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  • PARK Academy Advancing Design Leadership

    Online

    At PARK, we are proud to deliver the Advancing Design Leadership Programme in partnership with DBA, designed to enhance your effectiveness and influence as a design manager. The programme integrates 3 essential modules, providing a comprehensive approach to refining your leadership skills: Design Storytelling, Design in CX & Design for Humanity. The programme is based […]

  • Online Social Design Masterclass – When Technology Designs Us / How artefacts Shape the Social Start date

    Online

    This online course explores how technologies actively mediate our social, cultural, and political lives, and how this mediation reshapes the practice and purpose of social design. Moving beyond a narrow and instrumental understanding of technology, participants will develop a critical and nuanced grasp of artefacts and sociotechnical systems as dynamic agents in society. Learn more: […]

  • CII 25th Global Design Summit

    Bengaluru , India

    The 25th CII Global Design Summit & Exposition 2025, marks the Silver Jubilee edition of India’s premier design platform with the theme—People, Planet, Purpose, Profitability— underscores our shared commitment to shaping a sustainable and balanced future through design. TheThe landmark Silver Jubilee edition will feature- Visionary keynotes and case studies by global design pioneers; a […]

  • Design Mumbai 2025

    Mumbai , India

    Design Mumbai 2025 continues to build momentum as we add an incredible lineup of new media partners and exhibitors to India's international contemporary B2B design show, from 26-29 November 2025 at the Jio World Garden, Mumbai. From renowned publications that tell powerful design stories to innovative exhibitors redefining materials, form, and function, each new addition brings fresh perspective, energy, […]

  • Opening Ceremony and Master Lecture of “Pluriversal Futures”

    Hong Kong SAR , Hong Kong

    Hong Kong Design Institute (HKDI) invites you to attend the opening ceremony of Pluriversal Futures - Ars Electronica Exhibition in Collaboration with Hong Kong Design Institute on 28 November 2025, Friday! HKDI Gallery proudly presents its first flagship exhibition of AY25-26: Pluriversal Futures - Ars Electronica Exhibition in Collaboration with Hong Kong Design Institute. Originating from Austria’s renowned Ars […]

  • Taiwan Design Week 2025: Imagining What’s Next in Design

    Taipei , Taiwan

    The third edition of Taiwan Design Week (TDW) takes place from 29 November to 7 December 2025 at Songshan Cultural and Creative Park in Taipei, under the theme “Design Next.” This year, TDW looks at how design is changing—from focusing on the individual to caring for humanity and even the planet. Beyond its world-renowned semiconductor and technology […]

  • Business of Design Week 2025: Curiosity

    Hong Kong SAR , Hong Kong

    Curiosity has long fuelled Italian innovation, fostering a dynamic exchange between disciplines and ideas. This spirit drives creativity across arts, architecture, fashion, and manufacturing, epitomised by the "Made in Italy" commitment to excellence and synergy of diverse talents. Similarly, Hong Kong's design landscape thrives on blending Eastern wisdom with Western influence, pushing beyond comfort zones […]

  • Fortune Brainstorm Design 2025 – Future Tense: Prototyping Tomorrow

    Macau , China

    We live in a moment of acute anticipation and anxiety, as AI and other digital technologies promise new wonders while challenges like the climate crisis and shifting global rules emerge. How to navigate this time of upheaval? Join Fortune in Macau, where global design leaders and senior executives from a host of professional backgrounds will gather to […]

  • The Dynamic brand Archivi Olivetti on display at the ADI Design Museum

    Milan , Italy

    The Dynamic brand Archivi Olivetti designed by Cappelli Identity Design is on display at the "Compasso d’Oro International Award 2025" exhibition at ADI Design Museum (Milan). Opening: Tuesday 9 December 2025, 6:00 PM. The identity translates Olivetti’s heritage into a living, future-facing visual system—bridging digital experience, industrial memory and cultural values. Exhibition open until 6 […]

  • Call for papers: 2025 International Art and Design Doctoral Forum

    Beijing , China

    The 2025 International Art and Design Doctoral Forum, hosted by the Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University, invites paper submissions from doctoral researchers worldwide. Under the theme “Integration and Co-creation: Global and Cross-Cultural Art,” the forum fosters interdisciplinary exchange, creative inquiry, and collaboration to explore emerging paradigms in art and design across global contexts. […]

  • Maison & Object 2026 – Past Reveals Future

    Paris , France

    Design draws from its roots to rise higher. At the crossroads of raw material and contemporary form, a quiet strength emerges. Furniture is no longer just a succession of pieces: it becomes the extension of knowledge, of craft, of memory. What emanates from it goes beyond aesthetics: it is an aura, a breath, a trace […]

  • imm cologne 2026

    Cologne , Germany

    imm cologne is the reconceptualised B2B trade fair for consumer-oriented interior design. From 20 to 23 January 2026, it will bring the international furniture industry together at the interiors destination of Cologne. World of Interiors will serve as the event’s central theme as it presents home lifestyles and interior design in their full diversity, covering all the relevant market segments […]

  • designTO 2026

    Toronto , Canada

    DesignTO Festival isn’t just about events, it’s about making real change. Celebrating 16 years of impact, DesignTO brings people together to design a better future that’s sustainable, just, and joyful. As Canada’s largest annual design festival, the 10-day event features 100+ free events and exhibitions, both online and in-person, across Toronto. Learn more: https://designto.org/  

  • Re-design Democracy

    Saint-Etienne , France

    From 24 to 25 January 2026, the Civic City Institute for Critical Design Research, founded by Ruedi and Vera Baur, is organizing a 24-hour global broadcast on the theme of democracy. The event will be hosted by Ruedi Baur from the Cité du Design, broadcasting live from Frankfurt (Germany), which is designated as World Design […]

  • Visionaries: in Dialogue with HKDI Design Leaders

    Hong Kong SAR , Hong Kong

    The Hong Kong Design Institute (HKDI) is proud to present a master lecture by internationally acclaimed lighting designer Mr Tino KWAN, marking the launch of our newly initiated series, “Visionaries: in Dialogue with HKDI Design Leaders”. This series will feature prominent figures from the design industry, each sharing their unique insights and professional experiences, with […]

  • Ahmedabad Design Week 7.0

    Ahmedabad , India

    Artificial Intelligence today is an ocean of vast, deep, and constantly expanding knowledge. Within this ocean lie possibilities reshaping every field, and the creative industry is no exception. Design, art, communication, film, media, and beyond, AI is transforming the way ideas are imagined, produced, and experienced. But while technology offers infinite potential, it is the […]

  • German Design Award – Awards Ceremony

    Frankfurt , Germany

    Design changes the world — the German Design Awards make it visible. The internationally acclaimed awards honour projects that drive innovation, embrace responsibility and open up new perspectives through design. Initiated by the German Design Council, the German Design Awards stand for design excellence with purpose — interdisciplinary in thinking, globally connected, and strategically relevant. […]