iF Design

banners, commercials, communities, displays, Flash movies, eCommerce applications, games, intranets and extranets, learning software and CBT, multimedia productions, online services, online shops, podcasts, portals, newsletters, terminals, trailer, TV design, screensavers, simulations, video design, video clips, weblogs, websites …

01.01 animation
all digitally generated movement and movement graphics

01.02 atmosphere
audio-visual contributions where the focus is on ambience and look-and-feel

01.03. interface
digital contributions that focus on navigation and usability

01.04 screendesign
digital contributions that focus on graphic design

01.05 structure
digital contributions that focus on complex information architectures

01.6 viral designs
digital contributions that focus on viral design and encourage the target group to forward the message

01.07 digital advertising
digital contributions that serve as transmitters of advertising messages

01.08 humor
humorous digital contributions

applications software, barrier-free interfaces, building control systems, building control devices, industry interfaces, interactive manuals, cameras, kitchen interfaces, lighting control systems, media facades, medical device interfaces, cell phones, MP3 players, navigation systems, touchscreens

adverts, banners, instruction manuals, brochures, books, business reports, stationery, illustrations, calendars, catalogues, customer magazines, corporate guidelines, logos, staff magazines, newsletters, posters, product catalogues and acquisition brochures, flyers, corporate communication, promotional gifts, magazines, newspapers …

03.1 image
print products for company profiling

03.2 information
print products focusing on presenting information or printed documentation

03.3 promotion
print products used in promotion

03.4 typography
print products focusing on typography

03.5 photography
contributions with a photographic focus

03.6 corporate communication
print products in the area of corporate communication

03.7 publishing
print products in the area of publishing

food and non-food packaging, gift boxes, giveaways, packaging carrying information and advertising, product packaging, carrier bags, transport packaging, promotional displays, protective / secondary packaging, accessories packaging …

04.01 sales / primary packaging

04.02 display and transport packaging

exhibition architecture, events, office buildings, hotels, administration buildings, posters, signets, pictograms …

05.01 exhibitions / trade fairs
exhibition and trade fair architecture as an element of brand communication

05.02 events
events as an element of brand communication

05.03 shops / showrooms
retail architecture as an element of brand communication

05.04 permanent architecture
office buildings, production buildings, hotels, administration buildings

05.05 communication media in architecture and public spaces
electronic information systems, billboards, info-graphics, 3D graphics, signage and guidance systems, signets, pictograms

corporate design, advertising campaigns, …

"crossmedia" refers to competition entries which are part of a larger, overall concept and which combine, as a minimum, digital and print media.

Special category for never-published creations or experimental concepts from all categories of the iF communication design award. A precondition for this category is that there is no commissioning client and that all resources were contributed by the designers themselves. Only professional projects can be submitted, i.e. no student projects can be submitted in this category. The number of awards in this category is limited to five. The prizewinners in this discipline do not receive a statuette, but rather a special prize.