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A leading company in the lighting sector, in collaboration with Desall, is looking for innovative ideas for a cordless lamp designed for off-grid contexts and adaptable to multiple scenarios (HORECA, […]
The 2026 DIA is open for global entries. As China’s first international academy design award founded in 2015, it consists of the Product Group for market-ready designs and the Concept […]
Hosted by Tsinghua University-Anta Group Sports Fashion Joint Research Center, which is operated by the Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University, the Global Sportswear Design Award is positioned at […]
Applications are now open for the 16th CII Design Excellence Awards 2026 — a premier platform dedicated to Recognizing and Celebrating Excellence in Design. For decades, the Confederation of Indian […]
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the competition, making it one of the longest-running design contests worldwide, and to commemorate this milestone we are preparing a very special edition. […]
The "Taipei Design Award" has entered its 19th year. With the vision of "making design the driving force to shape a better future", by bringing together the creativity of diverse […]
Hella Jongerius is among the most influential designers of the past decades. Since the start of her career in the 1990s, she has created groundbreaking works in many different disciplines, […]
A leading company in the food & beverage sector, in collaboration with Desall, is looking for innovative concepts for a snack, either sweet or savory, aimed at a young consumer […]
The Seoul Design Award is an international competition awarded to designers and organizations that solve our daily problems with creative design and have a good influence on creating a harmonious […]
In humanitarian emergencies, the absence of small, practical tools can have disproportionate consequences. A simple connector, a stabilizing element, a repair component or a basic medical accessory can determine safety, […]
Companies, agencies, designers and architects worldwide: The German Design Awards 2027 are now open for submissions. Don't miss your chance to showcase your projects on an international stage. The awards […]
Submit your proposal by November 2, 2026! The Award is promoted by Biesse — an international company that designs lines, machines and components for processing materials — in collaboration with […]
The DesignEuropa Awards are the European Union's awards for design excellence. They recognise creativity in design, as well as influential figures in the field. The awards are a non-commercial competition […]
Openness means sharing ideas and creating space for new things. Under this motto, Open – Design Week Frankfurt RheinMain is building an open stage for everyone who designs, researches and experiments – […]
Large organisations – whether corporations or public institutions – face the same challenge: building services that don't just work, but last. Service design is more than optimising individual touchpoints. It's […]
This June, University for the Creative Arts (UCA) in Farnham will be bursting with colour and alive with the sights and sounds of innovation and creativity as its graduating class […]
3daysofdesign is Denmark’s Official Design Festival conceived as a platform to showcase and celebrate creativity. Held each year in Copenhagen, it's a visibility opportunity for emerging and established talents from […]
The goal of World Industrial Design Day FRM is to explore the role of industrial design here and now. Can a specifically German tradition in the sense of the Werkbund, […]
From 11–14 June 2026, Sofia becomes the meeting point for Europe’s creative community as the European Design Festival celebrates its 20th edition in one of the continent’s most layered and […]
Busan Design Festival (BDF) is a design event that was held for the first time in 2021 in Busan, a place that has the potential to grow into a design […]
