excellence for Student Design Challenge” winners gave wonderful presentations of their works after receiving certificates.
Grand Awards (3)
- Education
- ClassAll’s Accessibility Tools for Equal Learning Opportunities
Woongjin Thinkbig: Korea
- Business Strategy
- “Expanding Empathy” Panasonic’s Inclusive Design
Panasonic Holdings Corporation: Japan
- Regional Planning
- Inclusive Multisensory Signage
OKEENEA: France
Gold Awards (7)
- Imaging the Future
- “Metamorphic Lavatory” - Accessible Aircraft Lavatory to Enhance Comfort for All
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency / JAMCO Corporation: Japan
- Public Space Design
- THE TOKYO TOILET
Shibuya City / MASTER MIND LTD.: Japan
- Treetop Walk for all - Hamaren, Fyresdal, Norway
EFFEKT / HØGDE(FAUN) / FYRESDAL KOMMUNE: Norway
- Busan Metropolitan City’s Universal Design Pilot Project
Busan Metropolitan City / Design Council Busan: Korea
- Co-Design
- CEATEC 2023 Sony’s Booth
Sony Group Corporation: Japan
- Product Design
- The Hug Drum, a "Yuru" Musical Instrument
Sony Group Corporation / Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc.: Japan
- Service Design
- Santander Retail & Santander Business Banking Apps
Santander: UK
Silver Awards (6)
- Regional Planning
- Babakkawa Urban Design Project
Maebashi Design Commission: Japan
- Inclusive Culture
- Shaping the Future: The 'Timescape 1600–1914' Exhibition as a Catalyst for Universal Design at the Norwegian Museum of Cultural History
Norsk Folkemuseum STI, Norwegian Museum of Cultural History: Norway
- System Design
- Fujitsu GUI Next Plus (FGNP) design system “A GUI design foundation that evolves with users, and aims to contribute to an inclusive society”
Fujitsu Limited: Japan
- Healthcare and Welfare Design
- The CONNECT Digital Dementia Engagement Platform
Hopeful Aging, LLC: USA
- "MeAMOR" gently protects families living apart from each other with home appliances
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation: Japan
- Social Welfare Services
- "High-Enter" - A Unique Model and Practice for Vocational Training, Life-Long Education and Inclusion in High-Tech Companies in Israel
Shekulo Tov Group: Israel
Bronze Awards (11)
- Graphic Design
- Designing Citizen Happiness through Busan's Welfare Brand, “Annyeong Busan (Happy Busan)”
Busan Metropolitan City: Korea
- Social Welfare Services
- Rebooks - Accessible Digital Platform for People with Disabilities
Shekulo Tov Group: Israel
- “Enter” - Vocational Training and Career Development for People with Disabilities
Shekulo Tov Group: Israel
- Housing and Architecture
- An inclusive society enlightens UD. “Todaimae HiRAKU GATE” How office toilets should be and the concept expressed through signs.
Ueda Universal Design Room / Tashiro Design Studio / Shinko Shuppansha KEIRINKAN Co., Ltd.: Japan
- Fashion Design
- Ten years after launch - the evolving Universal ‘Beauty’ Design of PRIOR
SHISEIDO Co., Ltd. / SHISEIDO CREATIVE Co., Ltd.: Japan
- Imaging the Future
- A Smart Factory Concept that is Friendly to All People
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation: Japan
- Education
- Pen set for memorization with blue sheet
KOKUYO Co.,LTD.: Japan
- Regional Planning
- Children’s third place “TAKUWAERU”
Masahiko Hara (architect) / Makoto Kindergarten Tatsuo Yamamura, Masami Ishizuka / Future Grip Labo. Ituki Yamamura / Sou Tomoyuki Saito / Washizu architects office Mihoko Washizu / Archarch Design Architects Tsunetaka Nomura: Japan
- Product Design
- Toshiba Cordless Vacuum Cleaner VC-SL130DS
Toshiba Lifestyle Products & Services Corporation: Japan
- Healthcare and Welfare Design
- Fujitsu pharmaceutical information services
Fujitsu Limited: Japan
- Communication Design
- Universal Design of Tactile Color Coding: accessibility of color information for visually impaired people / tactile color language
Federal University of Paraná, Maria Lúcia Leite Ribeiro Okimoto and See Color, Sandra Regina Marchi: Brazil
Award of Excellence for Student Design Challenge 2024 (1)
- Student Design Challenge
- Pera
Pera Health Ltd: UK
Award for Student Design Challenge 2024 (1)
- Student Design Challenge
- Coccola
Elena Maria Sezzano, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano: Italy
IAUD International Design Award 2024 Selection Committee
- Chair of the Selection Committee: Onny Eikhaug (Executive Board (Former President), EIDD Design for All Europe/Founder, Innovation for All AS, Norway)
- Co-chair of the Selection Committee: Fumikazu Masuda (President, open house inc./ Visiting Professor, Nagoya University of Arts and Sciences, Japan)
- Advisor to the Selection Committee: Roger Coleman (Professor Emeritus of the Royal College of Art, UK)
- Members of the Selection Committee:
- Francesc Aragall (President, Design for All International /Founder, ProAsolutions, S.L., Spain)
- Thomas Bade (Founder/Partner, Institute for Universal Design, Germany)
- Valerie Fletcher (Executive Director, Institute for Human-Centered Design, USA)
- Rama Gheerawo (Director, Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design, Royal College of Art / RCA Reader in Inclusive Design, UK)
- Antika Sawadsri (Dean, School of Architecture, Art, and Design, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Thailand)
- Keiji Kawahara (Professor Emeritus, Nagoya University of Arts and Sciences / Executive Director, IAUD, Japan)
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