Entries have opened for the 2025 DAME Design Awards to be presented at Metstrade in November.
The Awards are open to entries from all Metstrade exhibitors until 19 September 2025 with the judging process including an initial virtual assessment, followed by a two-day product examination at RAI Amsterdam.
A jury made up of industry experts will select a shortlist of nominated products, which will then compete for category awards, as well as a discretionary Environmental Design Award.
One of the category winners will ultimately take the DAME Design Awards Overall Winner title.
All nominated products will feature in the DAME Design Awards Showcase in Hall 13 at Metstrade, and the winners will be announced during the Metstrade official opening.
Awards submissions
The entry fees from all DAME Design Awards submissions will be donated to this year’s charity – the Ocean Conservation Trust – has been chosen as the recipient.
This organisation grew out of the work of marine scientists, educators and divers who collaborated 25 years ago to create a charity showcasing some of the amazing habitats and animals found in a healthy and vibrant ocean by founding the UK’s National Marine Aquarium in Plymouth.
“The Ocean Conservation Trust is honoured to be chosen by the DAME Design Awards, where innovation meets purpose, to help drive forward our mission to protect and restore our Ocean for future generations,” said the organisation’s CEO, Ian McFazden.
The DAME Design Awards were established in 1991 were created to promote excellence in design across the marine equipment sector.
