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Call for Submissions: Binational Poster Exhibition WDC 2024 Club
2024-04-01 - 2024-04-30 | San Diego, United States
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 that affect our community.
The WDC 2024 Club Exhibition is a youth design showcase aimed at addressing pressing regional challenges. It provides a platform for young designers to express their creativity and tackle critical issues through art. The exhibition features various categories focused on innovation and problem-solving, such as Design for Youth & Education and Design to Solve Homelessness. Through their creativity, these artists aim to inspire a brighter, more inclusive, and sustainable future for the community. Join us in celebrating the transformative power of art and design in addressing regional challenges.
WDO Member: World Design Capital San Diego Tijuana 2024

At Eye Level – People.Space.District
2024-03-07 - 2024-04-14
The New European Bauhaus (NEB) initiative calls on us all to imagine and co-create a sustainable and inclusive future that is beautiful to our eyes, minds and souls. The defining parameters of the New Bauhaus are aesthetics, sustainability and inclusion.
The Universal Design thinking and travelling exhibition “At Eye Level – People.Space.District” is based on this initiative of the European Union’s “New European Bauhaus” and focuses on people in their diversity. The exhibition shows products, concepts and services that are designed in the spirit of Universal Design and thus create access, self-determination and participation.

dX 2023 The ((Capsule)) Hong Kong Design Showcase@Dutch Design Week
2023-10-21 - 2023-10-29 | Eindhoven, Netherlands
The ((Capsule)) showcases the actions of Hong Kong in circular design that reflects its unique cityscape, cultural and socio-economic developments such as double aging, the urge for inclusivity, and more.
This exhibition is part of dX 2023, a design exchange programme between the Netherlands and Hong Kong under the partner country collaboration of Business of Design Week and BODW CityProg, organised by Hong Kong Design Centre, with funding support from Create Hong Kong of the HKSAR Government.
WDO Member: Hong Kong Design Centre

Exhibition of Estonian Material Design MATERIAL II
2023-06-11 - 2023-06-18 | Venice, Italy
“Material II: Shifting Ground” is the third in a series of exhibitions focused on materials, shedding light on how materials are developed and created in Estonian universities, enterprises and creative practices today. The exhibition brings together the work of 26 artists, designers and researchers to show how the notion of resources and material development is undergoing changes due to the environmental crisis.
Divided into three categories – Baltic Sea, Shifting Ground and Underwood.
WDO Member: Estonian Association of Designers

3 DAYS OF DESIGN 2023
2023-06-07 - 2023-06-09 | Copenhagen (Denmark), Copenhagen, Denmark
Take Part in 3daysofdesign 2023. Join our community of exhibitors showcasing great design to an international audience during the 2023 festival, and join us as we celebrate our 10th anniversary.
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DESIGN×DURABLE×DESIRABLE
2023-03-29 - 2023-07-13
As a true pioneer of changes in contemporary living spaces, this exhibition by VIA’s Le FRENCH DESIGN explores the new paths taken by designers, editors and manufacturers to create more environmentally friendly objects. The thirty or so projects on display, divided into five themes, bear witness to new uses and innovative materials and processes to create objects that are both desirable and respond to legitimate questions about a new art of sustainable living.

SHENZHEN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIAL DESIGN FAIR (SZIDF) 2022
2022-10-22 - 2022-10-24 | Shenzhen, China
Rescheduled due to the pandemic, the 9th Shenzhen International Industrial Design Exhibition will now be held from 22-24 October 2022. This year’s exhibition focuses on service experience and reshaping the display scene. The event will offer an emerging design brand area, an international design exhibition and organize online and offline theme exhibitions, forums and lectures, industry matchmaking meetings, investment project negotiations, innovation competitions and other activities.
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WDO Member: Shenzhen Industrial Design Profession Association

