SIT Furniture Design Award 2026
SIT Furniture Design Award 2026 is now open for entries!
The SIT Furniture Design Award, competition that recognize, celebrate, and promote brilliant international Furniture Designers, Brands, Manufacturers, Emerging talents as well as Visionaries enhancing our daily life with innovation, has been recenlty announced for entries in it 2026 edition.
Short description
The 2026 SIT Design Award is now accepting entries into its two major categories, Furniture Design and Interior Design.
The aim of the SIT Furniture Design Award is to honor the very best in furniture and interior design, with a simple goal — to advance the appreciation of these designs on a global scale.
The SIT Furniture Design Award was created as a way to celebrate and share the remarkable work of furniture designers and those who use furniture in their projects. Creativity, innovative vision, and accessibility in the furniture design community deserve to be applauded and shared widely, across the world.
This award exists to recognize, celebrate, and promote brilliant international Furniture Designers, Brands, Manufacturers, Emerging talents as well as Visionaries enhancing our daily life with innovation. SIT focuses on “Seat and Beyond”, rewarding strategic thinking and imagination which goes into making great equipment.
The SIT Award not only awards the best in Furniture design and manufacturing but also the use of great furniture in interior design.
Entries can be submitted as conceptual designs, in progress, or as completed projects. The only restriction is that entries or completed projects must be no more than 5 years old. Submissions can be made as a Professional or as a Student.
The SIT Design Award winners are carefully selected by the prestigious international jury, made up of architects, interior designers, professors, editors, academics: all well-respected and recognized members of the design community.
The judging criteria include the following:
➜ Innovation — does the product provide something new to the market or supplement/improve an existing product?
➜ Aesthetics — form, shape, color, texture, finishing, the material used, etc.
➜ Functionality — ease of use, safety, maintenance, etc.
➜ Ergonomics — the product’s interaction with the user
➜ Durability — the quality and longevity of the design
➜ Impact — the benefit delivered to the user and/or society by the product
➜ Utility — does the product meet the intended purpose and needs of the user?
➜ Ecological compatibility — potential environmental and/or ecological impact
➜ The reality of production — how realistic is it, technically and economically, to develop and market this product on a large scale?
➜ Emotional quotient — in addition to fulfilling its practical purpose, does the product create a sense of enjoyment and satisfaction?
Who may enter?
The SIT Furniture Design Awards competition is open to anyone aged 18+ residing anywhere in the world. Professional entries will be judged against other professionals and student entries against other students.
Prize:
The “Furniture Design of the year” and “Interior Design of the Year” professionals and students will receive the coveted SIT Design Award Trophy. Their winning projects will be showcased to the global audience and be featured in the Annual SIT Award catalog. Winning the SIT Design Awards is an opportunity to step into the global spotlight, elevate the company profile or boost a starting career.
Entry fees:
➜ Professional CHF 220 ( approx: US$235) incl. Swiss VAT
Same Product in additional categories at a 50% discount
➜ Student CHF 100 ( approx: US$110) incl. Swiss VAT
Same Product in additional categories at a 50% discount
➜ 10% Early Bird discount until September 7th, 2025
➜ 5% Extended Early Bird discount until October 31st, 2025
➜ Regular Deadline: January 11th, 2026
➜ Final Deadline: March 8th (10% late fee applies) till April 26th, 2026
