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ASD Turkish Packaging Manufacturers Association will organize ASD Packaging Congress 2023 – 2nd International Packaging Industry Congress, in 7 - 8 December 2023 at Swissotel The Bosphorus in Istanbul. The theme of the Congress will be "the Sustainability Roadmap of the Packaging Industry. The first congress with ‘Sustainable Packaging & Circular Economy’ theme, which ASD […]
Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Mediterranean Academy is organizing Good Design Izmir_8 with the theme "Reconciliation" this year. The event unfolds the theme with confrontation, dialogue, mediation, repair, and harmony keywords, and discusses the transforming role of design from being a problem-solving tool to building generative dialogues. It programs a series of design events throughout the city […]
On the JC. Calendar, "OUT_" refers to external events, whereas "IN_" refers to internal events. This year, we decided to organize an in-house year-end party and invite you to experience JC.'s culture, creativity, craftsmanship, and community. Let’s wrap up the year with a cup of cheer and a chair to relax. The JC. that you've […]
The Annual Open Electives organised by National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad, India will held this year on-campus / offline mode for the second-year Bachelors students and first-year Masters students of NID at its Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, and Bengaluru campuses. Titled ‘Water Matters’, this year’s Open Electives 2023 is an invitation to explore creative responses on […]
Global designers, institutions, schools, and creatives: To create a globally recognized image, showcase the innovative, open, and vibrant Nanshan to the world, and facilitate its development, Nanshan District is launching a contest for its logo and tagline design. We look forward to your participation! Submission Period and Evaluation Process (I) Contest Announcement: December 20, 2023 […]
The 2024 Design Intelligence Award (DIA) Call for Entries has been open to global participants. In the past years, DIA has received more than 51,000 entries from 70 countries and regions. Before the registration deadline on July 14, 2024 (24:00, GMT+8), any design company, design team, employed designer, independent designer or young designer can sign […]
The International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) is organized annually by the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA). Each year, thousands of entries are submitted by designers across the globe in hopes of securing a highly prized IDEA recognition. The competition is open to professional designers (corporate in-house teams, brands, studios, independent consultants, and entrepreneurs) and […]
The first edition of Guangzhou Design Triennial takes place at the Guangdong Museum of Art in 2024, following the theme The Warm-beings. As part of the programme, the Matters of Care exhibition explores the politics and ethics surrounding care, and carelessness, through design.
In 2024, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Maison&Objet, the fair will show its participants a revitalized future that combines technology and nature! This season’s theme, TECH EDEN, will enliven the January edition with reinvented feature spaces oriented toward the retail, residential, or hospitality industries. Places where nature will be very much on hand, not necessarily […]
DesignTO is a non-profit arts organization that curates exhibitions, presentations and educational programming to increase the public’s knowledge and appreciation of design and its role in creating a sustainable, just and joyful world. DesignTO is best known for the DesignTO Festival, Canada’s leading and largest annual design festival that celebrates design as a multidisciplinary form […]
Join this public event to learn what new perspectives of design BEDA members are exploring and what might be the future of design professionals. This BEDA Wide Open Door Dialogue (WODD) session raises a significant question: Are designers superheroes? This rhetorical question implies that designers play a crucial role in addressing current and future challenges […]
BLT Built Design Awards recognize and honor the expertise of all professionals involved in the realization of outstanding projects, on a global basis — from architecture firms and interior design experts to construction products and landscape architecture. The BLT Built Design Awards encompasses all forms of buildings, projects, and infrastructure that cope with the challenges […]
The German Design Awards sets international standards for innovative design developments and competitiveness on the global market. It exclusively honors projects that are groundbreaking in the German and international design landscape. An international jury of leading experts from all design disciplines is responsible for this.
Designathon is open to passionate individuals interested in crafting creative solutions across fields and specialties. Participants can form teams of 3 to 5 members. Together, they collaborate to address various challenges within the primary tracks, aiming to produce innovative design solutions that pave the way towards a better world using a design thinking methodology. WDO […]
The International Busan Design Award(ibda) is an international event developed and is used as a forum for sharing various design concepts through international design industry exchanges and restoration. The entries are for the under-18s and the general public, including design students, designers, and organizations for free themes. The awards ceremony, the main event of Busan […]
The Competition, which is indicated to be one of the most prestigious awards organized in Turkiye also accepts applications from abroad and rewards unique packaging designs, different and innovative packaging applications that made their mark in the industry worldwide. Packaging manufacturers & suppliers, packaging designers and brand owners releasing their products to the market can […]
Together with Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair, Stockholm Design Week has established itself as the most important week of the year for Scandinavian Design since its launch in 2002. The week is held annually in February and is a meeting point for buyers, architects, designers, press and influencers from all over the world that are […]
Stockholm Furniture Fair 2024 returns with a revitalised program, merging culture with commerce. The event features a lineup of stellar exhibitors, engaging talks and exhibitions that highlight the current phase of change in design. The 2024 edition of the Stockholm Furniture Fair introduces new arenas and initiatives, along with a series of exhibitions focusing on […]
The Moroccan art event based at legendary hotel La Mamounia adds a second venue this year: the old city contemporary gallery DaDa. This expands the offering of the world’s only international fair dedicated to contemporary African art, accommodating dozens of international galleries in the sunny surrounds, from Cape Town’s Zeitz MOCAA to Smithsonian’s National Museum […]
From 8 February to 17 March, Madrid will host the seventh edition of the international Madrid Design Festival, turning the city into the capital of design and positioning it in a privileged place on the international scene. The 2024 event features the crafts of Castile La Mancha as an invited project, 53 exhibitions and installations; […]
