what are the foodinspace awards
The FoodInSpace Worldwide Design Awards are a major and influential new design competition for food and beverage premises around the world.
The Awards recognise and celebrate the excellence and originality of design work from around the world and aim to establish itself as one of the most important design achievements, while maintaining the nature of the FoodInSpace web magazine of providing a source of inspiration for award-winning designers, artists, architects, brands and design agencies. Entries and nominations are open to all and from all countries.
categories
There are a total of 29 design categories, divided into 20 Concept categories and 9 Space categories that can be entered.
Concept categories
- All-day
- Bakery
- Bar
- Bistro
- Brewery & Pub
- Cafeteria
- Club
- Ethnic
- Fast Casual
- Fast Food
- Food Hall
- Healthy
- Hotel
- Ice Cream
- Pastry
- Pizzeria
- Restaurant
- Shopping Mall
- Steakhouse
- Store
Space categories
- Biophilic
- Branding
- Ceiling
- Colour
- Flooring & Wallcoverings
- Furniture – Contract
- Lighting
- Murals & Graffiti
- Surfaces & Finishes
Regions
- Middle East & Africa
- Asia
- The Americas
- Europe
- Australia & Pacific
why enter
Participating in the FOODINSPACE AWARDS is the ultimate test for your design and skills. Besides winning, you will have the rare opportunity to receive feedback on your work from world-renowned professionals.
A place where the designs, visions and above all the hard work of creative people from all over the world are rewarded.
faq
REGISTRATION, ELIGIBILITY AND CATEGORIES
Projects entered in the FoodInSpace Awards 2024 must have been implemented after 1 January 2020 and up to the final deadline (30 September 2024).
Who can enter projects? (individual and/or team)
The FoodInSpace Worldwide Awards are open for example to:
• Advertising agencies
• Architects
• Artists
• F&B/Hotellerie brands
• Contractors
• Builders
• Designers
• Suppliers
• Photographers
• Graphic Designers
• Engineers
• Freelance professionals
• Anyone aged 18 or over and residing anywhere in the world
Registration is simple.
Email us the following:
1 Name of the project
2 Address (Road, City, Country)
3 Surface
4 Year of execution
5 Photos in medium resolution (at least 6 photos)
6 Text description (if available, it’s not mandatory)
7 Name of the Photographer
8 Name of the Designer
9 If you want, the name of other professionals involved in the project.
If you already have a project of yours posted on our website and would like it to participate in the Awards simply send us an email requesting it and we will do it!
There is no limit to the amount of projects you can enter.
We recommend a project description of around 400 words, focusing on its creativity and originality. This text will not only help strengthen your application for the final victory, but will also provide the jury with a deeper understanding of your work. It is important to note that the accompanying text of your project must be written in English only; if it is written in other languages, it will not be taken into account by the jury when evaluating your project.
Yes, you can enter the same project in as many categories as you see fit. You just write us the categories you want. FoodInSpace reserves the right to reclassify projects that are incorrectly classified.
Certainly, however, as we aim to promote the creation of new works and stimulate innovation, we encourage you to submit works that have not previously been entered in other competitions. However, it is possible to enter projects that have been submitted or have won prizes in other competitions.
If a project is not complete it will not be considered eligible to participate in the Awards. Although we make every effort to ensure that all the informations about the projects are sent us correctly, we cannot accept responsibility for incomplete or incorrectly informations received.
PROJECT ENTRY FORM
Submitted images must be in JPEG, JPG or PNG format. (Keep each image under 2 MB maximum, a maximum width of 2,500 px, a maximum height of 2,000 px, RGB is preferable).
You can send us an unlimited number of photographs and images, but we recommend no more than 25 and at least 6.
NB: The cover photo will be chosen by our editorial team: the width shall be greater than the height .
If there are no photos. among the submitted photos. with a width greater than the height, our editorial team will resize one of them for the cover.
