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To mark the launch of ASKIN, and as part of over four decades of commitment to innovation in surface design, Tarimatec announces the Askin Awards, an international competition aimed at students of design, architecture and engineering.

This competition presents a unique challenge: to articulate space and control light using a single base piece. It is an invitation to reflect, experiment and explore new ways of inhabiting space through a conscious, technical and creative lens.

The initiative also stems from a collaboration with Summumstudio, a leading contemporary design studio, which brings its curatorial and conceptual expertise to the competition’s development.

A design competition with purpose

At Tarimatec, we believe in design as a tool to transform the environments we live in. This is why we are backing a new generation of professionals capable of imagining a more balanced, sustainable and beautiful future.

The Askin Awards were created as a platform to support and nurture those taking their first steps in the world of design, offering a real, professional and collaborative learning experience.

One piece as the starting point of the Askin Awards

Participants must develop their proposals based on a piece designed by Tarimatec that allows for the construction of self-supporting structures without hardware or mechanical fasteners, using male–female joints or structural cuts to connect components.

It is both a technical and conceptual tool that encourages a rethinking of how we inhabit and interpret space.

Who can take part?

The competition is open to undergraduate, master’s or postgraduate students in fields related to design, architecture or engineering. Entries must be submitted individually, and each contestant may submit only one proposal.

Upon registering, participants will receive a physical sample of the base piece, along with all the technical and graphic resources needed to develop their project.

Key dates for the Askin Awards

  • Registration and project submissions: 1 May–31 July 2025
  • Finalists announced and public voting opens: 5 September
  • Announcement of winners: 16 September
  • Awards ceremony: Feria Hábitat, Valencia, 29 September–2 October

The selected projects will receive visibility and exposure through Tarimatec’s official channels.

The top two winners will receive:

  • A professional collaboration agreement with Tarimatec to develop the proposed design
  • Publication in a specialised industry media outlet
  • National exposure of the winning project

In addition, three outstanding entries will receive special mentions.

How to participate

  1. Register at www.tarimatec.com/concurso
  2. Submit your digital project and physical model
  3. Share your proposal on social media using the hashtag #askinawards and tagging @tarimatec
  4. Take part in the public vote

Design, innovation and commitment

The Askin Awards form part of Tarimatec’s commitment to emerging design and to those shaping the spaces of tomorrow.


From sustainability and quality to social responsibility, we continue to champion talent and a way of creating that prioritises what truly matters.

This is just the beginning.
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