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This year, the Industrial Design Department (SCID) of Shih Chien University, in collaboration with the Taipei Representative Office in Italy, Milan Office established last October, will host the "ONE KM² CLUSTER IN TAIPEI" exhibition during Milan Design Week. The exhibition aims to showcase the exquisite craftsmanship resulting from the integration of Taipei's traditional manufacturing and […]
The Tigullio Design District (TDD), organized and promoted by the "Associazione Culturale Liguria Design" is the first international design event, on an annual basis, organized in Liguria in the Gulf of Tigullio ( in Liguria region, in Italy between the famous area of “5 lands”, and Genoa, in the area of the famous Portofino bay […]
The 2024 Salone del Mobile is back as the star of the design calendar: the leading international event for the design industry will be held from 16th to 21st April, at Milan’s Rho Fiera fairgrounds. Set up in 1961, the trade fair boasts a wide range of furnishing products, distinguished by their expressive power and […]
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. […]
Boston Design Week seeks to increase public awareness and appreciation of all aspects of design, foster recognition of the vital role design plays in our lives, and bring new audiences to a wide array of design industries and organizations. Our vision is to encourage the public to explore all aspects of design.
The German Design Awards set international standards for innovative design developments and competitiveness on the global market. It only honours projects that are pioneering in the German and international design landscape and highlights positive developments in circular design. Whether digitalization, AI or circular design - the German Design Awards platform reveals the contribution that design […]
In this online Deep Dive, Camillo König, Industrial Designer and Competence Lead Mechanical Engineering and Bastian Renner, Senior UI/UX Designer at Imago Design GmbH will walk us through their Gold-Award-winning coffee grinder "Mahlkönig EK OMNIA”.
On the occasion of World IP Day, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the World Design Organization (WDO) are pleased to invite you to the following event: Webinar on Sustainable Designs – Better Now Than Never. The webinar will explore the relationship between IP and sustainability in the area of design with two guest […]
Every spring, BERLIN DESIGN WEEK presents the latest design trends and approaches that allow us to shape and prepare for the future. Over the course of 11 days, exhibitions, talks, presentations, participatory projects and networking events are held across the city. At these events, national and international designers, cultural institutions, companies, and research institutions have […]
The competition is themed on "Design Futures, Empower Youth" and explores innovative opportunities in areas such as future products and services, future spaces and environments, future arts and fashion, future health and well-being, future tourism and cultural creativity, future science popularization and education. It focuses on new industries, new models, and new momentum driven by […]
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 […]
World Design Festival powered by Tijuana Design Week 2024 will present a diverse program featuring activities that embrace this expanded vision of our contemporary time. It is a great bold experience, where design becomes present in all the dimensions of time, and opens a reflection upon the history, the identity and the outcome of the […]
Author and advocate Frank Cottrell-Boyce guest-directs this year’s edition of England’s largest curated multi-arts festival. The month-long celebration always incorporates diverse talent in the spheres of music, theatre, dance, art, film and literature – inside churches, halls and schools and outside all the way to the lawns of Glyndebourne.
Design Month Graz will be dedicated entirely to the theme “What Now! For one month, it will once again highlight the range of services offered by the design scene in the City of Design Graz. A dense and varied program of exhibitions, lectures, presentations, guided tours and much more will bring the value and importance […]
The second edition of the Algerian-French design biennial DZIGN 2024 in Algeria organized by the French Institute in Algeria in partnership with the Algerian ministries of culture and arts and that of higher education and scientific research will take place from May 9 to June 8, 2024 in 5 cities: Algiers, Oran, Tlemcen, Annaba and […]
Design for Justice is a curated public exhibition led entirely by the students at School of Design and Innovation (SDI), RV University at Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath, Bengaluru. It is a response to the need for design to challenge its complicity in asymmetries of power and to cater to the needs of those peoples and communities […]
Conceived by CIMA of New York and Joseph Tedeschi, the event brings together Olivetti and enthusiasts for an afternoon of study, dedicated to an Italian company that shaped the history of office machines, labor practices, product design and communications, and cultural patronage. From 4 pm the event will include several lecture, as Emanuele Cappelli "Olivetti […]
MUNICH CREATIVE BUSINESS WEEK (MCBW) is Germany's largest design event, and at the same time an international showcase for the creative industry and the design sector in Bavaria. Over a period of nine days, MCBW provides companies and designers from all fields with the opportunity to present themselves to experts and the design-interested public in […]
The 15th International Design Contest Trieste Contemporanea The new edition of this ideas competition, founded in 1995 by Italian scholar of aesthetics and design Gillo Dorfles, is an initiative towards “GO! 2025—Nova Gorica and Gorizia European Capital of Culture 2025” event. The initiative is carried out under the patronage of the Central European Initiative (CEI) […]
In accordance with the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals proposed by the United Nations in 2015, the theme “Equality” calls on students to treat others with the same level of respect and warmth. Students are encouraged to blend and co-create a more beautiful and diverse society through the power of design. This aims to realize the vision […]
