Since 2013, the international Green Concept Award honours visionary design concepts for sustainable products, services and materials that are not (yet) on the market.
The award is aimed at young designers, start-ups and established companies.
Participants receive feedback from a jury of experts and nominees benefit from many advantages to take their sustainable projects to the next level. For projects that are already on the market, there is the Green Product Award.
The Green Future Club's Green Cells program offers support before, during and after submission.
The Green Concept Award offers all the advantages of a good award (award in 3 stages - 1. nominees, 2. winners 3. category winners and associated benefits (see list).
One Highlight is the participation at Dutch Design Week, where selected concepts will be showcased. As the event takes place before the final deadline, they are drafted from last year and submissions coming in within the early submission phase ending August 4th.
In addition, the Green Future Club (an association of sustainable industry experts, manufacturers, media representatives, investors,...) in cooperation with the IKEA Stiftung supports young designers in multiple ways: They get support during the development and elaboration of their sustainable concepts. (see free Green Cells workshops). Selected designers receive a special special start-up mentoring and a free membership to the Green Future Club.
Finally three recommendations:
- Participate in the Green Cells program.
- Use the Submission Assistance to prepare your application.
- Take relevant dates from the timeline to your calendar.
The Green Concept Award is presented in various categories. Click on the category names for more information.
12 July – 2 Aug Green Cells Workshops
4 Aug Early Submission deadline
8 Aug Selection for DDW participants
16 Aug – 6 Sept Green Cells Workshops
30 September Regular Submission deadline
October Green Cells Workshops
22-30 October Dutch Design Week Exhibition
7 November Final deadline
21 November Nominee Announcement
12 December Winner Announcement
12 Dec - 22 Jan 2023 Audience Awards voting & Jury decision on the Best of the categories.
March 2023 Award Ceremony and Best of category annoucement
EXTRA ACTIVITIES: Green Future Club
Participation in the Green Concept Award is free for students and graduate works from 2022! In order to run the Award at a sophisticated level, fees will apply. Submission fees will increase to 400€ on 5 August and to 450€ on 1 October. Green Future Club members receive a 50% discount on submission + nomination fees and there is a special for design studios from Hispanic countries.
An international jury of experienced experts will assess the submissions with their know-how and thus determine the winners. All nominees and winners receive an individual point based feedback.