THE ECAL MANUAL OF STYLE: HOW TO BEST TEACH DESIGN TODAY?
2022-10-15 - 2023-04-16 | Wiesbaden (Germany), Wiesbaden, Germany
Curated by designer Jonathan Olivares and ECAL Director Alexis Georgacopoulos, the exhibition surveys a selection of groundbreaking and defining projects by students and their tutors, leading to unconventional objects and revealed by a creative methodology in action. The exhibition shows these iconic projects and retraces their design process. In other words, it challenges the question “How to best teach design today?”. Join us to meet the students and their tutors, and celebrate the opening with us! On the occasion of the opening, Sabrina Handler, Deputy Director / COO, Vitra Design Museum and Alexis Georgacopoulos, ECAL Director and co-curator, will give an introduction to the exhibition.
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DESIGN SHANGHAI
2022-10-13 - 2022-10-15 | Shanghai, China
Design Shanghai group exhibition partners with authoritative design influences to celebrate established and emerging brands, design talents and projects of the year. The shows partner with leading design and creative studios, luxury fashion brands and influential media titles to create unique design experience for all the participants and visitors, including the trend forecasts, online showroom, one-off installations and stand-out projects.
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DESIGN SHENZHEN
2022-10-13 - 2022-10-15 | Shenzhen, China
Featuring everything you’ve come to expect from the creators of Design Shanghai, Design Shenzhen will be a razor-sharp bespoke event – contemporary, modern and driven by design – distilled into a concentrated combination of architecture, design and style, and carefully tailored to suit the needs of the local market. Design Shenzhen will provide the opportunity to do business face to face, for which there is no substitute. With over 150 world-class brands and installations, it will be the largest curated event of its kind ever seen in Shenzhen.
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DESIGN BEIJING
2022-09-26 - 2022-09-28 | Beijing, China
The 5th edition of Design China Beijing will come back with an exciting new format which well combines the Exhibition with a Sustainable Design Summit. Design China Beijing brings together our community, contacts, sponsors and connections to create a truly inspiring event that promotes both change and commercial opportunities for our community of visitors and exhibitors.
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LONDON DESIGN FAIR 2022
2022-09-22 - 2022-09-25 | London, United Kingdom
The London Design Fair brings together over 550 exhibitors from 47 countries, including independent designers, established brands, international country pavilions, alongside talks and networking events. Over its 16 years, the Fair has developed a world-wide reputation as the essential trade destination during the London Design Festival, and the go-toshow for inspiration and business.
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MAISON & OBJET
2022-09-08 - 2022-09-12 | Paris, France
Sparking business opportunities and creative interaction between the world’s decoration, design and lifestyle community, Maison&Objet is your never-ending source of inspiration, constantly serving up exciting new finds: in the flesh twice a year at our trade fair in Paris; in the streets of Paris during Paris Design Week with our fringe event, ‘Le Off’; and in the digital world via MOM, Maison&Objet Academy and through our social media presence.
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GLOBAL DESIGN GRADUATE SHOW 2022
2022-08-10 - 2022-08-31 | Virtual Event
Global Design Graduate Show 2021 in collaboration with GUCCI is the second edition of this initiative and was open to all art & design students graduating in the year 2020-21 (undergraduate, graduate & postgraduate) in any related creative discipline, located anywhere in the world. This year 5211 students uploaded their end of year projects and took part in the second edition, making it the biggest ever online showcase of graduating creatives worldwide. ARTSTHREAD’s panel of independent expert judges selected the shortlist below.
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PERCENTUM 2022 SHIH CHIEN UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN GRADUATE EXHIBITION
2022-05-14 - 2022-05-20 | Taipei (Taiwan), Taipei, Taiwan
Percentum 2022 Shih Chien University Department of Industrial Design Graduate Exhibition showcases 78 pieces of design works by 47 graduate students. Each participant works independently from a particular ratio in the design field. The various graduation projects, including mobile vehicles, lifestyle products, materials and crafts, and public issues, made up a diversified exhibition. Percentum originates from the Latin word; it is an accumulation of four-year design learning and the beginning of our future. Percentum breaks the way of presenting individual pieces and analyzes their projections toward the future. We spread out the process, leading you into these diverse spacetimes of the pieces to experience the 24%, 120%, and 1460% of design. Breaking the established imagination of percentage to create infinite possibilities. See through the darkness; the surprises lie in the scene. We invite you to immerse yourself in it, enjoy all the possibilities brought by design.
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WDO Member: Shih-Chien University

ESTONIAN SUSTAINABLE DESIGN EXHIBITION AND CONFERENCE "SECOND CHANCE"
2022-05-09 - 2022-05-19 | Valencia, Spain
The best of sustainable design innovations from 20 Estonia designers are shown at the design exhibition organised by EAD and Art Academy. It demonstrates how the creators’ innovation and smart technologies in recycling can turn used items into new products, thus safeguarding limited resources and protecting the environment. The topic has become especially prominent during the last years’ crisis, giving rise to design thinking and sustainable solutions oriented design approaches across the world.
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WDO Member: Estonian Association of Designers

