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The 2020 BEDA Design Forum will provide BEDA Members with a unique opportunity to engage in direct dialogue with senior representatives from the Commission’s internal team responsible for the co-design phase of the New European Bauhaus. During the two-hour conversation, we will hear from Vera Winthagen who is designing the process to deliver the co-creation […]
The circular economy is more relevant than ever. Following the Covid-19 crisis, businesses are actively seeking strategies for better growth, and the circular economy offers an opportunity to create solutions that can be scaled, at speed, to benefit society, businesses, and the environment. It offers solutions to tackle global challenges, such as climate change, and […]
Established in 1981, Taiwan’s Golden Pin Design Award is the most influential design award in the global Huaren market. The planning and handling of the awards, the prize-giving ceremony, and all other related events are executed by Taiwan Design Research Institute (TDRI). The 2020 Golden Pin Design Award (GPDA) and Golden Pin Concept Design Award […]
The 4th China International Industrial Design Forum, hosted by the Center for International Economic and Technological Cooperation of MIIT, will be held in Wuhan in December. Themed “New Ideas and New Models of Industrial Design Empowers Intelligent Manufacturing”, the forum will bring together leading professionals in this field, with the aim to pull wisdom and […]
L A M P is a small organization that devotes itself to promoting and connecting emerging talents to new markets in lighting design. Our submission fees and sponsorships go directly into operating costs. This is an opportunity to showcase your work online, essentially free marketing. Participation in L A M P as a finalist affords […]
A designer’s paradise should be a fun place, full of creativity, friendship and humour. That’s why we’re delighted to present you our own particular paradise, our first design and creativity festival, which will take place in a virtual and express format over three days -the 16th, 17th and 18th of December- and in which nine […]
TheFutureLab is a Design Education Lab using UNSDGs to promote Sustainable Design in China. 10 days to go we will be hosting our Annual Community Event, our biggest design event year around and this time we are sponsored by Beijing City of Design Development CO. We will be launching our innovation model as the 1st […]
New open call to receive projects from January 1st to 14th, 2021. In this way, we continue to promote the interdependence of the design sector and citizens with a broad vocation of public service. Thus, a call is opened to receive professional proposals for activities and initiatives with which to imagine, study, project, collaborate, co-create, […]
The Plagiarius-Competition is already announced for the 45th time. Since 1977, Aktion Plagiarius e.V. grants its anti-prize "Plagiarius" to those manufacturers and distributors whom the jury has found guilty of making or selling "the most flagrant" (design) imitations and fakes. The goal is to denounce the unscrupulous business practices of counterfeiters who pilfer intellectual property […]
Each year, IDSA recognizes exceptional student design talent through our Student Merit Awards program. The competition highlights the very best creativity, problem solving and design brilliance in each of IDSA's five North American Districts. Two winners are selected from each District for this prestigious distinction, one at the Undergraduate (SMA) level and one at the […]
The AZ Awards is acknowledged for its influence and significance within the global design and architecture sphere and is a unique opportunity for architects and designers to receive the international exposure and acknowledgement that their exceptional work deserves.Entries are juried by a panel of internationally renowned practitioners in the areas of product design, architecture, landscape […]
2021 marks the 41st anniversary of the International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA), one of the longest running and most prestigious design awards programs in existence. IDEA set the benchmark for what a design award represents and has endured to become a career-defining catalyst for those talented enough to win. Enter your design into one of […]
ICoRD’21 is the eighth in a series of conferences intended to be held every two years in India to bring together the international community from diverse areas of design practice, education and research.It will be held during 7th to 9th January 2021 at the IDC School of Design, IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai. It aims to […]
To reconstruct the water tower, fully consider the water tower itself and its surrounding conditions of architecture and historical culture, merely reconstruct the façade (including but not limit to art installation embedding or overlapping, micro renewal of façade, façade painting, new outer skin covering, etc.) to make it reborn in two layers – image and […]
WDO’s World Design Impact Prize aims to recognize and elevate industrial design-driven projects that have a positive impact on our social, economic, cultural or environmental quality of life. Open internationally, projects can either be submitted directly by 30 April 2021 or nominated by a third party before 31 March 2021. In addition to being thoughtfully […]
Design Intelligence Award (DIA) is an international academic award in industrial design established in China, 2015. It is a platform for evaluation, promotion and communication of design, an accelerator bringing innovation to the industry and the future. There is no application fee to be charged, and the total bonus is as much as 5 million […]
DesignTO Festival is Canada’s leading (and largest) annual design festival that celebrates design as a multidisciplinary form of creative thinking and making, with over 100 exhibitions and events forming Toronto’s design week, January 22-31, 2021. Since 2011, DesignTO has been bringing communities together to celebrate design, by taking art and design out of the studio […]
How Climate Change is affecting Communities, Cities and Countries? Take the Problem as an opportunity for expressing ideas and designs to bring the change. Climate change is creating vulnerable situations globally, creating problems and risks from drought conditions to flooding. Its impact on the environment, people, economy, social structure and political scenario is unimaginative. Climate […]
What Design Can Do, in partnership with the IKEA Foundation, has launched 'No Waste Challenge' - asking designers and creatives everywhere to reduce waste and rethink consumerism. No Waste Challenge aims to tackle one of the most pressing issues of our time: waste. This global design competition calls on all creatives and innovators to submit […]
The Korea Institute of Design Promotion (KIDP) is hosting DESIGN TREND Webinar 2021, free of charge. Invited design and trend experts will share their insights and perspectives on the latest trends on design, technology and CMF, as well as challenges we are faced with and the counter strategies. Please note that pre-registration is required to […]
