In April 2026, the ADI-FAD — the Association of Industrial Design for the Promotion of Arts and Design — announced the finalists for the Delta Awards 2026, the benchmark distinction for industrial design in Spain. They recognise objects from sectors as varied as mobility, lighting, interior furnishings, packaging, building materials and accessories.

This year, the trophies by Sustain Awards were selected in the Accessories and tools category. In this article we explain what these awards are, what criteria the jury applies and what it means for us to be on this list.

award-winning trophies at the delta awards 2026

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What are the Delta Awards

They have been organised by the ADI-FAD since 1961, making them one of the longest-running competitions in Europe for industrial design. They are held every two years and recognise both producing companies and the professionals who design the pieces.

This edition, the 43rd, also restores the original Delta name — under which the award was founded in 1961 — after several editions under the name Premios ADI. For companies that manufacture with technical and material rigour, appearing in the Delta selection is an objective signal: the pieces have passed through a professional filter before reaching the international jury.

The 2026 edition in numbers

A total of 422 entries were submitted. From these, the expert committee selected 203 finalists. The international jury responsible for choosing the winners from among the finalists is made up of Michael Anastassiades, the studio Big-Game Design, Maria Porro and Rosario Hurtado. One new feature of this edition is the Disueño category, which incorporates pieces of a conceptual nature situated at the boundary between function and the critical expression of the object.

In the Accessories and tools category, where our pieces are included, objects are evaluated on their technical resolution, the choice of materials and the rigour of the manufacturing process.

Our pieces in the selection

The Sustain Awards trophies are finalists in the Accessories and tools category, designed by Jordi Pla Sabaté and Jordi Blasi Mezquit. The selection places our pieces alongside furniture, lighting and electronic devices — categories where formal criteria and material coherence are the central arguments.

The fact that a manufacturer of trophies for events reaches this stage says something about the place the minimalist and sustainable object occupies today within the Spanish industrial landscape: it is no longer a peripheral category, but a point of reference for the sector.

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What the jury evaluates

The Delta Awards look for pieces that bring value to people, respect the environment and reflect good professional and industrial practices. The jury does not evaluate intentions: it evaluates what has been resolved in the object. The material chosen, the process employed and the coherence between both.

Our pieces are manufactured following that same logic. Every trophy begins with a verified material selection, a precision process and a form that adds nothing without purpose. When the jury examines a piece against these criteria, it finds concrete answers.

When and where the awards are presented

The awards ceremony for the Delta Awards 2026 will take place on 22 July at the Disseny Hub Barcelona. On that same day, the exhibition featuring all the finalist pieces, organised by category, will open, and the verdict of the international jury will be announced. The exhibition, which brings together objects manufactured over the past two years, will remain open to the public at the Disseny Hub in the weeks that follow.

For those who organise galas, corporate events or awards ceremonies, this exhibition is a direct reference for which materials, forms and technical criteria define the state of the industrial object in Spain today.

Delta Awards 2026 Disseny Hub Barcelona

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Conclusion

Reaching the final selection of the Delta Awards 2026 confirms that the standard to which we manufacture our pieces carries weight beyond our own sector. We do not make trophies to fulfil a formality on an event agenda: we make them as objects with technical resolution and formal integrity. This nomination is, in that sense, an external validation of what we have been doing for years.