Design-A-Bag Competition 2026 is Opening Soon in Mid-Sept 2025!
Get Your Design Ready for the Competition, Start Sketching!
Embrace new uses and envision geometric designs that inspire. Let comfort and form meet in harmonious grace. Craft bags of simplicity that are functional for life’s every occasion.
Interested to join the competition? Make sure to click here to check out the submission requirements first.
DAB 2024 Overall Winner's 4-Week Course at Arsutoria School in Milan
Announcement: Design-A-Bag Competition 2025 Results!
We are thrilled to announce the results of the Design-A-Bag Competition 2025, which concluded with a spectacular Final Judging Ceremony on March 12 during APLF 2025 in Hong Kong. The judging panel has crowned Eliane Yahari from Argentina as the overall winner for her innovative creation, the Yvoty Bag. Eliane will receive an incredible prize package, including a 4-week hand and digital design course at Arsutoria School in Milan, valued at EUR 4,500, along with a EUR 1,000 accommodation allowance.
Congratulations to our two talented finalists as well: Uthra S Ganesh from India with her Kolangal design, and Jiang Si Mi from China with his DoDo Bag. All three finalists will each receive a USD 500 cash prize and a one-year subscription to www.arstrends.com.
What is Design-A-Bag Competition?
Design-A-Bag (DAB) Online Competition is the only bag designing event of its kind for designers and design students all over the world.
The competition is part of an initiative by Fashion Access and APLF. The annual event brings together a global design community to the Fashion Access trade fair. Designers can showcase their creations to the world and exchange design concepts among talents from various cultures and backgrounds.
WHO CAN JOIN?
- Design Students
- Freelance Designers
PRIZES
Your chance to win:
- A free trip to Hong Kong for Fashion Access 2026 to attend events for Design-A-Bag Competition
- USD 500 cash prize
- 4-Weeks Collection Development Design Course at Arsutoria School, Milan valued at EUR 4,500
- One-year subscription to www.arstrends.com
- Free access to Trends Guide “ARSUTORIASTUDIO” valued at USD 550
- Editorial Exposure on www.designaccess-fa.com & www.aplf.com
