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Naoto Fukasawa: Things in Themselves

Philadelphia Philadelphia, United States

Presenting fully-realized production designs alongside the studio’s working sketches and models for select projects, Things in Themselves offers a rare opportunity to explore Fukasawa’s design ethos—prizing an essential “fit” between objects, users, and their environments—and creative process. This exhibition accompanies the 2024 Collab Design Excellence Award, and marks the first major solo presentation of Fukasawa’s […]

24th CII India Design Summit

Bengaluru Bengaluru, India

The 24th CII India Design Summit is happening on 18th December 2024 at Hotel Taj, Bengaluru! Join us for an inspiring day as industry leaders and design innovators come together to explore the future of design and its role in shaping industries for tomorrow. On 19th December 2024, don't miss the Industry Tour, offering an […]

Ibero-American Design Biennial

Central de Diseño del Matadero Madrid P.º de la Chopera, 14, Arganzuela, Madrid, Spain

Tiles written in Braille for the blind walker; an immense water carafe for storing drinking water in precarious areas; pieces of handicrafts made with communities at risk of social exclusion or a catalogue that rescues the forgotten Argentine industrial production of the last century. These are some of the projects on display at the ‘Expanded […]

Maison & Objet 2025: Surreality

Paris (France) Paris, France

Exactly 100 years since the Surrealist Manifesto, this artistic movement continues to inspire, provoke, and electrify creation in all its forms. Starting in January, with the theme Sur/Reality, Maison&Objet will tap into its ever-fertile energy and the lasting resonance it holds for consumers.

Peace&War by Armando Milani: a Poster for Peace

ADI Museum P.za Compasso d'Oro, 1, Milan, Italy

Join us on Thursday, January 23, 2025, at 6:00 PM CEST at the ADI Design Museum in Milan for an evening of Design and reflections on Peace. Hats Art Gallery, Cappelli Identity Design’s cultural project, promotes design culture through iconic works and universal values. Highlighting the evening is the iconic "Peace&War" poster by Armando Milani, […]

Becoming a Designpreneur

Online

Join IDSA on January 23, 2025, at 6pm ET for a panel discussion that dives into the realities of designpreneurship. Hosted by visionary entrepreneur John Arnott, with expert insights from Ayana Patterson, Caterina Rizzoni, and Tom Gerhardt, this session explores the challenges, strategies, and successes behind launching and sustaining a thriving design business. WDO Member: […]

DesignTO 2025

Toronto (Canada) Toronto, Canada

DesignTO Festival isn’t just about events, it’s about making real change. Celebrating 15 years of impact, DesignTO brings people together to design a better future that’s sustainable, just, and joyful. As Canada’s largest non-profit design festival, the 10-day event features 100+ free events and exhibitions, both online and in-person, across Toronto.

Bengaluru Design Week 2025

Bengaluru Bengaluru, India

BLR Design Week (BDW) highlights the constantly evolving nature of design and its ever-increasing role in shaping our city. We are proud to announce Bengaluru's nomination as the inaugural World Design Protopolis by the World Design Organization. Over the next five years (2023-2028), this transformative program will empower Bengaluru with invaluable design knowledge, fostering positive […]

Next Gen Design Open Call: Redesign Tomorrow, Today

Online

The Next Gen Design Competition invites young creatives living in Europe (ages 18–35) to propose bold, sustainable solutions under the theme "Redesign Tomorrow, Today." The competition encourages participants to address pressing challenges such as circular product design, food waste solutions, new materials, sustainable textiles, and much more. Selected projects will be featured in the Next […]

2025 Finnish Architecture and Design Days

Helsinki (Finland) Helsinki, Finland

The 2025 Finnish Architecture and Design Days will be celebrated from 31 January to 7 February under the theme 'Traces of use'. Now in its fifth year, the national festival will focus on celebrating the use, maintenance and repair of buildings and objects. The theme explores our relationship with tolerating patina and imperfections, and highlights […]

Stockholm Design Week 2025

Stockholm (Sweden) Stockholm, Sweden

February 3–9 2025, Stockholm Design Week invites all to a city buzzing with events, exhibitions and open showrooms. The design week welcomes professionals, industry insiders and the public from all over the world to participate in design events and product launches in the city – to meet, mingle and network. Our aim is to push […]

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Call for nominations: World Design Medal 2025

Online

WDO is now accepting nominations for the World Design Medal, which aims to recognize individuals who have made a significant contribution to the advancement of the industrial design profession. With previous recipients that include frog founder Hartmut Esslinger and American industrial designer Dr. Patricia Moore, the World Design Medal acknowledges the transformative power of industrial […]

DESIGNDISCO LAB 2.0

Berlin (Germany) Berlin, Germany

DesignDisco Lab is an experimental, interdisciplinary charette that fosters socially and environmentally conscious innovation through collaboration. This four-day program brings together industry professionals and postgraduate students to rethink design education’s role in addressing global challenges, focusing on adaptive, future-forward solutions. ADVANCING THE FUTURE OF DESIGN EDUCATION TO DRIVE POSITIVE CHANGE Living in an age of […]

Compasso d’Oro International Award

Osaka Osaka, Japan

Applications are now open for the Compasso d'Oro International Award, the global edition of the world-renowned Italian design award, founded in 1954 by Gio Ponti. It is the first time to accept international applications. In collaboration with the , the special edition of the Compasso d’Oro International Award for 2025 has been inspired by the […]

Madrid Design Festival 2025

Madrid (Spain) Madrid, Spain

The eighth edition of the festival will once again make the city the focal point. An event where design displays its transformative power, best practices, initiatives and projects that reveal how design is an essential tool to address multiple challenges of a constantly changing society. Through its extensive programming, and under the theme Redesigning the […]

Designer Day at Ambiente 2025

Frankfurt (Germany) Frankfurt, Germany

One of the highlights of this year’s consumer-goods fair is the Designer Day on 8 February especially for the Ambiente designer community – organised for the second time by Messe Frankfurt and for the first time in cooperation with the German Design Council. The programme includes inspiring talks, lectures and future perspectives, including on the […]

Designathon

Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Designathon is a hackathon aimed at designing innovative solutions to challenges through creative thinking focused on empowering people to encounter global challenges. The initiative brings together 500 interested participants to create a better environment and contribute to community development by forming collaborative teams. WDO Member: Architecture and Design Commission

Ahmedabad Design Week 2025

Ahmedabad (India) Ahmedabad, India

Design needs to be celebrated, for it is a gleaming testimony of the ability of human beings to translate thoughts into patterns which can be understood and forged into applications to further enhance lives of all species. Ahmedabad Design Week (ADW) is a global confluence of designers, thinkers, academicians, researchers, industry captains, and entrepreneurs who […]

Design Biennale Rotterdam: What’s Real is Unfamiliar

Rotterdam (Netherlands) Rotterdam, Netherlands

Despite being home to numerous talenteddesigners and notable design institutions such as Nieuwe Instituutand Huidenclub, there are currently no specific events dedicated solely to design. While Rotterdam hosts an architectural biennale and month, as well as Rotterdam Art Week and IFFR for Films, there is a clear gap in design. 10-day event taking place across […]

Call for entries: A’ Design Award and Competition

Como (Italy) Como, Italy

A’ Design Award became one of the World’s largest design accolade thanks to passionate and competent contributions of participants who have provided their feedback on new and original perspectives on how to make a better design award that serves the society. The active role played by the early participants, as well as its founders were […]