OUR TIME ON EARTH
2022-05-05 - 2022-08-29 | London, United Kingdom
Our Time on Earth looks to transform the conversation on climate emergency. Harnessing the power of global creativity, it presents radical visions and possibilities for the future of all species.
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THE SPIRAL – CIRCULAR DESIGN EXHIBITION
2022-03-15 - 2022-07-03 | Taipei, Taiwan
As the world gradually faces a survival crisis amidst the recent extreme weather events and climate change, issues of sustainability have also garnered growing attention, as the public that has experienced the impacts is now being introduced to circular economy; people not only respond to the idea, but have also been involved in industry supply chain in an attempt to bring changes to planet Earth and the future environment we live in. In 2018, Taiwan Design Research Institute (TDRI) launched an exhibition under the theme of “Are You in the Loop?” and linked with consumers, designers, and manufacturers to present an opportunity for the public to transition from basic concepts of environmental protection to circular economy and circular design; in 2020, “Disaster or Design” focused on the Earth Overshoot Day, which marks the date when humanity has exhausted nature’s resources and services in a given year, and discussed how to ensure balance between resources and consumption under the thinking of circular design.
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WDO Member: TDRI

THE DENFAIR DIFFERENCE
2022-02-10 - 2022-02-12 | Melbourne, Australia
For three days each year, DENFAIR presents hundreds of the most compelling local and international brands under one roof and bring together the design scene for a first look at the products and ideas shaping the spaces we love.

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SUSTAINABITALY–PEOPLE, PLANET, PROSPERITY
2021-12-04 | United States, United States
Italy’s commitment to fight climate change and to increase its use of renewable resources is at the core of the country’s agenda for sustainability. This exhibition of Italian manufactured goods—all incorporating non-polluting products, energy conservation, and recycled materials—exemplifies Italian design’s unique combination of beauty, functionality, and environmental responsibility. SustainabItaly–People, Planet, Prosperity is curated by architect Luisa Bocchietto and presented by the Consulate General of Italy in Miami in collaboration with The Wolfsonian–FIU.
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BODW CITYPROG 2021
2021-11-27 - 2021-12-05 | Hong Kong (China)
BODW CityProg is a citywide design activation programme initiated in 2018 by Hong Kong Design Centre. Each year, CityProg brings together 100+ partners to spark 200+ happenings around the city through its three distinct platforms: “Anchor Site Festivals”, “Design EduVation” programmes, and “Satellite Events & Offers”. CityProg spans throughout the year, with major happenings in November and December near Business of Design Week annually, peaking from 27 November to 5 December for the 2021 edition. With HKDC stepping into its 20th anniversary, the 2021 edition of CityProg has taken the theme “20s: Reflect‧Refresh‧Reset”.
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WDO Member: HKDC

DISCOVER MARVELLOUS DESIGNS ‧ DFA AWARDS 2021 ONLINE SHOWCASE
2021-11-26 - 2022-01-27 | Hong Kong (China)
Amidst the pandemic, creativity and innovation proves to be the remedy for improving our quality of life. This year’s awardees and their awarded projects meaningfully address critical issues through technological advancements, and marriage of functionality and aesthetics. The designs unite people from all walks of life through one singularity, and contribute to the betterment of society in Asia and beyond. At DFA Awards Online Showcase, you can explore influential design projects for Asia, get familiar with global design trailblazers, and meet emerging Hong Kong designers. Some of the winners also show up in videos in explaining their design stories.
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WDO Member: HKDC

EMERGENCY! DESIGN AGAINST COVID-19
2021-11-17 - 2022-01-10 | Valencia, Spain
The Design Museum has dedicated special attention to emergency designs in the spheres of protective equipment, machinery or graphics linked to communication and information campaigns, projects that will become part of the Museum collection. With more than thirty initiatives, both public and private, the emphasis is on pieces such as the contributions in face masks made by fashion designers Txell Miras, Josep Abril with Opisso and Miriam Ponsa, or the Gracia Mask acetate face protection shield by Joan Ayguadé. Outstanding in the field of protective devices for use by the health services is the 3DDF equipment designed, executed and co-financed by the design studio MOS and the Aleu mask, developed by Eurecat. In clinical machinery the developments of respiratory apparatus stand out: the Angel-Y valve designed by Minnim Design, the respirator and bifurcator by Leitat or the collaborative social innovation project for open hardware OxyGEN promoted by Protofy.xyz. Other outstanding contributions include the MTS uvc robot which disinfects rooms and surfaces or the modular air management system, AMS mini, designed by FICEPS3.
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HE DESIGNS OF OUR WORLDS: A CONVERSATION BETWEEN THREE DESIGN SCHOOLS
2021-11-15 | Virtual Event
This online event consists of a joint curation of projects selected in the three schools and presented by the graduates themselves, while drawing on the reflections and comments of the academics of each school. There will also be an open space for questions and comments from the public and special guests, and it will conclude with concluding remarks from the hosts as well as possible avenues to address these pressing issues, within academia and design practice.

