Designers, students, and industry professionals gathered in Ljubljana to celebrate this year’s festival theme: ‘Eccentricity in Focus’. The festival program included lectures, exhibitions, and workshops across the city. The central exhibition, ‘Eccentricity – Design Beyond the Center,’ held at Ljubljana’s City Hall, showcased over 50 renowned designers from six former Yugoslav republics. Cukrarna hosted the iconic TRIO design exhibition ‘Greetings from Sarajevo’, while students from the Academy of Fine Arts and Design, the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering, the Faculty of Design, and Xiamen University’s Institute of Creative Arts exhibited their works throughout the city, offering a glimpse into the future of design.
Workshops like Typo Walk and Design Walk brought creative energy into public spaces, inviting visitors to experience Ljubljana through typography and visual storytelling.
Demetrios Fakinos, Executive Director of the European Design Awards, noted this was the 19th edition of the festival and awards.
‘I’m proud that over the years we’ve built a community of design professionals and enthusiasts who follow the festival across Europe. Congratulations to all the EDA winners – once again, we’ve seen proof that European design is in good hands’, said Fakinos.
At the ceremony celebrating excellence in nine categories, this year’s European Design Awards recognized the most innovative work in branding, packaging, promotion, publications, typography, illustration, digital applications, in-house productions, and various special categories. In total, the EDA jury awarded 29 gold, 35 silver, and 47 bronze awards, alongside five special honors. Winners received their awards from international delegates.
Radovan Arnold, President of the Brumen Foundation and organizer of this year’s EDF, emphasized that their aim was to create more than just a moment.
‘We envisioned a platform for regional and European exchange. Ljubljana now stands shoulder to shoulder with European cultural capitals, and this moment will echo far beyond the festival itself,’ Arnold said.
Prominent Slovenian figures enriched the EDF discussion: Dr. Petra Černe Oven and Nejc Prah spoke at the main conference, Dr. Anja Stefan led a workshop on strategic management, and Silvija Gregorčič and Valentin Grudnik from Better took part on the business stage.
The program also featured talks by European design experts including Augustinas Paukštė, Agyei Archer, Dorotea Škrabo, Andrej & Andrej, Anna-Mari Tenhunen, Valerio Monopoli, Lemke Meijer, and Aurelija Mockevičiūtė. A regional meeting of the International Council of Design added a broader international dimension, with speakers such as Melike Taşcıoğlu Vaughan, Lawrence Zeegen, Iva Babaja, Anssi Kähärä, Johnathon Strebly, Kyle Rath, Jonas Liugaila, and Qin Du.
Stay tuned – we bring you the full list of European Design Award winners next:
Company Logo
SILVER: Imperia, Landor, Italy
SILVER: Norwegian Logo, TRY, Norway
BRONZE: Parkinson’s UK logo, Red Stone, United Kingdom
Brand Logo
GOLD: Kulturhavna, Anti, Norway
BRONZE: Maestro Technology, studio FM, milano Italy
BRONZE: À/Parte, Uma, Portugal
Motion Logo
GOLD: Imperia, Landor, Italy
SILVER: Kulturhavna, Anti, Norway
BRONZE: Tiny Talks Thessaloniki, Beetroot Design Group, Greece
Printed Identity Applications
GOLD: Athens Epidaurus Festival 2024, Beetroot Design Group, Greece
