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Nike: Form Follows Motion

Vitra Design Museum Charles-Eames-Straße 2, Weil am Rhein, Germany

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 […]

BIO 28 – Biennial of Design

Llubljana Museum of Architecture and Design Rusjanov trg 7, 1000, Llubljana, Slovenia

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 […]

Singapore Good Design 2025: Make Your Mark!

Singapore , Singapore

The 12th Edition of the Singapore Good Design (SG Mark) Awards is now on! Every designer leaves a distinct imprint—what defining projects have marked your journey toward design excellence? We invite you to showcase how your exceptional work has shaped the world in the different disciplines of design, leaving a lasting impact on communities and […]

Good Design Award 2025

Chicago (USA) Chicago, United States

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, […]

Ibero-American Design Biennial

Central de Diseño del Matadero Madrid P.º de la Chopera, 14, Arganzuela, Madrid, Spain

Tiles written in Braille for the blind walker; an immense water carafe for storing drinking water in precarious areas; pieces of handicrafts made with communities at risk of social exclusion or a catalogue that rescues the forgotten Argentine industrial production of the last century. These are some of the projects on display at the ‘Expanded […]

International Busan Design Award

Busan (Republic of Korea) Busan, Korea, Republic of

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) […]

Compasso d’Oro International Award

Osaka Osaka, Japan

Applications are now open for the Compasso d'Oro International Award, the global edition of the world-renowned Italian design award, founded in 1954 by Gio Ponti. It is the first time to accept international applications. In collaboration with the , the special edition of the Compasso d’Oro International Award for 2025 has been inspired by the […]

Madrid Design Festival 2025

Madrid (Spain) Madrid, Spain

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 Biennale Rotterdam: What’s Real is Unfamiliar

Rotterdam (Netherlands) Rotterdam, Netherlands

Despite being home to numerous talenteddesigners and notable design institutions such as Nieuwe Instituutand Huidenclub, there are currently no specific events dedicated solely to design. While Rotterdam hosts an architectural biennale and month, as well as Rotterdam Art Week and IFFR for Films, there is a clear gap in design. 10-day event taking place across […]

Call for entries: A’ Design Award and Competition

Como (Italy) Como, Italy

A’ Design Award became one of the World’s largest design accolade thanks to passionate and competent contributions of participants who have provided their feedback on new and original perspectives on how to make a better design award that serves the society. The active role played by the early participants, as well as its founders were […]

Auckland Design Week 2025: Chance + Change

Auckland, New Zealand Auckland, WA, New Zealand

Auckland Design Week is all about sparking collaboration, interaction, and the exchange of ideas within the design community – whilst also inspiring and educating design enthusiasts. Our curated programme is designed to foster creativity and innovation, with a focus on driving commercial growth across the design sector.

WDCD Live Delhi 2025

New Delhi (India) New Delhi, India

WDCD Live Delhi 2025, marks What Design Can Do’s South Asian debut, addressing climate action and social change. Hosted at the India Habitat Centre, the festival will gather designers and changemakers to explore regenerative solutions, community-driven design, and the role of emerging technologies. In partnership with Unbox Cultural Futures and The Design Village, the event […]

Nairobi Design Week

Nairobi (Kenya) Nairobi, Kenya

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. […]

Circular Design Summit 2025 Rethinking the Economy

Stuttgart , Germany

The Circular Design Summit brings together leading minds from business, industry, and design, all united by a common vision: economic success in harmony with ecological sustainability. Discover how Circular Design – design for the circular economy – is driving the transformation of the economy and how you can be a part of this development. We […]

21st Europe Summit: Connecting Europe by Design

Barcelona (Spain) Barcelona, Spain

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 2025

Perth Perth, Australia

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 […]

A.L.I.C.E. conference – Designing a Sustainable Future: Society 5.0 and Global Innovation

Llubjana Llubjana, Slovenia

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 […]