欧洲设计奖作为欧洲的年度综合大奖，始创于2006年，由欧洲最负盛名的12家视觉设计杂志（2+3D, CAP & Design, +design, étapes, Eye, IDPURE, Items, KAK, Lineagrafica, novum, TYPO 和 Visual）主办，每年评选欧洲每年的优秀设计作品。该奖项旨发现欧洲最优秀的平面、插画以及多媒体设计。

Since 2006 a group of people, made out of publishers, journalists, editors and academics, come together on a yearly basis, to gather, evaluate and acknowledge the best examples of communication design in our continent.

It is a very special and unique set up, in the sense that it involves the people who curate similar content on an every day basis. As such it also provides participants with an opportunity to make their worκ visible to a wider audience (through the media that the jury members represent).

The European Design Awards wraps up with a festival in a different city every year, leading up to the awards ceremony. This creates an ideal opportunity for the most creative people of our community to come together, benchmark, be inspired and celebrate.