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  • GIA Emerging Designer of the Year (For Students) 

    GIA Emerging Designer of the Year is exclusively for jewellery design students in India who are pursuing a diploma, degree, or certificate in jewellery design in 2026. Applicants need to submit a design sketch or CAD to compete with the top jewellery design students from across India.

    ✨ Design Theme 2026 :
    Theme-Based Jewellery of the Year — “Wings & Feathers”

    Theme Description :

    This theme invites students to interpret the wing and feather as a living design language. Students should draw from mythological power - angelic, divine, and mystical - and translate that visual vocabulary into wearable fine jewellery. Students must consider how a feather is engineered: the central rachis, delicate barbs branching off it, and the layering of vane upon vane to create lightness and lift. The CAD design should feel as though it could take flight.

     

    Wings & Feathers reference image

    This image is provided for reference and inspiration only. Please do not copy the design.

    📋 Rules & Regulations 

    • Click here to read the Official Rules to be complied with for participating in the IJ Design Awards 2026 .
    • Kindly read through carefully before proceeding.

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    If you are a jewellery designing student in India who is pursuing a diploma, degree, or certificate in jewellery design in 2025-26, you can submit your design for the IJ Design Awards in four simple steps.

    You can also submit multiple entries by following the same four-step process for each design. 

  • 📄 General Requirements

    • Complete the entry form for the design entered for GIA Emerging Designer of the Year.
    • Make certain all fields are complete and accurate before submitting.
    • Your entry must be accompanied by a hand-rendered design or CAD-rendering file.   

    🖼️ Design Submission Requirements

    • Design must be original.
    • Design must be actual size.

       Hand-drawn Design (Sketch Design)

    • Rendered on A4 vellum and mounted on black cardboard (Extra decorations are exempted).
    • Ratio: 1:1
    • Size: A4 (210 mm × 297 mm) 

       CAD Design

    • Ratio: 1:1

    • Size: 2480 × 3508 pixels (Maximum file size: 5 MB)

    • Resolution: 300 dpi

    • Format: PNG / JPG / JPEG

    • Design must be rendered on a clean white background. Do not write anything on the image.
    • Please refrain from writing your name, date, signature or institute name on the design.
    • The sketches/CAD details you supply will be used in all Jewellers' Choice online and print products.
    • Please recheck all details before submission. We cannot change your details after receipt.

                             

  • Enter Personal Details

    • Please enter your personal information. This will be used in your sketch description online and possibly in print.

    • Category finalists will be notified and announced in  2nd November 2026. 

    • All finalists will be required to send manufactured piece for the final round of Judging by Jury on  1st December 2026.

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