artimnas Annual Design Awards

Celebrating Imagination Across Timelines
Delhi | Sept–Oct 2026 | One Unforgettable Day

Honouring the Bold, the Beautiful, the Beyond.

The artimnas Design Awards are a celebration of design’s power to shape culture, craft identity, and imagine futures. From timeless traditions to digital ingenuity and AI-driven brilliance, we honour the minds and hands behind the most exceptional work in design today.

Whether you’re carving a future in pixels, stitching stories in thread, or decoding the world with code—we see you. This is your moment.

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Award Categories

Each award honours depth, impact, and innovation across different forms of design.

Categories are curated to reflect the artimnas spirit—traditional, digital, and artificial and futures.

Main Awards

Traditional Designer of the Year
 (craft, textile, folk, analog)

Digital Designer of the Year
(graphic, interaction, UI/UX, motion)

Artificial Design Intelligence Award
 (AI-driven work, generative art, synthetic media)

Transdisciplinary Practice of the Year
(hybrid, experimental, unclassifiable work)

Design Writer / Researcher of the Year

Emerging Designer (Under 30)

Editorial Picks
(Selected by the Artimnas editorial team)

Most Poetic Practice

Design for Change

Cultural Continuity Award

Design Fiction – Futurism Award

Material Innovation

Special Mentions

5 additional recognitions for boundary-pushing work across any category

Nominations & Submissions

Who Can Apply?

Designers, studios, collectives, educators, researchers, and creative technologists from around the world. You do not need to have been featured in the magazine to apply.

How to Nominate?

  • Fill the Nomination Form (launches in Jan 2026)

  • Submit portfolio/work samples + a short video intro

  • Include a 500-word statement about your practice and vision

  • You may nominate yourself or someone else

Submission Criteria

  • Work must be from the past 2 years

  • Must be original, self-authored, or collaboratively credited

  • Projects can span visual, spatial, speculative, or system-based design

  • AI, community-based, academic, or folk/traditional work is welcome

  • Commercial and non-commercial work accepted

Deadline: June 15, 2026
Shortlist Announcement: August 2026

More Than Recognition—
It’s Legacy

Winning an artimnas Award isn’t about a trophy on a shelf—it’s about having your work seen, understood, and remembered by the right people, in the right places.

As a recipient, you’re not just celebrated—you’re archived. Your practice is carefully profiled, your story is heard, and your work is placed into a cultural context that travels across studios, galleries, libraries, and minds.

Winners receive:

  • A richly written and designed editorial feature in our Special Awards Print Issue

  • A dedicated podcast conversation capturing your voice, ideas, and process

  • Global visibility across our magazine, digital platforms, and exhibitions

  • An invitation to future showcases, talks, and collaborations through the Artimnas network

  • A bespoke trophy, handcrafted as a symbol of your creative contribution

This is your legacy—documented, distributed, and deeply respected.

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