The best design is accountable, delivering both creatively and commercially. That's the very essence of effective design.
The DBA have been championing effective design through the DBA Design Effectiveness Awards for over 20 years, and it's power and position in the relationship between the creative industries and commerce has never been more relevant.
Whilst a DBA Design Effectiveness Award will certainly look great in your trophy cabinet, it will contribute so much more to your business. It will give you an independent endorsement of the value of your work when talking to clients, a great PR story, a motivator and reward for your team, and maybe it'll even earn you a place on the DBA Effectiveness League Table.
With each project being judged on it's own merits, by a panel of senior figures from the business community, there are an unlimited number of winners in each category. This means that far from being an 'old boys club', the field for entrants is wide open. Even if this is your first year of entering, there is nothing to stop you taking home a Gold, regardless of how popular your sector of design might be. It's all about what your work achieved, not how it compares to someone else's.
Can you prove that your design work has delivered tangible results for your client? Then it's time to get the silverware to prove it.
"The DBA Design Effectiveness Awards are the only awards we talk to clients about. Clients are forever seeking better value and we have been on many a shortlist simply because of good rankings in the awards league table"
Mary Lewis, Creative Director, Lewis Moberly
Download the 2010 Call for Entries pack
More information on how to enter