WDO Member: Les Ateliers-Ensci

SELLO BUEN DISEÑO ARGENTINO Copy
2021-10-30 - 2021-11-04 | Buenos Aires (Argentina), Argentina
The Argentine Good Design Seal is an official distinction granted by the Ministry of Productive Development of the Nation to the products of the national industry that stand out for their innovation, for their participation in sustainable local production, for their positioning in the market and for its design quality. It seeks to promote and empower all those Argentine SMEs and cooperatives, which by incorporating design strategies have shown an improvement in their industrial processes and products in order to promote their competitiveness.

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EXPO DUBAI 2020
2021-10-01 - 2022-03-01 | Dubai (UAE), Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Expo 2020 Dubai will host the world for 173 days, each one brimming with new experiences. It’ll be a time to create, collaborate and innovate. And it’s going to be fun. We’re talking eye-catching, mind-bending, taste bud-tickling, grin-inducing, good-weird, did-that-really-just-happen fun. Come along, or spend a lifetime telling less interesting stories.
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CORONA-CRISIS AND CULTURE: PROPOSALS BY VALENCIAN CREATORS
2021-09-29 - 2021-12-29 | Valencia, Spain
‘Coronacrisis and culture: Proposals by Valencian creators’ is an exhibition project organised and produced by the Vice-rectorate of Culture and Sport of the University of Valencia, with the cooperation of the Directorate General for Heritage and Culture of the Valencian Government and the Department of Culture of the Local Authority of Valencia and it is curated by the Valencian designer Marisa Gallén, winner of a National Design Award in 2019.
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HERE WE ARE! WOMEN IN DESIGN 1900 – TODAY
2021-09-23 - 2022-03-06 | Munich, Germany
Be it in furniture design, fashion design, industrial design, or interior design, women have contributed crucially to the development of modern design, both creatively and commercially. The exhibition »Here We Are! Women in Design 1900 – Today« explores the role of designers from the past 120 years and tells a new, many-voiced story of design against the background of the struggle for equal rights and recognition. Around eighty women in design are showcased in the exhibition, including protagonists of modernism like Eileen Gray, Charlotte Perriand, Clara Porset, and Jeanne Toussaint, business leaders like Florence Knoll and Armi Ratia, but also lesser-known figures like the social reformer Jane Addams. Contemporary positions and future outlooks are represented by such designers as Matali Crasset, Patricia Urquiola, Julia Lohmann, and the Matri-Archi(tecture) collective.
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VALENCIAN DESIGN (2009-2019) PRODUCTS FOR A GLOBAL WORLD
2021-09-18 - 2022-01-31 | Valencia, Spain
This exhibition proposes a route through Valencian design product from 2009 to date, focusing on a careful selection of some 170 pieces that analyse the complexity and the experimental and innovative value of this field of design. The fact that the exhibition is held at the IVAM Alcoi pays a tribute to this city which was one of the focal points of the industrial revolution in Spain at the end of the 19th century, and to the inland regions of Alicante where a great tradition of productive industries continues to thrive. In this respect, the exhibition is oriented towards product design in its widest sense, ranging from objects that configure spaces on an individual level to those that enable us to spend time in public places, through the objects that enable us to meet, work or wait away from home.
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DFA AWARDS EXHIBITION AT TOKYO | DESIGN STEERS・RESHAPE FUTURE
2021-07-14 - 2021-08-05 | Hong Kong (China)
Despite the challenges brought by the pandemic, the DFA Awards still seizes every chance to showcase outstanding designs to the world, and to explore how design thinking can create a better future for Asia and humanity. Themed “Design Steers・Reshape Future”, the first overseas DFA Awards Exhibition in 2021 will be held at GOOD DESIGN Marunouchi in Tokyo, featuring more than 150 selected awardee portfolios and winning projects of the DFA Awards in 2019 & 2020. See you in Tokyo!

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WDO Member: HKDC
