Changes are always made by individuals.

Could an Award like AWDA help promote change? In an ideal world you wouldn’t need to make dedicated prizes for women; but since this is not the case, it is only right to create safe places even when it comes to awards. We might think that each one of us, as powerless individuals, can’t change anything about reality. But changes, and especially the socio-cultural ones, always start with an individual.

Vera Gheno, sociologist and researcher
The University of Florence

I believe it is very important to create opportunities where we can come into contact with women’s work, build networks, where we support and promote each other. We don’t do this done enough, perhaps for a strange female competition, which is one of the greatest errors of patriarchy, the fruit of an antiquated society. The AWDA project is extraordinary because it talks about women making other women’s work known.

Maria Luisa Frisa, critic and director of the Fashion Design and Multimedia Arts course
IUAV University of Venice

Women making other women’s work known!

How Many Women Are in the Room?

An emblematic question, one to be asked over and over again, every time you enter a room, assemble a jury, or write a story. How Many Women Are in the Room? is also the latest volume of AWDA, the international award dedicated to women visual communication designers. The book is co-published by AIAP and The Printing Office.

For us, is an opportunity to take stock of the project, within a context where the debate on feminism in design is increasingly vital.
The AWDA sixth edition call for entries is now live! Will you be in the room with us for the next one?

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Changes are always made by individuals.

Women making other women’s work known!

How Many Women Are in the Room?

How Many Women Are in the Room?