What is the Service Design Award?

The Service Design Award, founded by the Service Design Network in 2015, is the most prestigious award honoring service design excellence from around the world. This year we are celebrating our sixth anniversary and we are proud of our previous winners and finalists who helped us to stay true in our vision to make service design the new normal. 

How to enter?

Key Benefits of Submission

• Prestige: The Service Design Award is internationally recognised as the highest seal of excellence within the service design sector
• Media: Free publicity for your brand
• Leadership: Differentiates your business from the competition; establishes trust, credibility, and authority
• Networking: Access to a broader audience; vital connections can lead to the growth of your business
• Talent: Key branding opportunity; establishes a new pipeline to attract talent

SDN Perks and Privileges for Winners

• On-stage recognition/celebration at SDGC21
• Special SDGC21 ticket price*
• Finalist exhibition at SDGC21
• International recognition, trophy and winner's badge
• The showcase of your project in the SDN case study library
• Discussion/interview on the Service Design Podcast regarding your project
• Feature articles in Touchpoint, the International Journal for Service Design
• One-year free membership for your team

^{*A special price of 495,00 Euro per ticket for SDGC21 is available fo all project teams who submitted for the Service Design Award 2020. The price for student project teams is 390,00 Euro per ticket.}

Have you submitted your project yet for the  Service Design Award?

Well, the time is definitely now and we can’t wait to receive your submission! Professionals and students alike are encouraged to apply for the opportunity to showcase what service design looks like at its best. All completed entries will be evaluated by an international jury of service design experts and judged based on established benchmarks of world-class excellence.

Don’t delay, submit your project today. 

If you are still searching for that spark of inspiration or looking for the benchmark references, make sure to take a look at the finalist and winner projects from 2019. 

Kerry Bodine is once again Head of Jury for the Service Design Award 2020 and we could not be more thrilled. She joined us recently for an online chat about the award, what kinds of submissions make her go "wow", and why she believes that submitting your project for consideration to the award might be one of the best decisions you will make all year.

Watch the video!

Still, working on your entries and have questions? We want to help if we can. If you have any questions or you need support, please just email us via awards@service-design -network.org.