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  • HUMAN-CENTRED DESIGN FOR INTELLIGENT MOBILITY

    London , United Kingdom

    Explore key human-centred design principles and how to apply practical tools that place the human experience and people at the centre of transport decision-making, led by the RCA’s Intelligent Mobility Design Centre live online. The course will expose you to current and emerging mobility trends and changing user behaviours in key markets through real world […]

  • TIGULLIO DESIGN DISTRICT

    Golfo del Tigullio (Italy) Golfo del Tigullio, Italy

    Tigullio Design District - TDD is the first international event, dedicated to design and specifically to major themes related to the sea, nautic, outdoor and obviously lifestyle, being developed in the splendid scenery of Gulf of Tigullio, between Genoa and the 5 lands in Liguria, Italy. A glamorous event to make yourself known and to […]

  • INTERNATIONAL SUMMIT ON LASERS, OPTICS & PHOTONICS 2023

    Valencia , Spain

    Lasers, Optics and Photonics, Integrated Optoelectronics, Space Photonics, Quantised Light-Matter Interaction, Fibre Optics and Integrated Optics, Laser spectroscopy, Imaging and Holography, Optics and Photonics: Impact on Defence Systems Website

  • HKDI inspire* 2023 : Towards a Sustainable Design

    Hong Kong (China)

    Design is an important driver of innovation, creation, production, consumption and transformation towards a sustainable world. Organized by Hong Kong Design Institute, this event will take place from 3 to 5 May 2023 and bring together sustainability experts from Hong Kong and Switzerland to explore the future of sustainable design through a series of hybrid lectures […]

  • Phygital Open Days by POLI.design | Find out more about our Specializing Masters and sign up to participate

    Milan , Italy

    POLI.design invites you to participate to its Phygital Open Days: online and in-person appointments that will give participants the opportunity to learn about our educational programmes, the faculty and the facilities on Campus. The presentation days are divided according to the the thematic areas of design. 13 June: Communication and Digital Interaction 27 June: Business […]

  • The Greenhouse – Service Design and Policy Design Training

    Greenhouse is a unique capacity building programme in service and policy design methodologies and tools. It has been created by PDR based on years of research and experience delivering design-driven innovation projects in the public sector. Greenhouse combines a live project, with design tools and techniques training. From 21-23 June 2023, participants will get to […]

  • World Industrial Design Day in the FISE Gallery

    In celebration of World Industrial Design Day 2023, meet the design representatives, creators, communicators, practitioners and thinkers at the Studio of Young Designers Association!

  • Ornamo celebrates World Industrial Design Day

    “Industry” has changed and is changing; design has also changed and must continue changing. The whole society should have a single focus and that is to avoid dangerous climate change and biodiversity loss – how can design play a role in this current, historical, important times? Help us celebrate #TheFutureWeWant and join the online conversation […]

  • Special Interview with Arch Ammar Khammash

    Online

    We are honored to invite you to attend the special interview with Arch Ammar Khammash on an open dialogue about his beginning, practice and his design philosophy & school. Ammar Khammash (born 8 October 1960) is a Jordanian architect, designer and artist. His work is based on the integration of building designs with nature and […]

  • ServDes

    Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    ServDes, the Service Design and Innovation conference, is the premier research conference for exchanging knowledge within Service Design and service innovation studies. Born as a yearly Nordic conference, ServDes has now become a bi-annual international event with the aim of bringing researchers and practitioners together to discuss, share and evolve the emerging discipline of Service […]

  • International Experience Design Conference (IXDC2023)

    The International Experience Design Conference (IXDC) 2023 will be held in Beijing in August! IXDC 2023 will share cutting-edge experience trends, theories, methods, cases, and practices from around the world in design, technology, and business, leading the development of the experience design industry. The five-day conference plans to invite over 150 global design leaders, technology […]

  • The Monocle Quality of Life Conference 2023

    Munich , Germany

    Attend to meet industry leaders, innovative creatives and smart thinkers for three days of conversations, debates and, of course, a hearty Bavarian welcome. More than 20 speakers and 200 international attendees will come together to exchange perspectives on building a better future in life and business. At this global summit, you’ll meet and build connections […]

  • Change by Design

    Paris , France

    The Change by Design Conference explore design's role in the climate crisis: reimagining needs, resource scarcity, human resilience, and symbiotic relationships among humans, nature, and organisms. The conference's first day is dedicated to Fintech and Green Tech Design, followed by two days delving into the impact of design on ecosystems and fostering a radical design […]

  • 2023 World Design Cities Conference

    Shanghai , China

    The 2nd World Design Cities Conference (WDCC), hosted by Shanghai Municipal Government, will take place in Shanghai from Sep.26 to Oct.2 this year. With the theme of "Design beyond Creativity", the event comprises high-level forums (e.g. International Design 100 Summit, 12th Emerging Practices Design Research and Education Conference), thematic exhibitions (e.g. NICE Commune), release ceremony, […]

  • TypoDay 2023

    Varanasi (India) Varansi, India

    TypoDay 23 will be held for the sixteenth time during 26-28 of October 2023 hosted by Faculty of Visual Arts Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi in collaboration with the IDC School of Design, IIT Bombay. The theme for this year's event is 'The Sacred and Typography' Day 1: Workshops on Typography + Typography Quiz Day 2 […]

  • 38th International Glass Conference

    Istanbul , Turkey

    The 38th Şişecam International Glass Conference will be featuring the theme “Collaborate to Innovate: For a Sustainable Future.” The event will be held in a hybrid format in İstanbul (Turkey) on November 2-3, 2023. The conference is an ideal opportunity to reach out to the world’s leading scientists and researchers and discuss the constantly expanding […]

  • Salesforce Designers DESIGNdays

    Bangalore (India) Bangalore, India

    A hybrid global Design Conference for the design community in APAC. It’s a two day event organised by Salesforce designers here we invite design leaders, professionals, academicians and students from the design fraternity to dialogue, develop and share experiences! on emerging themes What started as an humble outreach, has turned out to be a pivotal […]