Shortlists
The judges created a shortlist for each prize category, from which the three finalists emerged.
Category; Best innovation
| Yoon Jin | Choi | Chung-Ang University (group entry) |
| Jukka | Rautiainen | Royal College of Art |
| Anthony | Jannarelly | Coventry University |
| Jason | Battersby | Umeå Institute of Design |
| Augustin | Barbot | Royal College of Art |
| Jungwook | Lee | Kookmin University |
| Jinsung | Kim | Royal College of Art |
| Eduardo Javier | Povarchik | 9Zeros |
| Lou | Ke | Dalian Jiaotong University |
| Tobias | Bexten | Braunschweig University of Art |
| Zheming | Xu | Tsinghua University |
| Lung-Chieh | Chao | Coventry University |
| Chloé | Lefèvre | Strate College Designers (group entry) |
| Antoine | Chassagne | Institut Supérieur de Design (group entry) |
| Joo Il | Bae | Kookmin University |
| Hong | Yeo | Royal College of Art |
| Gabriela | Hernandez Escamilla | Rigoletti Casa de Diseño |
| Philip | Woodman | Coventry University |
Category; Best use of technology
| First name | Second name | University |
| Yoon Jin | Choi | Chung-Ang University (group entry) |
| Wan-Ryeol | Son | Umeå Institute of Design |
| Scott | Hartley | Coventry University |
| Eduardo Javier | Povarchik | 9Zeros |
| Mach | Jérôme | Strate College Designers (group entry) |
| Joshua | Saling | Monash University |
| Jukka | Rautiainen | Royal College of Art |
| Juyeon | Jang | Hongik University |
| Zak | Hussain | Coventry University (group entry) |
| DoYoung | Lim | Art Center College of Design |
| James | Burgess | Coventry University |
| Amar | Vaya | Coventry University |
| Hong | Yeo | Royal College of Art |
| Jinsung | Kim | Royal College of Art |
| Bo lun | Yang | Tsinghua university |
| Jason | Battersby | Umeå Institute of Design |
| Michael | Hink | College for Creative Studies |
| Ali | Khoshnou | Azad University |
| Kai-yun | Liang | Art Center College of Design |
Category; Best safety innovation
| Martin | Willers | Umeå Institute of Design (group entry) |
| Nicolas | de Peyer | Lehigh University |
| Anthony | Jannarelly | Coventry University |
| Alexei | Mikhailov | Humber College |
| Wan-Ryeol | Son | Umeå Institute of Design |
| Yoon Jin | Choi | Chung-Ang University (group entry) |
| Gurmukh Singh | Sagoo | Coventry University (group entry) |
| Lung-Chieh | Chao | Coventry University |
| Hyunjoon | Park | Royal College of Art |
| Mahdi | Garoosi | University of Tehran |
| Lou | Ke | Dalian Jiaotong University |
| Kristofer | Bylander | Coventry University |
| Philip | Fuerstenhoefer | Hochschule für Gestaltung Schwäbisch Gmünd |
| HuaJun | Long | Academy of Art & Design, Tsinghua University |
| Kai-yun | Liang | Art Center College of Design |
| Hong | Yeo | Royal College of Art |
| Yang | Liu | Northumbria University |
| Jack | Allenet | Coventry University |
Category; Best lifestyle interior
| First name | Second name | University |
| Juyeon | Jang | Hongik University |
| Brian | Peterson | The Cleveland Institute of Art |
| Tobias | Bexten | Braunschweig University of Art |
| Siyang | Liu | Tsinghua University |
| Anthony | Jannarelly | Coventry University |
| Yoon Jin | Choi | Chung-Ang University (group entry) |
| Stefan | Geoppel | Pforzheim University of Applied Sciences |
| Zdenek | Borysek | Vysoka Skola Vytvarnych Umeni |
| Jason | Battersby | Umeå Institute of Design |
| Philip | Woodman | Coventry University |
| Xiaoying | Chen | Academy of Art & Design,Tsinghua University |
| Scott | Hartley | Coventry University |
| Hyunjoon | Park | Royal College of Art |
| Amar | Vaya | Coventry University |
| James | Burgess | Coventry University |
| Colin Seong | Gu | Kookmin University (group entry) |
| Mahdi | Chowdhury | College for Creative Studies |
| Yang | Liu | Northumbria University |
