2025 MUSE Design Awards: Season 2

2025 MUSE Design Awards: Season 2 is now open for entries!

2025 MUSE Design Awards: Season 2 : The second season of the MUSE Design Awards for 2025, organized by International Awards Associate Inc (IAA), an international competition for designers and creative professionals whose craftsmanship shift paradigms, ideas or designs, has been recenty announced for entries.

➜ Short description

The MUSE Design Awards 2025, an international competition for designers whose craftsmanship shift paradigms, now is calling for entries in its second season!

The MUSE Design Awards, established in 2015 by the International Awards Associate (IAA) as part of the MUSE Awards Program, celebrates and honors the world's best in design and innovation. IAA was founded with a mission not only to honor and promote but also to redefine benchmarks for recognizing exceptional design and media contributions. This mission has been pivotal in shaping the principles and objectives of the MUSE Design Awards.

In celebrating the 10th Anniversary, the MUSE Awards continues to honor the creativity and dedication that have shaped its path to success. The 2025 MUSE theme, Celebrating Milestones, is a tribute to the incredible journey shared with creative minds across the world, recognizing the collective achievements of participants who have redefined creativity and transformed the industry. Each milestone reflects the ingenuity, commitment, and bold vision that continue to fuel groundbreaking innovation in the creative field.

This year, you are invited to be part of this momentous celebration, sharing your unique contributions to spark new ideas, foster collaboration, and create a lasting impact that will inspire generations to come. Together, let's celebrate the achievements that have brought us here and move forward toward a future filled with even greater possibilities.

This is an international design competition dedicated to recognizing excellent and original design work from across the globe. With a mission to honor, celebrate, and elevate outstanding design innovators, MUSE also serves as a key stage to unveil up-and-coming stars in Architecture, Interior, Product, Landscape, Lighting, Furniture and Fashion Design worldwide.

2025 Categories include: Architectural Design, Interior Design, Product Design, Furniture Design, Landscape Design, Lighting Design, Packaging Design, Concept Design, Transportation Design, and Fashion Design.

There are FOUR (4) levels of achievement in the competition:

➜ Design of the Year
➜ Platinum MUSE (85-100 points)
➜ Gold MUSE (70-84 points)
➜ Silver MUSE (50-69 points)

The MUSE Awards honors those who are dauntless in adversity; who take on challenges with an unwavering will. You set the standards for the world and inspire others to reach higher.

Judges are senior-level, experienced in their field/industry, including creative designers and art directors from international agencies, architects, fashion designers, interior designers, product designers, educators, marketers or business owners. Judges are selected based on experience, credibility and availability. Evaluation Criteria:

➜ Creativity / Originality / Concept / Idea
➜ Content / Brief / Objective / Planning / Execution
➜ Innovation / Technology
➜ Quality / Functionality / Sustainability
➜ Overall Impression / Wow! Factor / Memorable

All winners for 2025 will be announced on October 16, 2025.

➜ Submission requirements:

➜ Entries must be produced within the last FIVE (5) calendar years up through the final deadline.

➜ All entries must be submitted for judging exactly as published or implemented and may not be modified for the competition. The 2024 MUSE Design Awards may request proof of initial production and/or publication date.

Entry Brief:
It is recommended that you keep your synopsis to approximately 350 words. Organiser suggests you utilize this section of your entry to elaborate on the piece as well as the creativity and originality of your idea. The brief should strengthen your entry, as well as providing the jury a better understanding of your project. A written translation or adaptation must accompany non-English entries.

Image Submission:
- The submissions should be saved in a flattened JPEG or JPG format. (keep them under 4MB, 1,200px wide is preferable, 300dpi, RGB).

➜ Who may enter?

The MUSE Design Awards is open worldwide to Advertising Agencies, Architects, Builders, Brand / Business Owner, Car Designers, Creative Boutiques, Design firms, Engineers, Fashion Designers, Freelance Professionals, Furniture Design, Graphic Designers, In-house Marketing, Interactive Agencies, Interior Designers, Landscape Designers, Product Designers, Students, and anyone aged 18 and above residing anywhere in the world.

➜ Prize:

➜ The Design of the Year winners receive a complimentary limited-edition trophy and professionally designed certificate.
➜ One professionally designed certificate commemorating the winning entry, which includes entry title, entering company/winners' name and category. Decal will be affixed indicating the level of win.
➜ Top tier (Platinum and Gold) winners will be featured on MUSE Design Awards site's Gallery, where professionals can view your work.
- Professionally designed logos for use on websites, in email signatures, etc.
➜ Platinum and Gold winners will get featured by MUSE on social media or our media partner on Muse.World’s website.

➜ Entry fees:

Early Bird Entry (Apr 10 – May 15, 2025) is $209 for first entry of work, after that period ends the amount of fee will increse.