Judging Procedures
Entries are judged by international panels of design professionals on the basis of concept creativity, clarity and production quality.
Each entry is evaluated three separate times during the preliminary rounds. The three sets of scores are then averaged into a single score for the individual entry. The top 30% of entries will win awards. A certain minimum score must be achieved to qualify for an award. Only one Gold, Silver, Bronze, and Honors Award will be given in each classification. If no entry scores high enough, no award will be given.
The Gold Award Winners become candidates for the Best of Category Awards. In addition, one Best of Show Award will be presented to the one entry that best exemplifies the spirit of the ASTRID Awards.
Faculty of Distinguished Judges
The distinguished panels of judges recognize the art of communications in a global economy and the science of the new technologies which enable the world-wide exchange of ideas and information. Members of the judging faculty will evaluate the entries based on the standards of international excellence through the measures of creativity and craft.
| 33 Visual – MEXICO A. Plus Financial Press Limited – HONG KONG SAR Aimclear – USA AIR – USA ANTA Sports Products Ltd. – HONG KONG SAR Avila Creative, Inc. – USA Bank of China – HONG KONG SAR Beijing Pengtu Culture & Art Communication Co., Ltd. – PRC BGA Publishing – USA Brooke Boen – USA Burgess Strategic Marketing Services – USA By J Design Group – SOUTH KOREA California Water Services Group – USA Catalyst Media Factory – USA Centerline Digital – USA China Communications Services Corporation Limited – HONG KONG SAR China Unicom – HONG KONG SAR COPE Content Performance Group GmbH – AUSTRIA Cre8 (Greater China) Limited – HONG KONG SAR Curran & Connors, Inc. – USA Daniel Kennedy Communications Services – USA Design Kommune – GERMANY DNA KOMUNIKA – INDONESIA EDICO Financial Press Services Ltd. – HONG KONG SAR Elegance Financial Communications Limited – HONG KONG SAR Emagewise (Pvt) Ltd – SRI LANKA Equity Financial Press Ltd. – HONG KONG SAR Fanda – UAE Fast Retailing Co., Limited – JAPAN FGI Design – USA Finar Kurumsal – TÜRKIYE Fulkrum Studio – USA Genesis Energy – NEW ZEALAND GenNex Financial Press Limited – HONG KONG SAR |
Granato Creative Group – USA Great Thinks GmbH – GERMANY HeterMedia Services Ltd. – HONG KONG SAR HGB Hamburger Geschäftsberichte GmbH & Co. KG – GERMANY HNB Life PLC – SRI LANKA Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Ltd. – HONG KONG SAR Hong Kong Metropolitan University – HONG KONG SAR Hong Kong Police Force – HONG KONG SAR Hong Kong Tourism Board – HONG KONG SAR Hyphen Group – SOUTH KOREA Inbrax – CHILE Insight Creative – NEW ZEALAND iONE Financial Press Limited – HONG KONG SAR Jessica Qian – USA Jungheinrich – GERMANY Kanro Inc. – JAPAN Kerry Properties – HONG KONG SAR Killing Mario – SOUTH KOREA KMW – GERMANY KPR – SOUTH KOREA Kreatif Fabrika – TÜRKIYE Lin Young – MALAYSIA Lorraine Gregory Communications – USA M-1 Studios – USA M&M Consulting Ltd. – HONG KONG SAR Mark Joseph Photography – USA Media Genesis – USA Meta Fusion Pte. Ltd. – SINGAPORE Milenio 3 – MEXICO Miracle Digital Transformation Agency Limited – HONG KONG SAR Mitragrafia (PT Mitra Gagasemha Kreasi) – INDONESIA MM Partners – SOUTH KOREA Nakama Media Publishing – GERMANY |
Nancy Burgess Strategic Marketing, Inc. – USA National and University Library – SLOVENIA Ngong Ping 360 – HONG KONG SAR Nova Fusion – MALAYSIA NZ Post – NEW ZEALAND Oakland Schools MI – USA Orange Financial Printing Limited – HONG KONG SAR PepperClub – GERMANY Petronas Chemicals Group Berhad – MALAYSIA Quaker Houghton – USA RBK Advertising & Design – USA REF Financial Press Limited – HONG KONG SAR RE:think – MALAYSIA Sakaguchi Corp. – JAPAN Sequel – USA Shian Inc. – JAPAN SiliconPlus Communications Pte Ltd – SINGAPORE Six Group Services AG – SWITZERLAND Smart Media – SRI LANKA Stan Gellman Graphic Design Inc. – USA Studio 210, LLC – USA Sydinvest – DENMARK Symrise – GERMANY Tayburn – TÜRKIYE Territory – GERMANY The Hong Kong Society for the Aged – HONG KONG SAR Tom, Dick & Harry Creative – USA Toppan Nexus Limited – HONG KONG SAR Ulled Asociados – SPAIN United Therapeutics – USA Virtus Asia – HONG KONG SAR Wynk Design, Inc. – USA X_Design – MEXICO Yellow Creative (HK) Limited – HONG KONG SAR Zeev Zamir – USA |
2026 ASTRID FACULTY OF DISTINGUISHED JUDGES
| BGA PUBLISHING INC Brightwaters, NY Beau Gardner – President EDICO FINANCIAL PRESS SERVICE LIMITED Hong Kong Amy Donati – Executive Director & Chief Executive Officer Queenie Shek – Director - Creative & Graphic Department Ricky Tse- Director - Print Bind/ Logistic Department HONG KONG HOUSING SOCIETY Hong Kong Pamela Leung – Corporate Communications Director |
INDEPENDENT Los Angeles, CA Jessica Qian – Art Director KLLING MARIO 2.0 Seoul, South Korea Marki SH Chang – Creative Director/CEO MEDIA GENESIS Troy, MI Antoine Dubeauclard – President NAKAMAMEDIA PUBLISHING Koln, Germany Rudiger Quass von Deyen – Founder & Creative Director PEPPERCLUB Germany and Switzerland Sven Ruhs – Creative Director |
STUDIO 210 Norwalk, CT Richard Colon – Accountant Karen Krieger – CCO Juan Wen – Bookkeeper TOPPAN NEXUS LIMITED Hong Kong Toni Chan – Art Director Derek Ma – Creative Director Iris Wong – Creative Director VIRTUS ASIA Hong Kong Jan Harling – CEO YELLOW CREATIVE Hong Kong Rebecca So – Managing Partner Ellen Zee – Managing Partner |