The Apple Design Awards for 2006 are open for Mac Developers to submit their shipping apps. This is another good motivator for us who are developing Mac apps but are a bit perfectionist to actually release our apps. Beta apps and non-shipping apps are not eligible. A new requirement this year is that the app has to be Universal.

Only bummer: You don’t get anything if you are a runner up. Well, you would get to use the logo, so that is a big thing that lends credibility to your app. Plus you get a nice trophy for your desk. But it’d be nice if the runner up would at least get a Mac mini. Developers can always use another machine, either to do testing on or to distribute builds to.