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"one&twenty – world's best design talents": The German Design Council Foundation honours with its competition for students and graduates, 21 outstanding achievements in the field of product design. Interested parties worldwide can submit their application until 18 January, 2024. The award winners will be presented in an exhibition during Milan Design Week starting with the […]
Global designers, institutions, schools, and creatives: To create a globally recognized image, showcase the innovative, open, and vibrant Nanshan to the world, and facilitate its development, Nanshan District is launching a contest for its logo and tagline design. We look forward to your participation! Submission Period and Evaluation Process (I) Contest Announcement: December 20, 2023 […]
The 2024 Design Intelligence Award (DIA) Call for Entries has been open to global participants. In the past years, DIA has received more than 51,000 entries from 70 countries and regions. Before the registration deadline on July 14, 2024 (24:00, GMT+8), any design company, design team, employed designer, independent designer or young designer can sign […]
The Australian Good Design Awards showcase the very best in design and innovation to a worldwide audience. Every year, the Awards attract cutting-edge design projects from across the globe, celebrating the very best in design, architecture, engineering, research, fashion, and social impact. Entries open to Australian and international designers and clients. WDO Member: Good Design […]
The UX Design Awards – Autumn 2024 call for participation is open for submissions until 31 May 2024. 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 and “New Talent” for up-and coming designers. All details and competition dates […]
Applications started for 'Crescent and Stars for Packaging' competition that packaging producers, suppliers, packaging designers and brand owners that introduce their products to the market can. Organized by ASD Turkish Packaging Manufacturers Association for the 11th time this year, competitors that rank the highest can apply at WorldStar and AsiaStar Competitions as well. WDO […]
In 2019, Anxi County in China was awarded the title of "World Capital of Rattan Iron Art" by the World Crafts Council. By 2023, Anxi's rattan iron industry had a total output value of 28.6 billion yuan. To further address the industry's design needs, Anxi is launching the inaugural World Rattan Iron Crafts Capital Cup […]
Under the umbrella of “Good Health and Well-being”, SDG 3 aims not only to ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages, but also to encourage healthy lifestyle, fight diseases and improve access to healthcare. The 2024 edition invites students to take a proactive role in using the magic of design wisdom […]
Launching April 1, the WDC 2024 Club Exhibition is a transformative and impactful youth poster showcase that confronts the pressing challenges facing our region. This exhibition stands as a canvas of change, offering the emerging generation a platform to channel their boundless imagination through design, with a resolute aim to address and resolve critical issues […]
The Good Design Award was established in 1957 in Japan to evaluate and promote design's capacity to enrich lives, industries and society. Organized by WDO Member Japan Institute of Design Promotion, the award recognizes designs from around the world each year with the emblem 'G Mark', a note of distinction recognized internationally for good design. […]
The Seoul Design Award is a non-profit honor that has attracted entries from 62 countries. It is esteemed by international experts as a prestigious platform that highlights the impact of socially transformative designs and celebrates designers committed to their social responsibilities. We cordially invite designers who are actively shaping a brighter future in our ever-evolving […]
The GIDA is an international, professional and market-oriented industrial design award. With the purpose of "facing the future, contributing to the creation of a better life for mankind, contributing Oriental wisdom, and spreading the value and spirit of design," we are committed to creating an international and professional industrial design award with oriental colors. WDO […]
The Golden Pin Design Award 2024 is calling for entries! Registration is open until June 26, with an early bird discount available for those who register by June 7. Entries are accepted for commercially available products or designs, as well as completed and operational spatial or integrated design works. Designers and companies around the world […]
The German Design Awards set international standards for innovative design developments and competitiveness on the global market. It only honours projects that are pioneering in the German and international design landscape and highlights positive developments in circular design. Whether digitalization, AI or circular design - the German Design Awards platform reveals the contribution that design […]
In accordance with the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals proposed by the United Nations in 2015, the theme “Equality” calls on students to treat others with the same level of respect and warmth. Students are encouraged to blend and co-create a more beautiful and diverse society through the power of design. This aims to realize the vision […]
Due to the recent floods in Brazil, many families have lost their homes and essential furniture. ReMakeRS aims to recreate or renew lost furniture, providing a new beginning for affected families. The challenge is to develop low-cost, easy-to-replicate, manufacture, and assemble furniture projects. All projects will be open-source, available for anyone to produce and help […]
Better Design Award, abbreviated as BDA, is an international comprehensive design award. The award recognizes works and companies that demonstrate design excellence and innovation around the world. Adhering to the concept of designing for a better life, BDA will discover global good design, create a new engine of industry, lead a new way of life, […]
7th edition of the Alpavirama International Youth Film Festival will be held from October 15-19, 2024. This year, the festival's theme is ‘Reflected Realities,’ a portrait of reality through the lens of young filmmakers across the globe. For more details, modalities, queries regarding the festival, kindly visit https://alpavirama.nid.edu/ or write to alpavirama@nid.edu. The submission date […]
Good Design İzmir_9 focuses on dialogue with the keywords courage, on-even-ground, action, conflict and transference and asks "How can we transform a dialogue into an action by taking our power from design?" With nearly ten years of experience, the event aims to revive relationships that have formed previously and create new ones by building generative […]
Join us for a collaborative exhibition hosted by World Design Capital San Diego Tijuana 2024, San Diego State University, The San Diego Architectural Foundation and The American Institute of Architects San Diego Chapter! Design Challenge As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of “Temporary Paradise?” (1974), one of the few forward projecting planning documents for our […]
