PRINT CITIZEN DESIGN AWARD
Citizen Design is open to designers who have created print, online or community-based campaigns designed to address mental health.
PRINT Awards 2025 First Place—CHARACTERS: Type in Action | Vocal Type
PRINT Awards 2025 Second Place—ANKA | Doga Bircan
PRINT Awards 2025 Third Place—The Vocal Civilian | Vocal Type
Design for Mental Health
Mental health has moved from the margins of public discourse to its center. Across communities, we’ve seen growing concern that emotional well-being is vital to total health, yet social stigma and systemic barriers persist. The recent cuts to healthcare and entitlements funding have a devastating impact on those who are most underserved. Societal upheaval, digital overload, and collective uncertainty, have triggered increasing demand for empathetic individuals and institutions to act.
Design for Mental Health, this year’s Citizen Design Award, spotlights the role of communication design as an essential tool for providing critical information to the public, medical professionals and government leaders. It will honor design that fosters advocacy, awareness and empathy for mental health and well-being. Submissions can include editorial design, posters, packaging, campaigns, publications, social media that use the power of visual resources to confront stigma, promote self-care, or encourage more direct conversations around mental health.
JUDGING wILL bE bASED oN fOUR cRITERIA
Innovation: Projects that showcase a fresh way of achieving social impact solutions; design that stirs new ideas and is likely to influence and inspire change.
Impact: Will the project make a direct impact for the community or audience for which is intended?
Originality: Design projects that are unique in the concept of social change, designs that stand on their own and make a statement in the community.
Craft: Projects that exhibit a high calibre of skill and a deft hand; designs that are executed with the intent to deliver results.
We will award a First, Second, & Third Place winner for this category. Learn More about our Prizes.