BETTER FUTURE - Awards, Exec Club & Foundation

Who? 

We are BETTER FUTURE, a global independent design promotion organisation that oversees programs of recognition and the world’s largest network of design awards. We are led by a global community of C-suite executives who make up the members of our sister project – The BETTER FUTURE Exec Club. Our global reach extends across12,000 brands and 3,500 studios. We come together to innovate, accelerate and grow demand for design. In 2024 we celebrated over $USD673B of design projects and raised the profile of over 2,900 design projects.

What? 

We like to think of ourselves as ‘champions for a better future’, our goal is to bring recognition to applied design projects that are helping us accelerate economic outcomes with a social and environmental impact. Our Award Programs are market-based, to include national and international design projects.

Where? 

AFRICAN Design Awards
ASIAN Design Awards
AUSTRALIAN Design Awards
BERLIN Design Awards
CHENNAI Design Awards
EUROPEAN Design Awards
GOV Design Awards (global)
HONG KONG Design Awards
LONDON Design Awards
MELBOURNE Design Awards
MIDDLE EAST Design Awards
MILAN Design Awards
NEW YORK Design Awards 
PARIS Design Awards
SHANGHAI Design Awards
SYDNEY Design Awards
WORLD Design Awards

Coming Soon:

LATIN AMERICAN Design Awards
NORDEN Design Awards
SPACE Design Awards

When? 

All our Award Programs are run annually. This means we will be holding a new Awards Program every two weeks from February to December. 

Why? 

The importance of recognition. Recognition is difficult to establish inside an organisation. Staff are inherently more satisfied when they are being valued and championed. 

So often work lacks punctuation. Award recognition adds this much-needed pause and delivers enhanced job satisfaction, supplier satisfaction and customer satisfaction. External award programs like BETTER FUTURE create an important opportunity for peer acknowledgment. This kind of recognition spans a lifetime, from the moment management makes the decision to demonstrate their pride in a project and nominate into the awards program, to have the project reviewed and selected. The cycle of recognition is a cycle of pride. Team members are often worn down by the effort to deliver a project, and appreciate when a spotlight is shone on their efforts, a spotlight that says they’re valued and that the organisation is proud of their efforts. 

At BETTER FUTURE we want to facilitate these moments of recognition for everyone, which is why our motto is “we celebrate courage, excellence and diversity”.

Get started on your nomination today.