Domestic and international designers:
The 11th Oriental Design Award is guided by the Commercial Industry Committee of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade and jointly organized by the National Industrial Design Research Institute (Ecological Design Field) and the Hubei Provincial Cultural and Creative Industry Association. The Oriental Design Award aims to showcase the current state of teaching and practical achievements in the multidisciplinary integration of innovative design and other interdisciplinary fields in my country under the new era, and to build an international exchange and learning platform for university teachers and students and industry pioneers in the field of "Design + N" multidisciplinary innovative design to demonstrate their innovative and creative design talents.
To further promote the innovative interdisciplinary collaboration of the Oriental Design Award's "Design+" framework, and to continue to effectively serve all aspects of my country's social, economic, and cultural life, actively responding to and implementing the important strategy of building an innovative nation, adhering to the guiding principles of the Communist Party of China for building an innovative nation—namely, independent innovation, key breakthroughs, supporting development, and leading the future—and actively responding to the national strategy of enhancing independent innovation capabilities, integrating it into all aspects of modernization, stimulating the innovative spirit of the entire nation, taking the cultivation of high-level innovative talents as the responsibility of the competition platform, and focusing on forming a system and mechanism conducive to independent innovation, the organizing committee has decided to continue holding the 11th Oriental Design Award in 2025. This year's competition will include both themed and non-themed sections, and active participation is welcome.
(I) Guiding Unit
China Council for the Promotion of International Trade Commercial Industry Committee
(II) Organizers
National Industrial Design Research Institute (Ecological Design Field)
Hubei Provincial Cultural and Creative Industry Association
(III) Undertaking Organization
Competition Committee of Hubei Provincial Cultural and Creative Industry Association
(iv) Collaborating Organizations
Hong Kong Designers Association, Hong Kong Illustrators Association, Macau Product Design Association, Korea Animation Association, Busan Gyeongnam Scholars Association, Asia Design Week, Asia Design Alliance, Asian Art & Design Association, Malaysian Graphic Design Association, Shenzhen Graphic Design Association, Anhui Graphic Design Association, Hubei Animation Association, Hubei Artists Association, Heilongjiang Art & Design Association, Hainan Art & Design Association, Shandong Fine Arts and Design Association, Guangxi Stage Art Society, Liaoning Advertising Association, Guangzhou Creative Industry Association, New Young Designers Alliance, China AIGC Industry Alliance, Nanjing Graphic Designers Alliance, Fengtian Designers Salon, Xinjiang Design Power Salon, Inner Mongolia Designers Salon, etc.
(v) Professional Platform
Uisdc.com, No. 9 Gutian Road, ZCOOL.com
Competition Launch: The new season will begin from January to March 2025, with the release of the themed competition and other content, as well as activities such as lectures and exhibitions.
Online registration: Register an account and submit your work between February and June 2025;
Provincial competition judging: Provincial competition judging in July 2025;
National Competition Judges: Judges for the national competition in August 2025;
Award Announcement: Award information will be released and awards will be presented in September 2025;
Related activities: Forums, lectures, and exhibitions from October to December 2025.
03 Judging Mechanism and Award Setting
(I) Review Mechanism
Provincial competition judges - National competition judges
(II) Award Categories
Provincial and National Awards: The top 15% of all entries will receive awards, with the top 6% receiving national-level awards and the bottom 9% receiving provincial-level awards (the award ratio for national and provincial competitions is: first prize 1/6, second prize 1/3, third prize 1/2). Entries that win a national award cannot simultaneously win a provincial award; there are no honorable mentions in the national competition. Based on the quantity and quality of entries submitted by each provincial competition area, outstanding performance from certain areas will be considered for provincial honorable mentions upon application by the organizing committee.
The awards for the topic-based competition are subject to the specific topic. For more details regarding participation, please see the official website and attachments of the notice.
04 Match Content
(a) Non-themed categories: Innovative design works in the categories of digital modeling, art design, digital motion effects, scientific research, intelligent manufacturing, industrial engineering, digital cultural and creative products, AI generation, digital music, and interactive design are all acceptable.
(II) Question-based: For details of this year's question-based competition, please see the requirements of the question-based track on the official website. Specific questions will be updated gradually.
05 Entry Fee
No entry fee is required.
06 Intellectual Property and Related Statements
(a) The right to authorship of all submitted works belongs to the submitter.
(ii) The organizer has the right, but not limited to, to reproduce all submitted works that have won awards for publicity, dissemination via information networks, publication, distribution, exhibition, adaptation, etc.
(III) By submitting an article, the contributor agrees to and abides by all the terms of this announcement. The organizer reserves the right to revise and interpret all the terms of this announcement.
07 Contact Information
(a) Event Secretariat
Address: Zhongke Industrial Park, No. 103 Beiqing Road, Haidian District, Beijing
Contact number: 18610603933
WeChat ID: DFSJJ123
(II) Oriental Design Award Official Website:
https://oda.org.cn/
We welcome designers, university faculty and students from both China and abroad to actively participate in the competition on our official website!
Official website: https://www.oda.org.cn/
For more information about the competition, please follow our WeChat official account: ODA Oriental Design Award
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