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“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 […]
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, 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Jointly organised by The Hong Kong Federation of Design and Creative Industries (FHKDCI), The Design Alliance Asia (tDA Asia) and HKDI, Asian Convergence 2023 will be held from 27 to 29 November 2023 in hybrid mode. Themed “AI Unleashed: Exploring the Frontiers of Artificial Intelligence”, the programme will include keynote presentations, seminars and roundtables, exhibition […]
Asia’s premier annual event on design, innovation and brands is back! Under the theme 'Game Changers', Business of Design Week 2023(BODW2023) Summit partners with the Netherlands and CreativeNL - world-renowned pioneers of circularity - to bring together policymakers, entrepreneurs and creative leaders to drive innovation that contributes to a sustainable future. Join us at Hong […]
Design Education Conference will be held on the 10 th and 11 th February 2024 with the aim to discuss, reflect and debate the evolving pedagogical aspects of Design in the context of socio-cultural and technological changes at at the Department of Design, IIT Delhi in collaboration with the IDC, IIT Bombay. Track A: Design […]
Sustainability Week focuses on helping businesses become sustainable faster. We are the independent guide to sustainability, helping our audience cut through the noise and supporting them as they achieve sustainability goals and reach outcomes with actual business value. We help businesses, policymakers, financiers, investors, NGOs and others achieve sustainability goals, faster.
THRIVE - not just survive is a conference organised by the european brand & packaging design association (www.epda-design). epda is a vibrant neutral platform to get inspired, learn and exchange with peers in the design business, who will share their approaches on how to develop their businesses successfully in an ever so fast changing world. […]
There is another highlight and event premiere in Berlin this April: The very first iF Design Trend Conference 2024 will take place – directly on the day after the awards ceremony, on 30 April 2024. The conference, which takes place in the spectacular AXICA building directly at the Brandenburg Gate, addresses the question "How can […]
The Roundtable will bring together key stakeholders from cities, regions, national governments, the private sector, civil society, academia, philanthropy and international organisations to: • Discuss the role of artificial intelligence (AI) and digitalisation for the achievement of the SDGs, including specific applications of AI in different urban contexts, opportunities and future scenarios • Identify solutions […]
A three-day conference covering all aspects of the design process from user research and product design through to design ops and design systems.
This event is IDSA’s annual celebration of inclusion and diversity in design. Now in its 8th year, the Women in Design Deep Dive is an event for all design professionals who are seeking fresh & varied perspectives. Get ready to engage in interactive workshops and activities that will give you quick boosts of learning in ways […]
EIMAD — International Meeting of Research in Music, Arts and Design is a scientific conference, introduced in 2011, dedicated to research in the areas of design, music and arts, including transdisciplinary areas. It takes place at the IPCB Escola Superior de Artes Aplicadas in Castelo Branco, Portugal. Articles are evaluated through a double-blind peer review […]
