Application to Design Turkey Industrial Design Awards is done on the Internet until 30 September 2010. Application for product design can be done by (1) the manufacturer or (2) the brand owner company representative or (3) the designer(s). A company or designer may apply for the award with more than one product. Products of any product design evaluation jury members, their close relatives, or the companies the jury members are working at, or the products manufactured by the companies the jury members are working at cannot be a candidate for the award.

During the application below listed information are needed in order to fill out the forms:

1. Intellectual Property Rights (if available)
2. Compatible standards
3. Chamber of Commerce registration number of Trademark owner

The application form which is filled out on the internet requires information regarding the brand owner company, (if dfifferent) manufacturing company and designer(s), information about the product and design, and at least 3 digital photos taken from different angles. The participants who pass the pre-evaluation phase and are invited to take place in the exhibition and catalogue, are asked to deliver a sample product in its original packaging and its user manual with the warranty documents to the exhibition hall.   

Click here to see the information required to fill out the application forms.

The applicant is requested to pay an application fee for every product s/he applies for the award system. If the application is made for more than one sector, the applicant needs to pay the application fee for each sector. 

Application fee

Application fee for every product that is a candidate for the Design Turkey awards is 100 TL. The fee should be deposited into the below bank account owned by Industrial Designers Society of Turkey.

Garanti Bankası, Ankara Ümitköy Branch

Account Number: 483/6288068

IBAN TR49 0006 2000 4830 0006 2880 68

Application fee, for the products of participants which pass the pre-evaluation phase and are invited to take place in the exhibition and catalogue, is 300 TL.   

Important dates:

Applications: 20 July - 15 October 2010
Pre-evaluation on the internet:  8 October - 8 November 2010
Notification of pre -evaluation: 12 November 2010
Submitting additional information for the exhibition: 12 November – 1 December 2010
Submission of products to exhibition: 3-4 December 2010
Construction of exhibition: 3-4 December 2010
Jury evaluation of products: 5-6 December 2010
Award Ceremony and exhibition opening: 7 December 2010
Exhibition: 7 - 14 December 2010