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BLR Design Week 2022 is the celebration of all things design and its growing relevance in the future of our city. It is a confluence of events that blend emergent technologies, catalytic thinking, vibrant conversations, disruptive collaborations, hybrid aesthetics and diverse design practices. Website
The conference "Shaping Society! Social Sustainability through Design" focuses on hitherto neglected contexts of social sustainability and spans a wide range of topics such as anti-racism and decolonisation, gender justice and inclusion. All presentations are based on the question "Where is the German design industry today in processes of social sustainability? A one-day conference will […]
Andreu World and World Design Capital Valencia 2022 invite you next Thursday, December 15, to a very special day on design at the Palau de Les Arts Reina Sofía starting at 6:30 p.m. William McDonough, Creator of Cradle to Cradle, will be giving the inaugural conference. The Awards of the 21st Andreu World International Design […]
Madhya Pradesh Design Utsav (MPDU) is an annual design fest, which is conceptualised to serve as a platform for institutions imparting design education, professionals, craft community and industry to come together, share information and build long-lasting relationships. It is a grand confluence showcasing different design avatars in the form of talks, panel discussions, start-up sessions, […]
Golden Panda Tianfu Creative Design Awards is one of the main activities of Chengdu Creativity & Design Week, hosted by Chengdu Municipal People's Government.The Awards keeps carrying forward four categories of awards for creative design, including fashion, culture and tourism, digital and space, and two special awards, including "Giant Pandas: Chengdu Gift" and "New Culture […]
The LIT Design Awards honor the best in Lighting Product Design, Architectural and Entertainment Lighting Design globally, advancing the appreciation of design worldwide. Website WDO Member: 3C Awards
This event brings together Christian Bason, Danish Design Center CEO, a political scientist & co-author of a new book called Expand, in conversation with two academics who have pioneered social change through design research – Mariana Amatullo of The New School at Parsons School of Design and Jeremy Myerson of the Helen Hamlyn Centre for […]
This IN SESSION talk will cover intriguing cutting-edge automotive and transport innovation topics around Intelligent Mobility (IM) including how IM differs to traditional automotive approaches, state of the art IM design and research projects and key IM innovation methods and design principles. Through conversation with Intelligent Mobility design academic Dr Jiayu Wu, vehicle and automotive […]
Ahmedabad Design Week 3.0 themed “Design and Innovation in Defence and Aerospace” is an edition that throws light on the role of designers and youth in shaping and strengthening the Nation’ s Defence. Spread over speaker sessions, workshops and panel discussions with design stalwarts and industry experts, this event stands as a torchbearer of hope […]
CIRCUL-A-THON Challenge is a collaboration between SABIC, a global leader in the chemical industry, and innovation platform, Plug and Play, to find creative and visionary solutions in the field of circularity. The competition will reward up to $50,000 for designs that address the real-life challenges in the packaging, transportation, healthcare, and electronics industries with an […]
The International Busan Design Award is an international event developed and is used as a forum for sharing various design concepts through international design industry exchanges and restorations. Apart from the main theme(free), a special theme wishing for the World EXPO 2030 Busan Korea attracts designers around the world and provides an opportunity to commercialize […]
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 […]
The symposium defines the importance of design thinking and clarifies its full stages that can be applied in creative production in general, whether in the fields of design or service design, while addressing important concepts (participatory design - experience design UXD - experience maps X Map) as well as employing creative thinking tools during these […]
The C-IDEA Design Award is the world’s annual juried design competition. It aims to recognize and promote visionary talents in a wide array of categories ranging from communication design, industrial design, architecture, interior design, fashion design, and new media. The jury consists of twenty countries with over thirty representatives from high-profile designers and educators. A yearbook and exhibition of the nominated designs are also […]
Discover PARK's Design Leadership Academy, the path to design excellence and get a taste of their design leadership module with this 90-minute masterclass session. *Open exclusively to WDO Members. WDO Member: PARK
CMRU Cause 2023 is an open innovation global challenge addressing some of the most pressing challenges around the world through creativity, artistic expression, research, and design thinking, and are addressed by the efforts glocally in alignment with UN SDG's. CMRU Cause 2023 is a global initiative under CMRU's Design Thinking Day, which will be held […]
The Estonian Association of Designers and the UAM Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana have been collaborating in a profuse cultural exchange since Mexican delegation of design students visited Tallinn Design Festival 2022. A common ground was found in the subject of biodesign, noticing that the initiatives of green design or preservation are not enough. This event will […]
Design Intelligence Award (DIA) is an international academic award in industrial design established in China in 2015. It's a platform for evaluation, promotion and communication of design, an accelerator bringing innovation to the industry and the future. In the past seven years, DIA has collected more than 43,000 entries from 70 countries and regions. The […]
Georgia Tech's School of Industrial Design (SID) hosts a series of SID Open Talks. As a part of this Open Talk series, Ezio Manzini will give a lecture on city design. The lecture discusses this scenario of proximity, showing how it has emerged from the grassroots social innovations of the past 20 years, and how, […]
The Ohio State University Department of Design is hosting a public lecture that kicks off the annual Butter Goeller “Design Affair”. Anne Asensio, Vice President of Design Innovation & Experience at WDO Member Organization Dassault Systèmes, will be giving a public lecture, Design for Life, on Wednesday, 22 March, in Sullivant Hall 220 at 5:30pm […]
