Designomics Awards 2013 calls for entries

The third edition of Designomics Awards, in association with Whirlpool and endorsed by the India Design Council, is calling for entries. The last date for entering the 2013 edition is 30  September.

The awards ceremony will be hosted on 23 October at Taj Lands End, Mumbai.

The awards aim to reward businesses that adopt strategic design thinking in overcoming business challenges and gaining a competitive edge, informed a statement organisers. It also aims to encourage use of design to engage audiences and guide the driving philosophies of the organization, besides enhancing visual aesthetics.

A Students Awards leg of the awards recognise students who demonstrate values of Designomics in projects.

Entries will be judged in following categories: Strategic Brand Identity, Print, Retail, Digital, Packaging, Product Design, Design Integration and Environment and Spatial Design.

The Designomics Awards 2013 jury comprises:  Alok Nanda, founder and CEO, Alok Nanda & Company Communications; Alpana Parida, president, DY Works; Anil Mathur, COO, Godrej & Boyce; Ashish Deshpande, director, Elephant Strategy + Design; Ashwani Kumar, senior principal technologist packaging graphics and design, ITC Limited; Dhimant Panchal, director and HOD Pre-Design Foundation, MIT Institute of Design; Harshil Karia, co-founder and online strategist, FoxyMoron; Lucy Unger, MD (South Asia), Fitch; Pradyuman Vyas, director, National Institute of Design (NID); Revathi Kant, GM - design, innovation and development, Tanishq; Santosh Desai, MD and CEO, Futurebrands; Shanoo Bhatia, founder director, Eureka Moment Design Company; Sonia Manchanda, co-founder and principal designer idiom, creative chief, DREAM:IN; Suresh Sethi, VP - global consumer design Asia, Whirlpool Corporation; and Tarun Rai, CEO, Worldwide Media.

For further details on the awards, visit: www.designomics.in