ZGDW AWARD

ZGDW AWARD — Croatia’s only international design award

Zagreb Design Week awards a design prize once a year. This year’s edition brings together the largest number of finalists to date: 339 projects from 16 countries are competing across six categories. The top three works in each category will be selected by an international jury of five experts.

All finalists will be presented in an exhibition at the Academy of Fine Arts from 15 to 20 September, while the winners will be announced and the awards ceremony will take place on 15 September at 6:30 PM.

Jury

Pablo Aldaba (MX)

Industrial designer and Associate Professor in the Department of Design at the Autonomous University of Ciudad Juárez.

Michał Piernikowski (PL)

Co-founder and Director of Łódź Design Festival, one of the most significant design events in Central and Eastern Europe.

Maro Pitarević (HR)

Experienced creative director with more than two decades of work in the advertising industry across Croatia and the wider region.

Marija Ružić Vukmanić (HR)

Designer and co-founder of Regular Company, specialising in product design, creative direction and spatial experiences.

Mária Štraneková (SK)

Mária Štraneková is a Slovak fashion designer and artist behind the innovative sustainable brand Mayamay, as well as an educator and academic at Tomáš Baťa University in Zlín, Czechia.

Pablo Aldaba (MX)

Industrial designer and Associate Professor in the Department of Design at the Autonomous University of Ciudad Juárez.

Michał Piernikowski (PL)

Co-founder and Director of Łódź Design Festival, one of the most significant design events in Central and Eastern Europe.

Maro Pitarević (HR)

Experienced creative director with more than two decades of work in the advertising industry across Croatia and the wider region.

Marija Ružić Vukmanić (HR)

Designer and co-founder of Regular Company, specialising in product design, creative direction and spatial experiences.

Mária Štraneková (SK)

Mária Štraneková is a Slovak fashion designer and artist behind the innovative sustainable brand Mayamay, as well as an educator and academic at Tomáš Baťa University in Zlín, Czechia.

Prize giving ceremony

15 Sept Tuesday
18.30—19.30

The ZGDW AWARD 2026 ceremony and announcement of the winners will take place on the main stage at the festival’s central venue. Eighteen award-winning projects will be presented — three in each of the six categories — together with their designers. The awards will be presented by a representative of the organiser and members of the international jury.

Finalists exhibition

15 Sept Tuesday
18.30—19.30
19.30—22.00

The ZGDW AWARD Finalists Exhibition will present all 339 projects, the highest number to date. The group exhibition spans a broad range of design disciplines — from furniture, fashion and books to digital products and software applications.

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