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Getting noticed in the DAME Design Awards 2026

Humphree’s 2015 joint DAME Design Award overall winner is still in production today, a testament to the company’s creative design decisions and focus on customer feedback.

Product success from being creative

Last year’s DAME Design Awards guest student jury member and Metstrade Young professionals Club member, Scarlett Harris, answers Kim Hollamby’s questions about her first year as a product designer and her perspectives on the industry.

Get ahead in marine equipment design by going sailing

Building on last year’s impressively large field of entries, Metstrade’s DAME Design Awards will celebrate three and a half decades of design excellence by providing unique opportunities for exhibitors to significantly boost the visibility of their latest launches while supporting the invaluable lifesaving work of the Dutch rescue society KNRM.

35th anniversary DAME Design Awards opens for entries

One DAME Design Awards winner is still in production 34 years later with only minor changes, a testament to its concept and highly successful execution

Design that has stood the test of time

The list of DAME Design Awards winners over 35 years contains many familiar companies, but start-ups have also claimed the top prize with brilliantly executed products. Here we look at notable examples of newcomers who made their mark and what has happened since.

Start-ups with a winning design formula

As we celebrate 35 years of the DAME Design Awards, this month we consider what lessons two of the smallest overall winners can teach the leisure marine equipment sector today.

Small but perfectly formed DAME winners

The prestigious DAME Design Awards, founded and organised by Metstrade and celebrating its 35th anniversary this year, announce the launch of an international search for this year’s beneficiary of the competition’s significant charitable grant. Qualifying organisations will be committed to good causes of close interest to the industry such as securing the future for our oceans, providing opportunities for communities to benefit from water-based activities, and improving workforce diversity and accessibility.

35th anniversary edition of the DAME Design Awards launches search for official charity partner

Our year-long celebration marking the 35th edition of the DAME Design Awards commences with a look at the very first winner in 1991 and the design lessons it offers right to this day.

DAME Design Awards 35 years - lessions from the founding winner

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