Nominate Your Product For The Wallpaper* Smart Space Awards
Wallpaper*, the global authority on design, technology, transport, and interiors, announces the fifth iteration of its annual awards for ideas that inspire and technology that lasts. The Wallpaper* Smart Space Awards 2025 celebrate the objects, accessories, services and tools that combine beauty, design, innovation and style to make the very most of our digital lifestyles and make the places we inhabit noticeably smarter.
The editors of Wallpaper* will be judging each category based on quality, impact and user experience. Winners will feature across Wallpaper* platforms. Anyone can enter; the Wallpaper* Smart Space Awards call out to big tech brands, start-ups, innovators, designers and makers. Send us the stuff that beautifies and improves the spaces that surround us.
Any commercially available product released between January 2024 and June 2025 is eligible for the 2025 Smart Space Awards.
KEY DATES
Extended Entry Deadline: 5 May 2025
Winners Announced: July 2025
WHY ENTER?
- Receive recognition from the most influential design and lifestyle brands
- Winners will be featured on Wallpaper.com and in print, plus highlighted across all socials.
- Winning an award gives you a competitive edge thanks to high consumer exposure and media endorsement
- Winners will receive a physical award to display and have the opportunity to purchase the logo for extended use
- This is a rare opportunity to get your brand in front of an audience of millions of people who are truly passionate about lifestyle products.
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To explore past Smart Space Award winners, click on the links below
Most Revolutionary Transport
New technology, services and products continue to revolutionise the ways we get around. This category is open to any product, solution, or service that helps us travel from A to B in a more timely, innovative, or convenient way.
Most Intelligent Domestic Device
Smart products in the best sense of the word, not broken links in the internet of things. From audio to culinary to furniture, that uses technology to make our homes work harder and smarter.
Collaboration of the Year
This category is for the products which have benefitted from a bold collaboration between talented designers and skilled engineers. Bonus points for cross-pollinating concepts that have brought a new perspective to an existing sector.
Food, Drink and Design
Award
We want to see the very best in kitchen and bar accoutrement design. What are the culinary gadgets and oenophilic equipment that’ll enhance everyday eating or make a party go with a swing?
Most Immersive Brand Home
When stepping outside of the home, which retail environments have been especially inspirational and impactful? We want to celebrate the spaces, installations, and experiences that get straight to the heart of a brand.
Smartest Luggage
The modern traveller needs every opportunity to make their trips run smoother. This category is for luggage, tags, bags and other accessories which make light work of heavy lifting.
Greatest Outdoor Design
All products designed for outdoor use at home are eligible for this category, encompassing everything from all-weather sound systems and durable furniture to innovative lighting solutions and cutting-edge technology for your garden, balcony, or terrace.
Life Enhancing Object or Service
This category is open to every platform that brings us pleasure. Our judges want to see the products which embody the “first to” criteria: a notable positive impact on the life of its users and have a beautiful design improving the aesthetic of any space.
Best Sustainable Step Forward
All forms of domestic technology that either incorporate sustainability at the outset or which have been given meaningful makeover. If it’s got the right to repair, easy to upgrade, saves energy, or simply lasts for longer, this is where it's celebrated.
Fittest Fitness Kit
From home gyms to fitness bands, this category celebrates the best-designed gear for getting fit and staying in shape. For the most effective, innovative, and beautiful equipment that has kept us on our toes, as well as joy giving designs that increase our vitality, wellbeing and fitness.
Most Wonderful Wearable
Which wearables fuse technology seamlessly into your everyday life? From smart watches, earbuds, and smart sunglasses, through to new types of sensors, replacements for screens, or just wearable objects with a helpful double life.
Most Illuminating Light
Enlighten us with your most beautifully designed and innovative lighting creations, from striking pendants and grand chandeliers to elegant wall sconces, stylish desk lights, and sophisticated bedside lamps that bring both function and ambience to any space.
Most Watchable TV
Celebrating screens that seamlessly blend function and form, delivering an exceptional viewing experience while also serving as a striking design element. Whether on or off, these should enhance their surroundings with both cutting-edge technology and beautiful aesthetic.
Most Masterful Domestic Music Device
Celebrating the best in audio design, this is our award for the perfect combination system, from all-in-one units that master every format, to the finest freestanding speakers, sound bars, turntables, record storage units, etc.
Wallpaper* readers are discerning, design-savvy professionals with significant spending power. Passionate about fashion, architecture, and interiors, they seek genuine luxury in every aspect of life. As true aficionados, they turn to Wallpaper* for expertly curated recommendations on everything from exquisite luggage to statement dining tables.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Who should enter?
Who should enter?
Any commercially available product released since January 2024 is eligible for the 2025 Smart Space Awards. The entries should meet three clear criteria:
- A notable positive impact on the life of its users
- Beautiful design improving the aesthetic of any room
- USPs which put the product head and shoulders above the rest of its market sector
What do winners receive?
What do winners receive?
Winning a Smart Space Award is more than just an industry accolade. As well as receiving an award in recognition of their achievement, winners will be featured across Wallpaper’s extensive platforms including the opportunity to feature in print as well as coverage online and across social channels.
Winners will also have the opportunity to purchase a license for the award logo to use on product marketing and promotional collateral.
How much does it cost to enter?
How much does it cost to enter?
1 entry: £425 + VAT per entry
2 entries: £400 + VAT per entry
3+ entries: £375 + VAT per entry
Can a product be nominated for multiple categories?
Can a product be nominated for multiple categories?
Yes, you can enter as many categories as you see fit.
When will the winners be announced?
When will the winners be announced?
Winners will be announced online in July this year.
Can I use the logo if my entry is a winner or highly commended?
Can I use the logo if my entry is a winner or highly commended?
Yes, we have a number of licensing packages available to winning and highly commended entries, so that you can make the most of your accolade.
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