The FIT Sport Design Awards seek to uncover revolutionary sports innovations that push boundaries, champion sustainability, and enhance performance. From environmentally friendly products to solutions that prioritize athletes’ comfort, we celebrate designs that positively impact both the industry and the planet.
These awards honour designers’ boundless creativity and exceptional foresight, recognizing their dedication to socially responsible practices that inspire future generations. Whether redefining performance, advancing sustainability, or creating meaningful change, the FIT Sport Design Awards applaud the visionaries shaping the future of sports design.
The FIT Sport Design Awards are part of the 3C Awards, a leading organization celebrating worldwide design excellence. With programs spanning Sport Design, Lighting Design, Furniture Design, Interior Design, and Architecture, 3C Awards highlights the industry’s diversity and innovation. Each program showcases the talent of Professional and Emerging designers, evaluated by a distinguished jury of over 100 experts.
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“As an aspiring designer, winning this award will not only give you the opportunity to showcase your work to a global audience but also provide you with the recognition and credibility that comes with being selected by industry leaders. When I graduated from school, the FIT Design Awards didn’t exist yet, but a similar award helped me secure my first job and jumpstart my career. Such an award is a token of recognition and achievement. Additionally, it will provide candidates with a direct line to internal industry insights, helping them make their designs more targeted and relevant.”
– Mathieu Boimare, an independent consultant and former Salomon Global Product Creation Director for apparel and gear
Winners receive a custom-designed and engraved trophy, serving as a prestigious symbol of excellence. Additionally, winners and honorable mentions are awarded a digital badge, a versatile tool to showcase their success. Use the badge on your website, social media, packaging, and marketing materials to highlight your achievement.
Becoming a FIT Sport Design Awards winner connects you to an international network of designers, innovators, and brands shaping the future of sports design. Engage with peers, share your vision, and find new opportunities to collaborate and grow within a community dedicated to excellence, sustainability, and innovation.
The evaluation process for entries to the FIT Sport Design Awards is based on various judging criteria. These are constantly adapted and updated, in response to new technical, social, economic, and ecological requirements. These criteria are not comprehensive and not all criteria are applied to each project, they simply provide an orientation framework and basis for judging — which is complemented by each juror’s expertise and socio-cultural background.
Each member of the Jury is passionately committed to providing a fair evaluation. Jury members are assigned categories based on their specific backgrounds and expertise. Our jury members cast their votes individually and anonymously — as opposed to in a group forum — to ensure unbiased and impartial judging. Jury votes are tallied and the highest overall scoring entries are selected as winners.
One word: fantastic! Winning the FIT Sport Design Awards 2024 was completely unexpected, and it has given all of us involved in Embrace a real shot in the arm.
Imbrace came about through a need – my own. I have bad knees. It got to the point that when I went to the gym I would wear a pair of leggings with knee braces on both knees. One day I was doing squats and got annoyed that I was having to continually stop and pull up the knee braces because they were slipping. I thought; ‘Why doesn’t someone put the knee braces in the leggings’ and that was the seed that grew into Imbrace.
Geoffrey Hanson, Imbrace
⇒ CHF 250 incl. Swiss VAT (approx.: US$270)
Same entry in additional categories at a 50% discount
⇒ CHF 100 incl. Swiss VAT (approx.: US$107)
Same entry in additional categories at a 50% discount
⇒ CHF 50 incl. Swiss VAT (approx.: US$54)
Same entry in additional categories at a 50% discount
⇒ Regular Deadline
⇒ Final Deadline (10% late fee applies until April 14th, 2025)
⇒ Program Closes
Prize: Sport Gear Design of the Year
Company/Firm: Betterguards Technology, Inc.
Brand Name: Betterguards
Lead Designer: Vinz Bichler (Chief Technical Officer & Founder)
Other Designer(s): Dr. Tobias Consmüller, Elron Borchardt, Amo Paul, Lillian Rickermann
Manufacturer: Betterguards Technology GmbH
Distributor(s): Betterguards Technology, Inc.
Photo Credit: Betterguards
Prize: Sport Apparel Design of the Year
Company/Firm: Imbrace Ltd
Brand Name: IMBRACE
Lead Designer: Geoffrey Hanson
Photo Credit: Jordan McGibney
Prize: Winner in Sportswear Design / Walking & Running
Lead Designer: Anna Jacobi
