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Successful international cooperation is crucial for solving global problems, achieving the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals and other challenges. We need the knowledge and skills of many who think and create together. Different cultural backgrounds and perspectives that feed into solutions and ideas are the strength of such projects.The German Design Museum Foundation therefore invites […]
The 13th IXDC2022 International Experience Design Conference, the world's leading user experience innovation event, will be held in Guangzhou Baiyun International Conference Center from November 21 to 27, 2022. The theme of this event is "Sustainability: Digital, Diversity, Safety", will be used to explore the sustainable development of interconnectedness and coexistence of goodwill. Website WDO […]
Design festival Design Korea returns in 2022 for its 20th edition with the theme Mega Impact Design Trend 2023 and Beyond. This year's theme explores trends for the upcoming year within the programme of events, including exhibitions, international conferences and publications. Design Korea showcases around 2,000 products from 500 global designers, also functioning as a […]
The BLT Built Design Awards 2023 celebrate architecture and design excellence, shining a spotlight on inspired projects, accomplished leaders and their innovative ideas. In addition to the Architecture, Interior Design and Construction Product categories, a new category - Landscape Architecture has been introduced, allowing companies to submit a variety of outstanding conceptual, in-progress or completed […]
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 […]
