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2026-02-01T23:59:59-05:00
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Meet your judges

Designity founder and CEO, Shahrouz Varshabi.LinkedIn's app logo.
Shahrouz Varshabi
CEO of Designity
Designity founder and CEO, Shahrouz Varshabi.LinkedIn's app logo.
Shahrouz Varshabi
CEO of Designity
Designity founder and CEO, Shahrouz Varshabi.LinkedIn's app logo.
Shahrouz Varshabi
CEO of Designity
Designity founder and CEO, Shahrouz Varshabi.LinkedIn's app logo.
Shahrouz Varshabi
CEO of Designity

Who should be nominated?

  • Roles: Graphic Designers, Creative Directors, Lead Designers, Senior Designers, Visual Designers... you get the idea!

  • Your nominee has good taste: they have experience creating tasteful world-class designs in their design discipline

  • Your nominee is acreative mastermind: they constantly push the limits of creativity and have their work be truly out-of-the-box

  • Your nominee is a forward-thinker: they use emerging technology like AI to make their work more efficient, more scalable, and more impactful

  • Your nominee has a strong personal brand: they have created a tight-knit community around their work

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2026 Nominees

See the list of all the current nominees to The Designity Awards

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2026 Judges

Learn more about our judges and more information about how to become a judge

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What are The Designity Awards?

Memorable design is run by rebels. Talented people who reject "standards" and embrace risk, innovation, and new concepts. The Designity Awards are Designity's bet on this talent. An ode to designers who are trying to change the industry through new ideas, new execution techniques, and a fiery passion for design.

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Why do The Golden Puffs matter?

The design industry is only as strong as the people driving it forward. Our nomination-based approach makes sure talent is considered for the award regardless of role, title, or seniority. The Designity Awards are proud to be built by the community, for the community.

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Who can be nominated?

Graphic designers and creatives in general (Graphic Designers, Creative Directors, Lead Designers, Senior Designers, Visual Designers) that are 18+ years old, and whose work is English-based. Qualities we're looking for to determine winners include good taste, out-of-the-box thinking (originality), and being innovative with the techniques and tools used.

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How are the award-winning designers selected?

A number of criteria will be considered during judging, weighted as follows: 40% taste/portfolio; 30% creativity/originality; 20% execution (use of AI and emerging technology) and 10% personal brand.

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When will the winners be revealed?

The winners will be revealed on July 14th, on Designity's social channels and webpage.

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How will winners be notified?

The winners will be notified about 2 weeks before the winners reveal date, via email and LinkedIn DM.

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What do winning designers receive?

Besides industry recognition, The Designity Awards winners will receive exposure on Designity's social channels and webpage, a LinkedIn digital award certificate, a physical trophy (the coveted Golden Puff), and a series of invitations to collaborate with Designity on content, invitation to our future podcast, professional collaborations, and more!

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