Exhibition

Nominate your design of the year

Every year the Design Museum hosts some of the world's most innovative designs as part of its Beazley Designs of the Year awards and exhibition. To celebrate the museum's 30th anniversary, this year you are invited to share YOUR designs of the year.

Public nominations have now closed. Visit the exhibition in September to see if your choice has been selected.

As a specialist insurer, Beazley is well placed to understand the value of good design. It sees first-hand the consequences when things go wrong and its products and services are expertly designed to help people and businesses when they most need help.

The criteria

The Design Museum asks you to look over the last twelve months and share:

  • Designs that inspire you

  • Designs that represent change in their field

  • Designs that capture this moment in time

  • Designs that create access

  • Designs that represent thought leadership

LOOK BACK AT past winners

From an operating theatre that can fit inside your backpack to a high-performance hijab for female athletes, look back at some of the previous Beazley Design of the Year winners to help you make your decision on who should be featured in this year's exhibition.

Beazley Design of the Year 2018 | Counter Investigations: Forensic Architecture

Beazley Graphic Design of the Year 2018 | Trash Isles

Beazley Design of the Year - People's Choice 2018 | SurgiBox

Beazley Fashion Design of the Year 2017 | Nike Pro Hijab

Beazley Transport Design of the Year 2017 | Scewo

Beazley Design of the Year 2016 | Better Shelter

Beazley Graphic Design of the Year 2016 | Blackstar

Beazley Product Design of the Year 2016 | Space Cup

Beazley Design of the Year 2015 | Human Organs-On-Chips

Beazley Design of the Year 2014 | Heydar Aliyev Center

Beazley Design of the Year 2013 | Gov.uk Government Digital Service

Beazley Design of the Year 2012 | London 2012 Olympic Torch

Beazley Design of the Year 2011 | Plumen 001

Beazley Design of the Year 2010 | Folding Plug

Beazley Design of the Year 2009 | Barack Obama poster

Beazley Design of the Year 2008 | One Laptop Per Child

TERMS & CONDITIONS

  • Each email address can only nominate one design per category.

  • Designs must be from March 2018 to March 2019.

  • All nominations will be considered anonymously.

  • Nominations will be used to aid the curatorial process however the final shortlisting decisions will be made by the exhibition curators.

  • Nominations will close on the 31st of March 2019.

Coming soon

Beazley Designs of the Year

The exhibition returns again to showcase some of the most innovative designs across fashion, architecture, digital, transport, product and graphic design from the past 12 months.

PAST EXHIBITION

Beazley Designs of the Year 2018

Look back at last year's exhibition which presented 87 global designs from fashion, architecture, digital, transport, product and graphic design.

Background image | Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa by Heatherwick Studio.

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