We are honored to have worked with Studio Lin in establishing the identity for the Core77 Design Awards, and one of the amazing things they created is the poster you see above. It looks fantastic, its got the C77DA Style Guide on it, and we'd love to send you one of your own! All you have to do is register right now and we'll send you a complimentary poster – it only takes a moment and you can come back to do the next step of submitting your entry anytime before the entry deadline. The posters are limited edition so don't wait! REGISTER HERE

Studio Lin is the graphic design practice of Alex Lin. His work has been featured and awarded by leading design publications such as Wallpaper, ID Magazine,Print Magazine, Metropolis, Surface, Architectural Record, and exhibited at the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum. Past Clients and Collaborators include OMA, Artechnica Inc, and Google. VISIT STUDIO LIN

• Keep the setting as straightforward and informal as you want it to be.
• Make it personal. This is your story told your way. It should have a healthy dose of Point of View and be compelling to watch.
• Hit the following points:

1. What you were trying to do when you were designing your project.
2. What’s great about it, what separates it from what’s already out there, and why it deserves the world’s attention.

• Have fun while you’re doing it! This is supposed to be a delightful, informative and personal addition to the required entry materials.

Welcome to the inaugural Core77 Design Awards! For the past 16 years we've been celebrating outstanding design and designers across a wide array of disciplines. Now we're proud to provide a global platform that honors the very brightest, boldest and most impactful work on an annual basis. We hope to set new standards for design awards by leveraging online scale, increasing transparency and decreasing plane fuel. We're opening the field to 15 categories, recognizing the emerging disciplines of Design for Social Impact, Design Education Initiatives, DIY and our intriguing "Never Saw the Light of Day." The submission process is online and allows designers the opportunity to show off their pitching skills by uploading a 2-minute-30-second video as part of their entry (it's optional but advisable).

Our jury system also gives the judging process a new twist. Rather than put each jury member on a plane and fly them to one location, we have selected a head judge for each of the categories (we call them "Jury Captains"). Based in different cities around the world, each captain will select four local experts (within train, bike or jogging distance) to join them in the evaluation process as a unified jury team. Not only that, these teams of jurors will reveal their winning choices via live web broadcasts. With jury teams in time zones as diverse as London, Tokyo, Sydney and Ahmenabad, we're looking forward to announcement parties at all hours of the day and night.

Meanwhile, the design team of Rich Brilliant Willing are hard at work making an award as innovative as the awards program itself. Thirty trophies will be awarded in total; one each of the Professional and Student winners of each category. Stay tuned to Core77 over the next two months as we document the evolution of this year's trophy!

So tell your friends, compile your materials and enter the work that you're proud of. We're ready and waiting!