The SEGD Global Design Awards (GDAs) represent the best-of-the-best in experiential design and celebrate the designers and design firms whose work best exemplifies SEGD’s mission to “Educate, Connect, Inspire and Advocate.”
Winners will be honored at the SEGD Global Design Awards Celebration during the SEGD Conference, 24-26 August, 2023 in Washington D.C.
Winning projects will be featured in the SEGD23 awards annual and in the SEGD Global Design Awards archive on awards.segd.org. SEGD will also distribute press releases announcing the winners as well as promote on social media platforms and featured content in the SEGD weekly.
Eligible for submission are projects that have been completed between 1 January 2020, and 31 December 2022, as for Student entries, projects that have been completed in 2021 or 2022 by full-time students.
The 2023 awards competition encompasses eight categories that represent key practice areas of experiential design:
- Branded Environments (new this year)
- Digital Experiences
- Exhibition
- Placemaking
- Public Installation
- Strategy/Research/Planning
- Wayfinding
A multi-disciplinary jury representing a diversity of design disciplines, as well as clients, users, and students will evaluate your projects based on their effectiveness in connecting people to place, creating a unique and memorable user experience, and solving the client’s objectives and design challenges.
Honor and Merit awards are selected in each category.
The competition is open to all Experiential graphic designers, Environmental graphic designers, Graphic designers, Architects, Landscape architects, Exhibit designers, Industrial designers, Interior designers, Technology integrators, Digital content creators, User experience designers, Media developers, Creative agencies, Fabricators, Clients and Students, from any part of the world.
Since 1987, the SEGD Global Design Awards have set the standard of excellence for experiential graphic design—honoring design work that connects people to place by providing direction, content, and compelling experiences in public spaces. Since 2014, the awards have been juried in separate categories in order to ensure that projects are compared with like projects, e.g., wayfinding projects with wayfinding projects.
SEGD Global Design Awards 2023 – Fees
- SEGD Student Members: Free ($0/entry)
- Student Non-members: $50/entry
- SEGD Members: $295/entry or three or more entries at $200/entry
- All others: $600/entry
Each entry submitted after 31 January 2023 will incur a $100/project late fee.