Design Turkey Awards are persented under two main catagories:

Product Design Awards: given to the products due to the evaluation of the jury which meet certain criteria among the products which are manufactured and lounched in the market, and passed the pre-evaluation stage.

• Good Design Awards: Good design is different from its rivals. It is functional, usable and honest. It responds to the users' needs. It does not harm human health, safety and the environment. Its benefit and cost is proportional. It is detailed for a good quality production. These are the criteria which a good design must fulfill. Good Design Awards are given as a result of the evaluation on sectoral basis considering these criteria.
• Superior Design Awards: If a good design is at the same time innovative or superior in its functionality or visuality, offers new posibilities to its user, contributes to the development of work environment, brand or development of industry, or contributes positively to the society, culture or environment, it is superior in comparison to other designs. Superior design evaluation is made in accordance with these criteria on sectoral basis. Superior design awards are given to the designs, among Good Design Award winners, which fulfill at least one superiority criteria.
• TURQUALITY® Design Awards are gİven to the outstanding five (5) designs, among superior design awards winners with a Turkish brand.

Conceptual Design Awards: given to the design projects due to the evaluation of the jury, which meet conceptual design criteria among the design projects, which are not programmed for manufacture, and passed the pre-evaluation stage.