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  • EUROPEAN PRODUCT DESIGN AWARD

    Virtual Event

    The European Product Design Award™ recognizes the efforts of talented international product and industrial designers who aim to improve our daily lives with their practical, well-thought-out creations. ePDA shares their innovative and ground-breaking products with the world. Website

  • BOGOTA DESIGN FESTIVAL

    Bogota (Columbia) Bogota, Colombia

    The Bogota Design Festival - BDF is a 4-day event that promotes and brings together creativity, innovation and design in all its states, whether in industrial and artisan objects, artistic, graphic, digital, gastronomic, visual, interior design or fashion, where the creative industries and design are the transversal subjects, that impact both commercially and culturally, as […]

  • MUNICH CREATIVE BUSINESS WEEK

    Munich , Germany

    The MUNICH CREATIVE BUSINESS WEEK ( MCBW ) is Germany's largest design event and at the same time an international showcase for the Bavarian creative and design industry. As a platform, the MCBW offers companies and designers from all disciplines the opportunity to meet the professional world and the design-interested public in Munich and the […]

  • OPEN CALL FROM THE ISTANBUL DESIGN BIENNIAL: DESIGNING RESILIENCE

    Valencia , Spain

    Believing in the importance of supporting knowledge and policy production in the field of design and architecture, the Istanbul Design Biennial hosts a research programme titled Designing Resilience, in partnership with the Center for Arts, Design, and Social Research. The programme aims to work collaboratively with a selection of four women designers, curators, researchers, thinkers […]

  • GREEN CONCEPT AWARDS 2021

    Germany, Global event Germany

    The awards are for products & services as well as concepts that stand out in terms of design, innovation and sustainability. The awards offers a common platform for established companies, start-ups and students to introduce themselves to a professional network and to the public in Germany. Active matchmaking takes place among the participants and with […]

  • KOKUYO DESIGN AWARD 2021

    Tokyo , Japan

    The KOKUYO DESIGN AWARD is an international competition for user-centric design, where the best of the best are actually turned into products for the consumer market. Last year, we received a total of 1,377 entries from designers in more than 54 countries. We are looking for more ideas to turn into actual products. Make sure […]

  • RURAL DESIGN DAYS 2021

    Virtual Event

    Rural Design Days are organized by Silicon Vilstal, an rural innovation platform based in Lower Bavaria. Together with the Vienna-based informal group “Global Villages Network”, we also seek to generate common perceptions of the trends and opportunities, maybe even design patterns and desirable developments for the many variants of rural and peripheral areas worldwide. Website

  • IMPACTxDESIGN COMPETITION

    New York , United States

    Designers are invited to submit proposals that introduce new opportunities for public gathering with the use of Caesarstone material as the primary fabrication resource. Proposals should offer a functional design installation or set of products that can be integrated into the existing spaces to transform them into: ideal places for congregation and conversation with neighbors; […]

  • CHAMPIONS OF CHANGE – SHAPING A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE

    Virtual Event

    Steelcase India invites you to a panel discussion where we are celebrating “Champions of Change”, who are making giant strides towards ESG initiatives, helping to build a sustainable future. This all powerful panel comprising of accomplished thought leaders from the industry, will share their experiences and initiatives which their Groups have taken up. They are […]

  • 47TH CHINA INTERNATIONAL FURNITURE FAIR

    Guangzhou (China) Guangzhou, China

    CIFF covers the entire industry chain including home furniture, homedecor & hometextile, outdoor & leisure, office furniture, commercial furniture, hotel furniture and furniture machinery & raw materials. The spring and autumn sessions host over 6000 brands from China and abroad, gathering over 340,000 professional visitors in total. CIFF creates the world’s most preferred one-stop trading […]

  • ARCTIC DESIGN WEEK

    Rovaniemi (Finland) Rovaniemi, Finland

    The week brings together professionals in the field of design to discuss possibilities and future of Arctic Design together with businesses and citizens. ADW presents design talks and workshops, design exhibitions, pop-up design shops and restaurants, an arctic fashion show and a number of other events. The week creates food for thought and soul. Website

  • DESIGN AS COMMON GOOD

    Stockholm (Sweden) Stockholm, Sweden

    The common good as conceptualized by the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Zalta et al., 2018) “benefits society as a whole – in contrast to the private good of individuals and sections of society.” Design as a discipline has long been positioned from the context of developing and catering to the private good, focusing on individual […]

  • MELBOURNE DESIGN WEEK 2021

    Melbourne , Australia

    This eleven-day design week host national and international designs in a series of event such as talks, tours, workshops, launches. The theme ‘Design the world you want’ will ask participants to consider how the design community can collaborate to create a bette, and healthier future for the planet. Website

  • Core77 Design Awards & COVID-19 Copy

    New York , United States

    Recognizing excellence in all areas of design enterprise, the Core77 Design Awards celebrates the richness of the design profession and its practitioners. We present 18 categories of entry providing designers and researchers a unique opportunity to communicate the intent, rigor and passion behind their efforts. From client work to self-initiated projects and entrepreneurial engagements, we […]

  • SIT FURNITURE DESIGN AWARD

    Virtual Event

    SIT Furniture Design Award ™ was created as a way to celebrate and share the remarkable work of furniture designers and those who use furniture in their projects. Creativity, innovative vision, and accessibility in the furniture design community deserve to be applauded and shared widely, across the world. Website