| Ali | Khoshnou | Azad University |
| HuaJun | Long | Academy of Art & Design, Tsinghua University |
| Jukka | Rautiainen | Royal College of Art |
Category; Best eco design
| First name | Second name | University |
| David | Seesing | Royal College of Art (group entry) |
| Jin | Zhao | Tsinghua University |
| Wenyu | Zhang | Academy of Art & Design, Tsinghua University |
| Eduardo Javier | Povarchik | 9Zeros |
| Ali | Khoshnou | Azad University |
| Matthew | Chilton | Coventry University |
| Scott | Hartley | Coventry University |
| Yoon Jin | Choi | Chung-Ang University (group entry) |
| Philipp | Siebourg | Royal College of Art |
| Amar | Vaya | Coventry University |
| Hyunjoon | Park | Royal College of Art |
| Max | Lilley | Coventry University |
| Dalibor | Pantucek | Royal College of Art (group entry) |
| Lou | Ke | Dalian Jiaotong University |
| Martin | Willers | Umeå Institute of Design (group entry) |
| Jing | Zhang | Coventry University |
| Tobias | Bexten | Braunschweig University of Art |
Category; Best conceptual exterior
| Yoon Jin | Choi | Chung-Ang University (group entry) |
| Bob | Romkes | Royal College of Art |
| Augustin | Barbot | Royal College of Art |
| Dohyung | Kim | Royal College or Art |
| Gyuwon | Shim | Coventry University |
| Alexei | Mikhailov | Humber College |
| Gabriela | Hernandez Escamilla | Rigoletti Casa de Diseño |
| Lung-Chieh | Chao | Coventry University |
| Jukka | Rautiainen | Royal College of Art |
| Minchul | Kim | Hongik University |
| Brian | Peterson | The Cleveland Institute of Art |
| Anthony | Jannarelly | Coventry University |
| Ali | Khoshnou | Azad University |
| Juyeon | Jang | Hongik University |
| Amar | Vaya | Coventry University |
| Eduardo Javier | Povarchik | 9Zeros |
| Erwan | Besancon | Strate College Designers |
| Hyo jin | Kim | Pforzheim University of Applied Sciences |
| James | Burgess | Coventry University |
| Lou | Ke | Dalian Jiaotong University |
| Khiat | Marwan | Strate College Designers (group entry) |
Category; Best production interior
| Philip | Woodman | Coventry University |
| Eduardo Javier | Povarchik | 9Zeros |
| Ben | Quaintance | Coventry University |
| Philip | Fuerstenhoefer | Hochschule für Gestaltung Schwäbisch Gmünd |
| Bob | Romkes | Royal College of Art |
| Antoine | Chassagne | Institut Supérieur de Design (group entry) |
| Cristiano | Baptista | Universidade de Lisboa (group entry) |
| Wenyu | Zhang | Academy of Art & Design, Tsinghua University |
| Nicolas | Martinez | Institut Supérieur de Design |
| Zak | Hussain | Coventry University (group entry) |
| Kai-yun | Liang | Art Center College of Design |
| Matthias | Gottwald | Pforzheim University of Applied Sciences |
| Alexei | Mikhailov | Humber College |
| Thomas | Biedermann | Braunschweig University of Art (group entry) |
| Jason | Battersby | Umeå Institute of Design |
| Scott | Hartley | Coventry University |
Category; Best conceptual interior
| Yoon Jin | Choi | Chung-Ang University (group entry) |
| Philip | Woodman | Coventry University |
| Scott | Hartley | Coventry University |
| Xi | Wang | Tsinghua University |
| Wenyu | Zhang | Academy of Art & Design, Tsinghua University |
| Juyeon | Jang | Hongik University |
| Kai-yun | Liang | Art Center College of Design |
| Nicolas | Martinez | Institut Supérieur de Design |
| Dohyung | Kim | Royal College or Art |
| Stefan | Geoppel | Pforzheim University of Applied Sciences |
| Antoine | Regnault | Strate College Designers (group entry) |
| Jukka | Rautiainen | Royal College of Art |
| Minchul | Kim | Hongik University |
| Emma | Shaw | Coventry University |
| Juyeon | Jang | Hongik University |
| Philip | Fuerstenhoefer | Hochschule für Gestaltung Schwäbisch Gmünd |
| Jae Yeoun | Park | College for Creative studies |
| Amar | Vaya | Coventry University |