Seoul Design Award 2025

Seoul Design Award 2025 is now open for entries!

Seoul Design Award 2025 : Seoul Design Award 2025, a global design award for sustainable life that aims for a harmonious relationship between people, society and the environment, has been recently opened for entries inviting designers who are actively shaping a brighter future in our ever-evolving world to partecipate.

➜ Short description

The Seoul Design Award 2025 is an internationally recognized competition that celebrates innovative design projects addressing real-world challenges.

Hosted by the Seoul Metropolitan Government, the award seeks to promote sustainable design solutions that foster a harmonious balance between people, society, and the environment.

Designers from around the world are invited to showcase creative works that improve the quality of life and demonstrate the power of design as a driving force for positive change.

Focusing on themes such as sustainability, social impact, and environmental responsibility, the Seoul Design Award 2025 highlights designs that contribute meaningfully to communities.

Entries can include products, services, systems, and experiences that solve everyday problems while promoting inclusivity, resilience, and ecological awareness.

The competition encourages participants to think beyond aesthetics, emphasizing designs that offer practical, scalable, and lasting benefits to society as a whole.

Eligible for entry are design projects in all fields realized within 5 years by designers and planners who contributed to a more sustainable and harmonious future between people and people, people and society, people and the environment, and people and nature.

➜ Who may enter?

This cmpetition is open to individual designers, groups, and enterprises worldwide, including students and professionals.

➜ Prize:

The Main Award includes a Grand Prize of ₩50 million for one winner, Best of the Best awards of ₩10 million each for nine winners, and Finalist recognition for 30 projects. The Concept Award offers ₩5 million each to two Best of the Best winners and recognizes 18 Finalists, along with one Honorary Award. All winners receive an e-certificate, permanent use of the award logo, global expert feedback, invitations to the award ceremony and networking events, and promotion through various channels. Additionally, the top 10 Main Award winners are invited to present at the International Design Conference, with benefits including three nights of hotel accommodation and partial support for round-trip airfare.