iF Design

The award winners of the iF gold award will be announced at the awards ceremony. The awarding of these special prizes is carried out in a dedicated ceremony each year on the opening day of CeBIT.

The iF product design award yearbook, a comprehensive and attractive document, is a constant and important part of the competition. All award-winning contributions to the iF product design award will be published, including two images, information on the designer and a description in English and German. This excellent publication serves as a reference tool the world over and is therefore a great advertising instrument for each participant. Each award winner will receive a copy of the iF product design award yearbook 2011. The official publication date is the date of the awards ceremony at CeBIT in Hanover. The publication of all award-winning contributions in the iF product design award yearbook is obligatory for all award winners.

All award-winning entries will be presented in the iF product design award exhibition. The product design exhibition is open to the public every year from 1 March and will be open to public during all international trade shows at the Hanover fairground. Participation in the exhibition is obligatory for all winners of an iF product design award.

With some 3.5 million page views per month, the iF website is one of the most popular design platforms on the Internet. Visitors from over 100 countries come to find information about the iF competitions. All award-winning contributions will be represented with up to two images and a description in German and English. This exhibition is not limited in duration.

All award winners of the iF competitions will receive points in the iF ranking.
20 points are given for winning an iF award. For gold award winners, 100 points will be given to both the designers in the iF creative ranking and the manufacturers or clients in the iF company ranking. The basis for the iF ranking is formed by all iF competitions run over the last three years. The iF ranking is updated after each new awards ceremony.

Clients and partners should know when a contribution has successfully distinguished itself from the rest and received the popular iF label in this international competition. In order to make the most of this image-promotion factor, we offer all award winners a number of efficient advertising tools:

Before, during and after the competition the comprehensive PR work of iF ensures that the iF product design award will receive a great deal of attention in the national and international press. In economics and lifestyle magazines, in the specialized design press, in daily and weekly newspapers, as well as in radio and TV, there will be reports about the outstanding level of the award-winning works. This thorough press coverage is based on longstanding contacts with more than 100 media representatives worldwide. With this comprehensive communication package, iF achieves optimal publicity for the award winners and their great professional success.