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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 […]
A leading company, in collaboration with Desall, is looking for an innovative cap for the personal care, cosmetics, and food sectors that integrates a child-resistant safety system. The closure must prevent opening by children while ensuring easy and intuitive use for adults. In addition, the cap must provide the user with feedback to indicate whether […]
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 […]
The C-IDEA Design Award is the world's annual juried design competition. It aims to recognize and promote visionary talents in a wide array of categories ranging from communication design, industrial design, architecture, interior design, fashion design, and new media. The jury comprises twenty countries with over thirty representatives from high-profile designers and educators. The C-IDEA […]
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 […]
Innovation shapes the future – the German Innovation Awards put it in the spotlight. The internationally recognised prize honours innovations that drive real progress with bold ideas, smart solutions, and lasting impact. Presented by the German Design Council, the awards stand for pioneering developments with substance – socially relevant, economically powerful. Register now! Register here: […]
The award that makes brand success visible. The German Brand Awards are one of the leading brand competitions in the German-speaking world. Since 2016, they have honoured excellence in holistic brand management – strategic, creative and impactful. Winning means showing what makes a brand truly strong today: clarity, relevance and team spirit. Register here: https://www.german-brand-award.com/en/ […]
The International Biennial Poster Design Terras Gauda celebrates its 25th anniversary, firmly established as a key event in the global poster design calendar. Since 2001, it has gathered more than 21,000 posters from 100 countries across the five continents. Terras Gauda Winery will award €16,000 in prizes (€10,000 for the winner and three Honorable Mentions […]
The Singapore Good Design (SG Mark) 2026 call for entries is live. SG Mark has always celebrated design that shapes a better world. For 2026, we embrace a theme of boundless potential, fearless exploration, and the hidden treasures that great design can unlock. The theme, 'The World is your Oyster', invites designers, creators, thinkers and […]
Pavilion 2026 (Bogotá, Oct 7–9) invites creators to its Open Call: “Learning, (un)learning, and (re)learning”. Hosted by Universidad de los Andes, this conference shares practice-based research in design, arts, humanities and architecture. Submit projects in Transmedia, Perform, Exhibit, or Present formats by March 27, 2026. All entries undergo peer review and receive academic feedback. Accepted […]
The 2026 Australian Good Design Awards officially open for entries, inviting the nation’s most forward-thinking designers, architects, engineers, strategists and business leaders to submit projects that exemplify this year’s theme: Design that Leads. Every great design begins with intent. It starts by listening, questioning, challenging convention and caring deeply about problems others may have overlooked. At […]