REGISTRATION FEE AND PAYMENT
Projects
Early Bird registration (30 April to 30 May 2024) costs 75 euros per project per category + VAT (if applicable)
Standard Entry (31 May to 31 August 2024) costs 150 euro per project per category + VAT (if applicable)
Late Entry (from 1 September to 30 September) costs 200 euro per project per category + VAT (if applicable)
Each additional category to which you enter your project will receive a 20% reduction in the entry fee.
Products
Early Bird registration (from 30 April to 30 May 2024) costs 100 euros per project per category + VAT (if applicable)
Standard Entry (31 May to 31 August 2024) costs 200 euros per project per category + VAT (if applicable)
Late Entry (from 1 September to 30 September) costs 250 euro per project per category + VAT (if applicable)
A 20% reduction in the entry fee will be applied to each additional category you enter.
Entry fees will not be refundable once paid. Entries later withdrawn (either withdrawn by the participant or by FoodInSpace due to the participant’s non-compliance with the entry rules) will NOT be refunded.
A regular commercial invoice will be issued for the registration fees paid.
Exclusively online. You can pay your submission after you have entered your project/product by credit card (VISA / MasterCard) or PayPal (AMEX / PayPal).
Yes, we currently only accept EUR.
JURY
The jury consists of professionals who are experts in their field and industry, such as creative designers and art
directors from international agencies, architects, interior designers, product designers, marketers or
entrepreneurs, and promotes diversity in professional experience, geography, gender and ethnicity. All judges are
selected on the basis of experience, availability and reputation in their respective professional field.
Judges can enter their own projects or products in any category but cannot judge them.
If you would like to apply for a place on the FoodInSpace Awards judging panel, please go to the appropriate
section of this website and submit your application by following the simple instructions below.
Judging criteria
The judges award a score on a scale of 10 to 100, based on the following criteria:
- Creativity
- Functionality
- Aesthetics
- Wow Factor
The judgments of the FoodInSpace Awards are final and at the sole discretion of the judges and may not be subject
to any discussion or revision.
WINNERS
First stage
All entries are digitally reviewed by the FoodInSpace editorial team who will select a shortlist of nominees for each category. In this process, entries will be judged against the criteria of the FoodInSpace Awards. The result of this phase is a shortlist for each category of Concept and Space.
Second phase
The international jury, will digitally evaluate the shortlist for each category. In each category, the two projects with the highest combined evaluation will become the two Worldwide finalists/nominated in the category. Each jury member will review the Concept and the Space categories remotely, and each juror will score the entries using a scoring system. Scores will be awarded according to the judging criteria. The project, in each category, that gets the most likes on the website will have a bonus of 40 points that will be added to the jury’s points for final judging.
Third stage
The international jury, will digitally examine the finalists/nominated for each category and select an overall Worldwide winner for each category. The project that gets the most likes on the website will have a bonus of 40 points that will be added to the jury’s points for final judging.
All winners of the 2024 season will be announced on 18 November 2024 (to be confirmed) via the official FoodInSpace Worldwide Awards page and socials.
Interview with the winners: the winners have the opportunity to share their insights in an exclusive interview published on the FoodInSpace website and social channels. To organise it please contact us at info@foodinspace.net
Collectable certificate: custom-designed FoodInSpace certificate for your award collection each year. To receive it please contact us at info@foodinspace.net
Award badge: an award badge with the words to be placed on your website. The badge will also be added to your winner project on the FoodInSpace website and to your profile on the FoodInSpace website; this will help to increase your industry-leading reputation. To receive it please contact us at info@foodinspace.net
Press release: we will produce a press release that we will share with our network listing the names of the winners.
Award badge: an award badge to be placed on your website. The badge will also be added to your finalist project on the FoodInSpace website and to your profile on the FoodInSpace website; this will help to increase your industry-leading reputation. To receive it please contact us at info@foodinspace.net
Press release: we will produce a press release that we will share with our network listing the names of the finalists.
As the FoodInSpace website, the FoodInSpace Worldwide Awards give you the opportunity to host your brand advertising. Contact the agency JETS SpA, media partner of FoodInSpace, at info@foodinspace.net to receive the most strategic proposal in line with your brand.
