The American Standard Design Award (ASDA) is a bathroom space design competition for design students in Asia Pacific. The competition offers a platform for students to put their theoretical knowledge into practice and is open to Year 2 or higher undergraduate architecture and interior design students.

First launched in 2015 as a one-time design competition, the inaugural competition invited participants from 4 markets - Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, and the Philippines. ASDA was relaunched in 2022, institutionalizing the award as part of our mission as a purposeful brand.

In order to participate in this competition, participants must be enrolled in a full-time Architecture or Interior Design undergraduate program as at 31 January 2024. The undergraduate program can be with any university or educational institution worldwide, but to take part in a country’s / region’s design competition, the participant must be residing in that country / region as at 31 January 2024. For the avoidance of doubt, a participant does not have to hold the nationality of the country’s design competition that they enter, but must be residing in that country as at 31 January 2024.

Design competitions will be held for ANZ (being Australia and New Zealand), Indochina (being Cambodia, Laos, and Myanmar), Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.

With a focus on Hospitality Bathroom Space Design, this year’s ASDA competition aims to reflect the importance and relevance of a well-thought-out thoughtfully designed hospitality space design/ or thoughtful hospitality space design, that relaxes, inspires, and rejuvenates travelers, with the theme of “Home Away from Home”.

What truly defines a home is the delicate balance of design, space, and practicality. When traveling away from home, we desire a space that relaxes, inspires, and rejuvenates. No matter the style, color, or decor choice, it is the sense of comfort that greets us every time we step into the room.

This year, we look forward to pioneering designs and feasible ideas in creating a stay that recreates that warm and inviting feeling of home.

Hospitality Bathroom Space Design for Leisure and business travelers.

The design approach should balance aesthetics, ergonomics, hygiene, safety, and convenience, considering the wide range of user groups – from young children to the elderly, and the bathroom space as a welcoming space for guests to return to.

The bathroom space design should be easy to maintain for the hospitality owners to provide a hygienic space for guests.

The bathroom should feature a selection of American Standard products and how they address the needs and considerations of guests for utmost comfort and homelike environment and those of the hospitality owners for water saving, ease of operation and maintenance.

The design concept should be feasible and realistic enabling implementation in the real-life scenario.

Participant can register their interest for free on the ASDA official portal: https://asda.americanstandard-...
Upon registration, you will receive a login ID, password and unique participant ID which will give access to the Downloads page and will also be required for final entry submission.

Participants will need to download the Design Entry Template (PPT file) in preparation of their entry. Download here: https://asda.americanstandard-...

Upon entry completion in the provided templates, participants need to convert the files to PDF for submission.

Participants should refer to the Product List available and download the product list of his/ her respective country from the official ASDA portal. The students should use the Products from their own country list for the Bathroom Space Design.

Download the product list here: https://asda.americanstandard-apac.com/download

Participants can only submit their entry as an individual.

Final entry should include the following:
1) Design Entry (PDF format, max size: 10MB)
2) Full Bathroom Rendering (JPG, max size: 10MB)

Entry submission will be closed on 31 January 2024, for all participating countries.

The Judging Panel comprises of architecture and design luminaries from the region, which include partners of established architectural firms, professional architects, and notable interior designers. Endowed with a wealth of experience, these industrial figures are inspiring thought leaders in their own right, imparting industrial insights through their discerning creative judgements.

Learn more about the judges here: https://americanstandard-apac.com/asda/judges

Qualified entries will be judged at 2 levels: National Level and Asia-Pacific Level.

At the National Level, the judging panel will evaluate the entries received from local participants. 1st Prize Winners from each country will advance to the Regional Level competition where their entries will be evaluated by the Asia-Pacific Judging Panel to determine the Grand Prize Winner.

The entries will be judged based on four main criteria of Purposeful Design, Inviting Style, Originality and Feasibility with respect to weightages of 40, 30, 20 and 10. The Purposeful Design criteria assesses concepts according to their relevance to the themes and how it addresses the target user’s needs, while Inviting Style focuses on the inviting and dependable extent of the design aesthetics, while keeping the brand purpose in mind. The Originality benchmark examines the participant’s imagination in presenting a unique solution, which should render an approach driven by a fresh perspective. Finally, the participant’s concept should be Feasible and realistic to enable practical implementation in real-life scenarios.

Find out more here: https://asda.americanstandard-apac.com/entry-info

All Participants will receive Participating Certificates, while each winner will receive an Award plaque. Under the National Awards held in each country, there will be 1st prize (USD 2,000), 2nd prize (USD 1,500), 3rd prize (USD 1,000) winners. Separately, at the Asia-Pacific Award level, which is judged regionally, there will be a Grand Prize of USD 3,000 for the Grand Prize Winner. He/she will also have a chance to attend the award ceremony in Singapore and visit the LIXIL Global Design Centre in Singapore.

We are targeting to announce National Award Winners on 29 April 2024, followed by Asia-Pacific winner announcement on 27 May 2024.