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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 Competition, which is indicated to be one of the most prestigious awards organized in Turkiye also accepts applications from abroad and rewards unique packaging designs, different and innovative packaging applications that made their mark in the industry worldwide. Packaging manufacturers & suppliers, packaging designers and brand owners releasing their products to the market can […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
The 15th International Design Contest Trieste Contemporanea The new edition of this ideas competition, founded in 1995 by Italian scholar of aesthetics and design Gillo Dorfles, is an initiative towards “GO! 2025—Nova Gorica and Gorizia European Capital of Culture 2025” event. The initiative is carried out under the patronage of the Central European Initiative (CEI) […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
70 Years Manufacturing a Better World Since 1955, Andreu World has developed a solid industrial culture based on the manufacture of high-quality seating and tables. Good design, production capacity and a commitment to sustainability are our main hallmarks. On the occasion of their 70th anniversary, this special edition invites participants to present a seat and/or […]
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, […]
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 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 […]
New Product Design contest: DOpla and Desall are looking for innovative new products in the sustainable tableware sector, with the goal of redefining the brand’s identity and recognizability through a distinctive value proposition. You are invited to design new solutions that represent an authentic transformation, showing that DOpla is present on store shelves not passively, […]
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 […]
«Ser al centro» is an international poster design competition launched by Universidad del Azuay, Cappelli Identity Design and Associazione Archivio Storico Olivetti, in collaboration with RUFA. Inspired by the theme Projection into the Future, it invites Latin American students to reinterpret the values of Stile Olivetti through contemporary visual communication. Selected works will be exhibited […]
The 2026 International Train Design Competition, themed "Smart Trains · Shared Future," is a global event organized by major rail entities CRRC and MTR Corporation to drive innovation in rail transit. The submission deadline is 30 September, 2026, where the competition offers RMB¥900,000 in total prizes across two separate tracks: Train Industrial Design and Intelligent […]
The competition aims to create synergy with Busan’s waterfront redevelopment initiatives and transform the existing summer-only facility into a year-round family-oriented destination, developing it as an eco-friendly waterfront leisure space. Under the theme “Establishing a Spatial Service Model for a Year-Round Family Water Recreation (Swimming Pool) and Leisure Complex,” the competition invites design proposals that […]
