Turkish Visa

All travellers should be aware of the fact that depending on your passport you might be required to obtain a visa,  prior to entering Turkey. This is a very simple procedure that can be completed online. You will not be needing a visa if you hold a passport from*:Albania, Andorra, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, […]

European Design Awards Ceremony 2015

This year’s award winners will be revealed in a ceremony hosted by stand-up comedian Bob Maclaren taking place in Istanbul’s fine arts school Mimar Sinan University. All attendees will then be transferred by boat to the north of the Bosphorus for a gala dinner, followed by the annual winners’ party. More info, here. Click here […]

European Design Awards gala dinner & party

This year right after the ceremony and just before the annual winners’ party we have one more thing on our schedule: a gala dinner. And not just any gala dinner, but one hosted in a historic yali (a Bosphorus Waterfront Residence). Getting there is half the fun: we jump on a chartered boat and head […]

Special discounts for all European Design Awards travellers

Turkish Airlines is the official airline of “European Desgin Awards” and special discounts up to 20% are offered on certain booking classes. In order to proceed with the online booking tool for Turkish Conventions please visit the Turkish Conventions website and use the event code “064TKM15” under delegate section.  

A simple way to the top!

Claim a European Design Award in 4 simple steps: 1. Create your account on the ED Awards website. 2. Register your submission(s) by Friday, 20 February, 23:59 GMT 3. Complete your payment. 4. Send your physical samples (where applicable). They need to arrive at our office by Saturday, 28 February

Helmi Honkanen

Designer Helmi Honkanen (1981) is a Helsinki based designer focused on brand design, identity design and content creation. Despite drawing stick figures at the entrance examinations, she studied at Lahti Institute of Design and Fine Arts where she has later also taught identity design in addition to various other schools. Over her career she has […]

Veronica Mike Solheim

Editor-in-chief Mike was born on the west coast of Norway in 1990 and has an Art Direction Bachelor from Westerdals ACT, where she graduated June 2014. Mike is an award-winning creative specialized in brand development and storytelling. She holds a BA in Art Direction, but her work includes every part of the creative process. She was awarded […]

Sara Wilk

Editor-in-chief Sara Wilk is a design journalist based in Stockholm, Sweden. She has written about graphic design and communication for a range of different clients for several years. In 2007 she joined the Swedish design magazine CAP&Design as a freelancer and in early 2015 she became editor-in-chief.  She was born in 1985 and has studied […]

Demetrios Fakinos talks to “Novum – World of Graphic Design”

An interview with Demetrios Fakinos, European Design Awards Managing Director, published in Novum – World of Graphic Design, September 2014. Interview: Bettina Schulz This year, too, we are pleased to present to you gold award-winners in the European Design Awards, a competition that itself is quite a success  story. Now in its eighth year, the awards […]

An interview with German design studio Langesommer

Every year the ED Awards identity is designed by a different design studio. Based on a single typographic element, the Meta FF Bold asterisk, how difficult is it to reimagine a brand that is both established and versatile?It is not difficult, but it is challenging. Experimenting with the asterisk was so much fun. I think […]

ED-Awards Press kit 2014

ED-Awards 2014 winners announced

The European Design Awards boast a ceremony which is always fun and friendly. This was exactly how things were in Cologne on Saturday, when the top communication design studios of the european continent gathered to celebrate their success. It was during this year’s European Design Awards ceremony that the decisions of the most qualified jury […]

Anti (Endre Berentzen)

Co-founder & Creative Director ANTIwww.anti.as Endre Berentzen (1975) is a founding partner and creative director at ANTI – an internationally award winning norwegian design and communications agency with a global client base. Berentzen – originally set on becoming an Architect took a turn to visual communication in the late nineties. Although, now a designer, his love […]

Things to do in Cologne

Cologne Cathedral/Der Kölner DomThe Hohe Domkirche St. Petrus, (High Cathedral of St. Peter) is a Roman Catholic church in Cologne, Germany. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Cologne and the administration of the Archdiocese of Cologne. It is a renowned monument of German Catholicism and Gothic architecture and is a World Heritage Site. It is Germany’s most visited landmark, attracting an average of 20,000 people a day. The cathedral […]

Silo (René Toneman and Dennis Flinterman)

Silosilodesign.nl Rene Toneman (1973) is partner and creative director at SILO. Rene started his career in 1996 as a graphic designer at the critically acclaimed Studio Dumbar. He developed in the field of corporate identity programs for large Dutch and international organisations and enterprises including Schiphol Airport, Shell, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, the Dutch Government, the Dutch Prime […]

R2 (Lizá Ramalho and Artur Rebelo)

R2r2design.pt Lizá Ramalho and Artur Rebelo have degrees in Communication Design from the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Oporto and a Master’s degree in Design Research from the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Barcelona. Lizá was granted a scholarship from the Foundation for Science and Technology of the University […]

Mutabor (Heinrich Paravicini)

Mutabor Design GmbHmutabor.de Heinrich Paravicini, Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer Heinrich Paravicini was born in 1971 and grew up in Paris. He completed his secondary education in Germany and shortly afterwards began a graphic design course at Muthesius Academy of Design and Fine Arts in Kiel. There he founded the magazine Mutabor together with fellow students in […]

Design by Atlas (Astrid Stavro)

Design by Atlasdesignbyatlas.com Astrid Stavro, Co-founder Astrid Stavro graduated with Distinction from both Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design and The Royal College of Art in London, before relocating to Barcelona where she founded the award winning Astrid Stavro Studio. She has an international reputation for strongly rooted conceptual solutions and a clean, […]

Award Evening

Date & timeSaturday, May 24th at 20:00. TicketsAre available via the ED web shop. All ED-Awards ceremony tickets will also be valid for the Winner’s party. (More info coming soon!) The VenueThe ED Awards 2014 ceremony will take place at the Comedia Theater. The Comedia Theater is housed in an old Fire Station built in […]

Flying to Cologne

Köln Bonn Airport is connected to more than 130 domestic and international destinations. The airport is centrally located in the Cologne/Bonn Region 14.8 km (9.2 mi) southeast of Cologne city centre. It is the seventh largest passenger airport in Germany and second largest in terms of cargo operations. It is one of the country’s few 24-hour airports and serves as a hub for Germanwings. […]