A’Design Award and Competition 2023 — Final Call for Entries — Italy

A’Design Award and Competition is one the world’s largest and most influential design award; extremely prestigious with amazing jury, press recognition and high calibre laureates. It has up to 100 categories and it is for creative of all types with awards ranging from Good Industrial Design Award, Good Architecture Design Award to Good Product Design Award, Good Communication Design Award...

Knock-Knock Animation — Taipei, Taiwan

What makes a good character design? “Soul and the pleasingness that can cross generations and cultures. This may involve the character’s personality or point of view, appearance and colour, body language, the connection between the character and the brand… these many elements may shape the pleasing degree across generations and cultures. Once it can be achieved, a good design is...

A’Design Award and Competition 2023 — Final Call for Submission — Italy

In a world where there are millions of products and designs launch each year, A’Design Award and Competition was born out of the desire to underline the best designs and well designed products. Submissions are now open in 100+ categories, with popular choices including Interior Space and Exhibition Design; Architecture, Building and Structure Design; Furniture, Decorative Items and Homeware Design;...

Nikita Goryainov — London, UK

What aspects do you find difficult while designing characters and how do you deal with them? “For me, the most difficult part is making characters distinct from each other yet still unique, especially when tasked with creating so many! The best solution I have found is simply to take a break and start from scratch.”...

Thunder Rockets — São Paulo, Brazil

“The challenge is making each one unique while showing that they come from the same universe. Behind the scenes, there is a lot of experimentation in terms of gesture, besides practical tests to conceive and carve the ideal shape of the character. It also helps the process by adding complex layers, almost invisible, that provide the characters with this uniqueness...