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2016 San Francisco Design Awards

spaces, objects, visual, graphic, digital & experience design
design champion, best studio, best start-up & best supplier
plus over 40 specialist categories

accelerate transformation, celebrate courage
growing demand for design

Category Listing - Best of

Design Commissioner - Chairman's Awards

The Design Commissioner Award celebrates the organisation who consistently commissions or champions design work thereby providing instrumental support to the wider design community. The winner is assessed based on a review of their body of work.


All eligible nominations will be automatically submitted into this category and no fee applies.
  

 

Startup

This category relates to Startups who are still in the initial stages of design. It may still be in concept stage or with working prototypes. It has yet to be released as a commercial project.  Startup projects need to be new and emerging. We want to see a great idea that is in its incubation stage. 

All eligible nominations will be automatically submitted into this category and no fee applies.
  

 

Studio - Small

This award celebrates the best studio or other design professional that consistently achieves excellence in design.

Winners will be awarded according to the body of work submitted across all categories and the overall rating score and will be presented in three categories based on business size Small - less than 5 employees, Medium - 5-20 employees and Large - greater than 20 employees.  

All eligible nominations will be automatically submitted into this category and no fee applies.
  

 

Studio - Medium

This award celebrates the best studio or other design professional that consistently achieves excellence in design.

Winners will be awarded according to the body of work submitted across all categories and the overall rating score and will be presented in three categories based on business size Small - less than 5 employees, Medium - 5-20 employees and Large - greater than 20 employees.  

All eligible nominations will be automatically submitted into this category and no fee applies.
  

 

Studio - Large

This award celebrates the best studio or other design professional that consistently achieves excellence in design.

Winners will be awarded according to the body of work submitted across all categories and the overall rating score and will be presented in three categories based on business size Small - less than 5 employees, Medium - 5-20 employees and Large - greater than 20 employees.  

All eligible nominations will be automatically submitted into this category and no fee applies.