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The Party Program is a new kind of event, designed to create a new kind of leader, who will be part of creating a new kind of industry with discussions around debunking disinformation tactics, propaganda & psychology, culture jamming, inclusive design, indigenism design, regenerative practices, biomimicry, circular design, gamification, behavior change, environmental justice, sustainable packaging, […]
A month of amazing design leadership activities including a three day conference, weekly talks, masterclasses, mentoring sessions and a host of other events. Website
GIDA was established in 2019. It is an international design prize driven by globalization, specialization and market orientation, hosted by Xiongan Future Industrial Design Institute and undertaken by GIDA Committee. There is no application fee , and the total prize pool is 4.5million RMB. Website WDO Member: Xiongan Future Industrial Design Institute
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
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 […]
The registration portal for the TAIPEI CYCLE d&i awards 2021 is open! Until 14 December 2020, all designers, manufacturers and retailers in bicycle-related industries are invited to submit their innovations to one of the most highly respected design competitions for the international cycling industry. TAITRA and TBA, the organizers of the Taipei Cycle Show (3 […]
First entered into the U.S. Congressional Record in 2015 by U.S. Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, National Industrial Design Day declares that industrial designers “improve our lives in every way and are worthy of our recognition.” That day in 2015 marked the 50th anniversary of the founding of IDSA, which is headquartered in Herndon, VA, part […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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
As the global pandemic reshapes every aspect of our lives, it greatly accelerated the trends of digitalisation as well as innovation across all industries; more human-centred solutions were generated by using the power of design thinking to help people from all walks of life adapt to the new normal. Submit your humanistic design projects to […]
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; […]
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 […]
IDSA’s Getting It Made Deep Dive is built to highlight the critical stages of the industrial design process related to bringing a product out of the conceptual stages and into the marketplace. Register now to save your spot and hear from talented designers with proven product development track records—they’ll share their experiences, insights, and practical […]
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 […]
The Faculty of Design of Universidad Anáhuac México invites to this meeting of graduates whose objective is to value the efforts of those who once passed through our classrooms and are now outstanding designers. Website WDO: Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores S.C. (Universidad Anahuac)
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
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 […]
