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With »Nike: Form Follows Motion« the Vitra Design Museum will present the first ever museum exhibition about Nike, the world’s most revered sports brand. The exhibition will explore the company’s five-decade ascent from a grassroots start-up to a global phenomenon. The focus is on Nike’s design history: from the company’s beginnings in the 1960s and […]
The 28th Biennial of Design (BIO28), which celebrates its 60th anniversary this year, will take place between November 21, 2024 and April 6, 2025. It is organized by the Museum of Architecture and Design and the Centre for Creativity, with the curatorial concept developed by professor and curator Alexandra Midal together with Emma Pflieger, assistant […]
The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design and Metropolitan Arts Press Ltd. present the Museum’s annual GOOD DESIGN® Awards Program for the most innovative and cutting-edge industrial, product, and graphic designs produced around the world. Each year, The Chicago Athenaeum presents the GOOD DESIGN® Awards Program for the most innovative and cutting-edge industrial, product, […]
A valued part of each World Design Congress is the public call for papers and posters. WDO is now accepting submissions for extended abstracts and posters in line with the Design for Planet theme. Following a double blind review process, papers selected for publication may also be invited to attend the Congress in-person to discuss […]
The Next Gen Design Competition invites young creatives living in Europe (ages 18–35) to propose bold, sustainable solutions under the theme "Redesign Tomorrow, Today." The competition encourages participants to address pressing challenges such as circular product design, food waste solutions, new materials, sustainable textiles, and much more. Selected projects will be featured in the Next […]
WDO is now accepting nominations for the World Design Medal, which aims to recognize individuals who have made a significant contribution to the advancement of the industrial design profession. With previous recipients that include frog founder Hartmut Esslinger and American industrial designer Dr. Patricia Moore, the World Design Medal acknowledges the transformative power of industrial […]
Design Council Busan presents the 2025 International Busan Design Award (IBDA), fostering innovation, industry growth, and global design exchanges. Entries are divided into General and Youth divisions under an open theme. Judging includes online screening and offline evaluation with physical submissions. The award ceremony and exhibition will be held during Busan Design Festival (June 26–29) […]
The eighth edition of the festival will once again make the city the focal point. An event where design displays its transformative power, best practices, initiatives and projects that reveal how design is an essential tool to address multiple challenges of a constantly changing society. Through its extensive programming, and under the theme Redesigning the […]
Design is a powerful catalyst for change – it sparks innovation, solves complex challenges, and shapes the way we live. The 2025 Australian Good Design Awards embrace this transformative potential with the theme Rewarding, Defining and Celebrating Better ______.“ This year’s theme invites designers, innovators, architects, engineers and creative thinkers to explore and articulate what […]
UX Design Awards – Autumn 2025: Open for Submissions until 15 May The UX Design Awards – Autumn 2025 call for participation is open for submissions until 15 May 2025. Companies, agencies, professionals, and young designers worldwide are invited to enter their best work in three competition categories: “Product” and “Concept” for the professional sector […]
Global Design Internship(GDI) is an internship program funded and supported by the Korean government and the Korea Institute of Design Promotion (KIDP). Our goal is to provide young and competent Korean designers an international and multi-cultural working/learning experience at design consultancies, in-house design teams, or start-ups outside Korea. * The Korea Institute of Design Promotion […]
Pioneering architecture. Holistic interior design. Innovative products. Everything on one platform. The ICONIC AWARDS honor innovative projects and sustainable solutions in architecture, product and interior design. The year’s most groundbreaking projects are presented on the global stage. This is where the industry’s thought leaders come together. WDO Member: German Design Council – Rat für Formgebung
Nairobi Design Week 2025 invites us to view ourselves through a profound lens: as ancestors. This theme encourages us to think about the legacy we are creating and the impact we have on future generations. It is a call to action for all designers, creatives, and artists, to contribute to a narrative that transcends time. […]
The Service Design Master Classes have been created for service designers with 2+ years’ experience, the 8-week, 8-module course offers you the chance to strengthen your core skills, expand your capabilities, and earn Professional Accreditation. WDO Member: Service Design Network gGmbH
It has been just over a month since 21st Europe was launched —a new think tank working with Europe’s brightest minds to design blueprints that spark conversation and inspire optimism for the continent’s next chapter. As part of the event, they will unveil Starline—their first blueprint, designed in collaboration with Bakken & Bæck. With the […]
Perth Design Week is a ‘coalition of the willing’ - a group of people and organisations Sandy and David are leading, working together to create this event. The project started as a collaboration, the idea being that there is a broad array of design based organisations with budgets for their own individual annual events. If […]
The A.L.I.C.E. conference has long been a platform for fostering meaningful dialogue and collaboration across disciplines. This year, we are excited to continue this tradition by welcoming researchers, experts, and practitioners to share knowledge, explore ideas, and engage in a rich exchange of insights on how design, innovation, and societal development can lead us toward […]
Iceland's annual design festival that transforms the most northerly capital of the world into one big venue for design. Join us in Reykjavík and explore the Icelandic design scene! From fashion to furniture, architecture to the environment, food to product design, digital design to innovation, the festival showcases the best of the local design scene […]
Tigullio Design District - TDD is the first international event organized in Liguria, Italy, dedicated to design and specifically to major themes related to the sea and nautic, the outdoor and obviously lifestyle, being developed in the splendid scenery of Gulf of Tigullio, between Genoa and the 5 lands. A new design location for all […]
The 2025 Salone del Mobile is back as the star of the design calendar: the leading international event for the design industry will be held from 8th to 13th April, at Milan’s Rho Fiera fairgrounds. Set up in 1961, the trade fair boasts a wide range of furnishing products, distinguished by their expressive power and […]
