The Jewellery Design
Excellence Award
Inaugural Edition · Open for Submissions
Honouring jewellers and goldsmiths who understand that a piece of jewellery is never just an object — it is a commitment to craft, a mark of identity, and something meant to be passed on.
For Those Who Shape How People Live
Jewellery is the oldest design discipline — and one of the most personal. A piece worn against the skin carries meaning that no other object can. It marks moments, signals identity, and outlasts its maker. Great jewellery design is simultaneously intimate and enduring.
The Jewellery Design Excellence Award by Design Authority recognises designers, goldsmiths, and studios who approach their craft with this conviction. Whether your work is fine jewellery, bespoke commissions, or conceptual pieces, we are looking for the quality of thought that makes a piece last.
This is not an award for the most prominent name. It is an award for the most compelling work — submitted, evaluated, and ultimately chosen by a public that cares deeply about the spaces it calls home.
What Recognition
at This Level Unlocks
Winning a Design Authority Award carries weight that extends well beyond a certificate on a wall.
Reach Collectors and Commissioning Clients
The DA Awards audience includes collectors, gift buyers, and clients seeking bespoke commissions. Your recognition surfaces your work to the people who understand its value.
Differentiate in a Saturated Market
In jewellery, provenance and endorsement matter enormously. A DA Awards badge signals that your work has been assessed against published criteria by people who know the craft — and that the public agrees.
Open to Every Jeweller
Solo goldsmiths, independent studios, and established jewellery houses compete on equal terms. No minimum price point, no invitation required — just the work.
Commission & Stockist Opportunities
Our Winners Directory is browsed by collectors, bridal clients, and retailers seeking distinctive jewellers. Award credentials add the provenance that drives enquiry.
Permanent Editorial Profile
Each winner receives a professionally written piece on Design Authority — documenting the piece, the materials, the technique, and the story behind it.
Digital Emblem
A high-resolution DA Awards emblem for your website, studio materials, and social channels — a mark of distinction that carries weight with serious buyers.
How Entries Are Judged
Every entry is scored by our editorial team against five criteria — Form, Function, Craft, Innovation, Emotion — contributing 70% of the final score. Public appreciation adds the remaining 30% — this is an award that rewards holistic excellence, not a single dimension of skill.
Design Vision
Does the piece communicate a clear, considered intent? We look for work where every decision — form, scale, material, surface — serves a unified idea.
Material & Technique
How does the piece use its material? We assess the relationship between the chosen metal, stone, or material and the demands of the design.
Craft & Precision
Jewellery is evaluated at the millimetre. We look for flawless setting, refined finishing, and the kind of precision that only comes from genuine mastery.
Wearability
Does the piece work on the body? We assess proportion, weight, and the degree to which the design is enhanced by being worn rather than simply displayed.
Originality
Does the work advance what jewellery can be? We value pieces that challenge the conventions of form, material, or meaning — not for novelty's sake, but from conviction.
Emotional Resonance
Does the piece carry meaning beyond its making? We ask whether the work creates a response — desire, recognition, wonder — that justifies its existence as an object.
This space is reserved for
the work that moves people.
Could it be yours?
The inaugural Jewellery Design Excellence Award is open for submissions. The pieces recognised here will be chosen by the people who wear work like yours.
Frequently Asked
Your Work
Deserves to Be Seen
First-round submissions close 16 Jan 2027; second-round submissions close 16 Jul 2027. Don't let the window pass.