SILVER: A kitchen towel gift card, Holt & Paulsen, Norway
SILVER: pleasure choir, Nina Sturn Grafikdesign, Austria
Digital Identity Applications
GOLD: The Meeting of Mad Ideas with Wise Minds, Bando Creative Studio Reklam, Türkiye
SILVER: Kulturhavna, Anti, Norway
Integrated Identity Applications
GOLD: Design & AI Symposium 2024, CLEVER°FRANKE, Netherlands
SILVER: AME Brand Identity, Sons & Daughters ID, Lithuania
BRONZE: Specialty, Harmata, Ukraine
BRONZE: Jeugdtheater Hofplein, studio de Ronners, Netherlands
Food & Beverage Packaging
SILVER: Famìa, Studio Tumpic/Prenc, Croatia
BRONZE: Qualita Unica, Beetroot Design Group, Greece
BRONZE: Tessas Eplegård, OlssønBarbieri, Norway
Alcoholic Drink Packaging
GOLD: Scarlet Quinn, Dolphins // communication design, Greece
SILVER: IPA DAY ’24, Not Perfect Vilnius, Lithuania
Wine Packaging
GOLD: Fio da Navalha, Studio Eduardo Aires, Portugal
BRONZE: Lidl Hellas 25 Reasons, Beetroot Design Group, Greece
Health & Beauty Packaging
BRONZE: Peace in the wild, OFFICINA, Germany
Music / Film Cover
GOLD: Infinity Fidelity, Crystal Lake Group, Poland
Packaging Miscellaneous
BRONZE: Honest Packaging, Bedow, Sweden
Single Poster
GOLD: Sonisk Music Film Festival, Skogen, Norway
SILVER: Vincent Must Die, Patryk Hardziej Studio, Poland
BRONZE: Oldboy, Patryk Hardziej Studio, Poland
Poster Series
SILVER: Viktor & Nelken, MOR Design, Germany
Brochure
GOLD: Pieces of, Sputnik design team – Linakis Digital, Greece
BRONZE: HWP Reduction, Jäger & Jäger, Germany
Product Catalogue
SILVER: Green Freedom, Monoform, Slovenia
SILVER: Think it, pack it., Super BfG, Austria
BRONZE: We hate order Menu, Sputnik design team – Linakis Digital, Greece
Card & Flyer
BRONZE: Falling fragments, Sputnik design team – Linakis Digital, Greece
BRONZE: s evolves, Super BfG OG, Austria
Book Layout
GOLD: River Snow. Anthology of Ancient Chinese poetry, Alexey Murashko, Latvia
SILVER: How Communication Design Works, Ulysses Voelker – Schmitz Michael, Germany
BRONZE: Dd Yearbook ’25, studio de Ronners, Netherlands
Artistic Catalogue
GOLD: Binde. 100–10, Alexey Murashko, Latvia
SILVER: The Best Dutch Book Designs Catalog 2023, Studio Another Day, Netherlands
SILVER: Mezzocane, ilhas studio, Portugal
BRONZE: Marzia Migliora. Seven Imaginative Exhibitions 1993-2024, Luigi Stanga, Italy
Book Cover – Single
GOLD: Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights, Anna-Mari Tenhunen Graphic Design, Finland
BRONZE: Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince, Anna-Mari Tenhunen Graphic Design, Finland
BRONZE: Sarah Cane / Complete Works, BookArt, Greece
Magazine
SILVER: DELUS – Journal for Landscape and Urban Studies, Studio Folder, Italy
SILVER: FEW Magazine Vol 2, Studio Marina Veziko, Finland
BRONZE: Pomizh Magazine, Kultura Studio, Ukraine
BRONZE: Lucy Magazine 01 Legami, Undesign, Italy
Annual Report
GOLD: RUFA Annual Report 2022, RUFA Annual Report 2022, Intorno Design, Italy
BRONZE: Lausanne Water Service, Emphase, Switzerland
Calendar
BRONZE: Akoè Agenda 2025, Marco Crivellaro, Italy
Original Typeface – Text
GOLD: Playwrite, TypeTogether, Czech Republic
BRONZE: neue Serie57®, neue, Germany
BRONZE: SFT Schrifted Serif, Schrifteria Foundry, Serbia
Original Typeface – Display
GOLD: Piet, TypeMates, Germany
SILVER: Canicule Display, Foundry5, United Kingdom
BRONZE: BC Civitas, Briefcase Type Foundry, Czech Republic
Typographic Applications
SILVER: Alles außer flach, studio de Ronners, Netherlands
