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  • Call for entries: German Design Award 2025

    Frankfurt , Germany

    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 […]

  • Tsinghua University “Design+” Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition

    Beijing , China

    The competition is themed on "Design Futures, Empower Youth" and explores innovative opportunities in areas such as future products and services, future spaces and environments, future arts and fashion, future health and well-being, future tourism and cultural creativity, future science popularization and education. It focuses on new industries, new models, and new momentum driven by […]

  • Call for entries: 2024 Taiwan International Student Design Competition

    Taipei , Taiwan

    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 […]

  • ReMakeRS: Emergency Design Challenge 2024

    Porto Alegre , Brazil

    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 […]

  • Call for submissions: 7th Alpavirama International Youth Film Festival

    Ahmedabad (India) Ahmedabad, India

    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 Izmir_9 “DIALOGUE”

    Izmir , Turkey

    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 […]

  • Vision 2074 – For a Sustainable Paradise Call for Exhibition Submissions

    San Diego , United States

    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 […]

  • UX Design Awards Call for Entries

    Online

    The awards present great experiences and accomplished solutions – across all fields and industries – twice per year. Enter your best products and concepts for the UX Design Awards until 15 November 2024! ➵ Gain international recognition and showcase your experience excellence. ➵ Have your work endorsed by leading industry experts. ➵ Earn appreciation and […]

  • IF DESIGN STUDENT AWARD 2025

    Hannover (Germany) Hannover, Germany

    The iF DESIGN STUDENT AWARD, one of the world's most recognized design competitions for young talent, officially launches the registration phase for the year 2025. Students and young graduates of design-related courses and programs are invited to submit their innovative concepts by February 5, 2025. Creative solutions that meet the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals […]

  • C-IDEA Design Award

    Adelaide (Australia)

    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 […]

  • International Conference for Asia Digital Art and Design 2024

    Tainan Tainan, Taiwan

    The 2024 ADADA Conference will be held at National Cheng Kung University in Tainan, Taiwan. We eagerly look forward to your submissions and participation in this vibrant event. The International Conference for ADADA is one of the major conferences about art and design associated with digital technologies. The conference aims to bring together researchers, designers, […]

  • Cultures of Care – Imagining Care through Design

    Bengaluru , India

    Cultures of Care - Imagining Care through Design is an invitation to explore creative responses on the theme of care and its interpretations from practitioners across various domains. It is envisaged as a trans-disciplinary space where varied vantage points, knowledge systems, philosophies, expertise, inquiries, curiosities and practices converge towards a holistic deliberation. WDO Member: National […]

  • Call for entries: 2025 APDC Awards

    Shanghai , China

    APDCAWARDS is an international design event sponsored and hosted by APDC Asia Pacific Design Center. It has been 14 years since its foundation. The design works of all previous contests are created by outstanding design institutes and designers, which come from  Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan (Chinese Taipei), Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Dubai, Italy, France, Netherlands, […]

  • Next Gen Design Open Call: Redesign Tomorrow, Today

    Online

    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 […]

  • 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 […]