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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Seoul Design Award honors designers who have ingeniously tackled everyday challenges, fostering a harmonious and sustainable relationship between people, society, and the environment. Since its inception in 2019, the award has discovered design solutions that enhance urban living globally. Subsequently, it has consistently showcased public design solutions driven by collaborative efforts to address common […]
The Golden Pin Design Award is now open for entries! The Golden Pin Concept Design Award is also accepting submissions for innovative proposals. The competition spans four major categories: Product Design, Communication Design, Spatial Design, and Integration Design. Entries are open until June 24th, 17:00 (GMT+8 Taipei Time). Participants who complete registration and payment […]
Chicco and Desall invite you to immerse yourself in the child’s world and design innovative, practical, and versatile solutions to comfortably host or support them during everyday situations, such as mealtime or sleep, in limited-space environments for example, when traveling in a camper van. Deadline: 16 June 2025. Website: https://bit.ly/Tiny-Travelers-Big-Adventures
GOOD DESIGN AWARD is a social movement to make people's lives, industries, and society more well-off through design. Since its start in 1957, it has gained widespread support along with its logo G Mark. GOOD DESIGN AWARD is for products, architecture, software, systems, and services that are relevant to people. Whether visible or invisible, anything […]
DDP Design Fair will be held from October 15 to 19, 2025, at DDP (Dongdaemun Design Plaza) in Seoul. DDP Design Fair is a platform where design studios, design brands, and renowned companies showcase their design products. It’s the buzzworthy place that provides a unique opportunity to launch a new product, service, or idea. Entrepreneurs […]
Don Norman Design Award (DNDA), a non-profit organization that promotes the practice and education of Humanity-Centered Design (HCD+), extended its call for applications for the DNDA25 HCD+ Project Awards to April 30, 2025. DNDA recognizes early-career practitioners who take a Humanity-Centered Design approach to address challenges at the community level and educational programs that train […]
Hosted by Busan Metropolitan City and Design Council Busan, the 2025 Big International Design Competition – “Public Space Design Project 2” calls for global proposals for Place Making and Public Goods Design along a 2km urban corridor in Busan, South Korea. This two-stage international competition aims to realize outstanding public design through detailed design, prototyping, […]
The "Taipei Design Award" has entered its 18th year. With the vision of "making design the driving force to shape a better future", by bringing together the creativity of diverse cultures, it has become an important tool to promote urban progress, promote industrial development and improve the quality of life. strength. Through this design competition, […]
Design changes the world — the German Design Awards make it visible. The internationally acclaimed awards honour projects that drive innovation, embrace responsibility and open up new perspectives through design. Initiated by the German Design Council, the German Design Awards stand for design excellence with purpose — interdisciplinary in thinking, globally connected, and strategically relevant. […]
Futian District, Shenzhen — the city’s economic and innovation engine — is evolving into a world-class industrial hub in the Greater Bay Area. Anchored by “one axis, two wings,” Futian is building key zones like Hetao Innovation Area and Xiangmihu Financial Center. To shape a bold, global urban image, we invite creatives worldwide to join […]
The 2025 Better Design Award is now open for global entries! Submit from May 23 to August 15 (GMT+8 Beijing Time). Categories include Product Design (Main & Special Competitions) and Design for Industry. Themes: Industrial Cornerstone, Better Life, Future Design, and AI & Robotics. No entry fee. Prize pool: RMB 4.2 million. We can’t wait […]
Hosted by Busan Metropolitan City and Design Council Busan, the 2025 Big International Design Competition – “Public Space Design Project 2” calls for global proposals for Place Making and Public Goods Design along a 2km urban corridor in Busan, South Korea. This two-stage international competition aims to realize outstanding public design through detailed design, prototyping, […]
Goldreed Industrial Design Award (GIDA) is a new international design award sponsored by the Xiongan Future Industrial Design Institute (XIDI), with the aim of discovering the future of design, inspire the quality of future living and empower the future city. Learn more: https://www.goldreedaward.com/en WDO Member: Xiongan Future Industrial Design Institute
IASDR 2025 will be co-hosted by the Taiwan Design Research Institute (TDRI) and the Chinese Institute of Design (CID), and will take place in Taipei from December 2 to 5, 2025. Centered on the theme “Design Next,” this year’s conference explores emerging design issues and methodologies. It aims to become a key platform for promoting […]
The 9th "He Chaozong Cup" China (Dehua) Ceramic Industry Design Competition is now open to participants from all over the world! The "He Chaozong Cup" competition was founded in 2017 and is currently the most continuous competition in the international ceramic design field. It is the most authoritative platform for evaluation, promotion, and cooperation. The […]
Design Trust Graphic Archive Research Fellowship, in partnership with Hong Kong Design Institute, supports one fellow per year for a 6-month fellowship period to conduct research on the history and development of graphic design, publishing and advertising from the 1940s to the 1980s in Hong Kong to unfold the transition of ‘commercial art’ as a […]
SDGs Design International Awards is conceived with the aim of discovering creative ideas from young people and utilizing it for building sustainable society. The SDGs Design International Awards has been held annually since 2019, with young designers from around 15 countries participating and over 200 works submitted each year. The theme of the year 2025 […]