SILVER: Google Sans Flex — Pushing the boundaries, Studio Dumbar/DEPT®, Netherlands
BRONZE: Music venue IDUNA, Dizain, Netherlands
BRONZE: Avo Consulting, Bleed Design Studio, Norway
Book & Editorial Illustration
SILVER: Zagrava. Sergiy Maidukov, ist publishing, Ukraine
BRONZE: Defilade, art studio Agrafka, Ukraine
Corporate Illustration
GOLD: Athens Epidaurus Festival 2024, Beetroot Design Group, Greece
BRONZE: Specialty, Harmata, Ukraine
BRONZE: AME Illustration, Sons & Daughters ID, Lithuania
Printed Infographics
GOLD: Dimensions, Emphase, Switzerland
BRONZE: Swiss Mountains, Fabian Lang, Switzerland
Digital Infographics
GOLD: Migration Report, Emphase, Switzerland
BRONZE: Seed. Design actions for the Future. Data room., Sheldon.studio, Italy
Promotional Site
SILVER: Piknik i Parken, Anti, Norway
SILVER: Nest Into Nature, Cure, Norway
Information Site
GOLD: Rijksmuseum Collection Online, Fabrique [brands, design and interaction], Netherlands
SILVER: Telefónica – the 100th Anniversary, Hanzo, Spain
BRONZE: Type 1 Diabetes Index, CLEVER°FRANKE, Netherlands
E-commerce
GOLD: mishmash, Significa, Portugal
BRONZE: Samsøe Samsøe, Aino, Sweden
Mobile Apps
SILVER: STAGE+ streaming service for classical music, Studio GOOD, Germany
SILVER: Hesburger – Order management overhaul, Taiste, Finland
Motion Graphics
GOLD: Instagram — Motion Identity System, Studio Dumbar/DEPT®, Netherlands
SILVER: Hot Type, Studio Size, Croatia
BRONZE: Dimensions in Motion, aerosoap, Germany
Animated Storytelling
GOLD: “Camp Mograph Australia” Title Sequence 2024, Yeti – Duncan Elms, Greece
SILVER: Too Into You, Language Communications, Ireland
BRONZE: In Hot Water, NOMINT, United Kingdom
Digital Installations
BRONZE: The Mammoth: Remove CO2 from the Atmosphere, Gagarin, Iceland
BRONZE: The Dream Of The Machine, Noviki, Poland
Printed Self-Promotion
GOLD: Klou Klou, A|S Strategy, Branding & Communication, Greece
GOLD: We are Büro (18years), Bürocratik, Portugal
SILVER: Our New Us!, Clim Studio, Spain
Self-Initiated Projects
GOLD: A Touch Of Tenderness, studio de Ronners, Netherlands
BRONZE: Strangers Unseen, Studio Another Day, Netherlands
BRONZE: Women in politics, Hahn+Zimmermann, Switzerland
Signage & Wayfinding
GOLD: allesamt – Interactive Signage for Children, Atelier Andrea Gassner, Austria
SILVER: PORT 1560, Colmo, Czech Republic
BRONZE: Let Me In – Vetoquinol New Headquarter, Integra Solutions, Italy
Exhibition Design
SILVER: Genesis of a Terroir, Mirror, Italy
SILVER: Didactic development of the tunnel in Mittelbau-Dora, oblik identity design, Germany
BRONZE: Na Regen komt Neonlicht, Dana Dijkgraaf, Netherlands
BRONZE: Pixy Liao: Between Us, Dana Dijkgraaf, Netherlands
Student Project
GOLD: Uprooted – Decolonization of Furniture Design, Niklas Wolf, Germany
SILVER: Paradiso artificiale, Christian Stifani, Italy
BRONZE: El gh’è pù el gran Milan., Matteo Beda, Italy
BRONZE: mnemotope magazine, Bog Bodies Press, Ireland
Printed Miscellaneous
GOLD: Act The Thought, Studio Eduardo Aires, Portugal
SILVER: 175 Jahre Schweizerische Post, kollygujer, Switzerland
Special Prizes
Best of show Branding & Packaging, Athens Epidaurus Festival 2024, Beetroot Design Group, Greece
Best of show Digital applications, Imperia, Landor, Italy
Best of show Graphic applications, Playwrite, TypeTogether, Czech Republic
Jury Prize, Kulturhavna, Anti, Norway
European Design Agency of the year, CLEVER°FRANKE, Netherlands
