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  • DESIGN MANCHESTER

    Manchester, United Kingdom Manchester, United Kingdom

    Manchester’s eighth annual festival of design presents more than 50 events and exhibitions at iconic locations throughout the city and surrounding centres in Greater Manchester. DM’s International Design Conference is the UK’s leading design conference, with top designers from all over the world, alongside Manchester’s finest, present to an audience of professionals and students. Other […]

  • LIMA DESIGN WEEK 2020

    Lima (Peru) Lima, Peru

    Lima Design Week is a platform that integrates art, culture and the different design demonstrations. Our main goals is to disseminate the design importance as a link for the social development. Our aim is to promote creativity and innovation, always in relation to new technologies. Our visitors enjoy several cultural and artistic activities as exhibition […]

  • DUBAI DESIGN WEEK 2020

    Dubai (UAE) Dubai, United Arab Emirates

    Dubai Design Week (DXBDW) is held in partnership with Dubai Design District (d3) and is supported by Dubai Culture and Arts Authority (DCAA), In Dubai’s collaborative spirit, and as a reflection of the city’s global outlook, its design week is both regional and international in scope, encompasses public and private spheres, culture, education and entertainment, […]

  • PILL PROTECT QUICKFIRE CHALLENGE

    Virtual Event

    Visionaries are invited to submit ideas aiming to prevent or reduce the accidental accessing by children of medications in pill minders, pill organizers or pill dispensers. The innovator(s) with the best idea, potential technology, or potential solution will receive up to $100,000 in grant funding, access to the global JLABS network and mentorship from experts […]

  • FRINGE FURNITURE 2020

    Abbotsford, Australia Abbotsford, Australia

    Fringe Furniture is a key forum for experimental, emerging and independent practices – over its 34 years, it has become a rite of passage for young designers and a barometer for the cutting edge of the design industry. This year, designers are encouraged to make new work in response to this year’s provocation, Bettermorphosis, but […]

  • BARCELONA DESIGN WEEK 2020

    Barcelona (Spain) Barcelona, Spain

    Barcelona Design Week (BDW), organized by Barcelona Design centre (BcD), a must-attend event on design, creativity and innovation in Barcelona. The annual event is a meeting point for companies, entrepreneurs and professionals from the sector, and an opportunity for the general public interested in creativity. Website

  • DESIGN INSPIRE DESIGNATHON 2020

    Virtual Event

    DESIGNATHON is a 24-hour online hackathon for design students who will become the next generation of designers. It is an opportunity to compete against the best design students across the globe in a fast-paced environment and test your design thinking, management as well as collaboration skills. The teams will be responding to evolving needs and […]

  • QI LU INTERNATIONAL DESIGN WEEK

    Shandong Province (China) Shandong Province, China

    Relying on four major sections of special exhibitions, awards and events, forum activities, and Qilu Culture tourism, the design week integrates four elements of “Chinese elements + exclusive design trends + innovation + fashion”, gathers top design resources, brand enterprises and industry elites at home and abroad, and strives to build an exhibition platform and […]

  • DESIGN INSPIRE CONFERENCE 2020

    Virtual Event

    Design Inspire conference is a platform that culminates this year’s journey of Design Inspire talk series and honors all the ten inspiring young designers recognized by us for the year 2020. The event will be virtual this year with key design leaders as the speakers and a design hackathon for the design students. The theme […]

  • RADO DESIGN WEEK 2020

    Rado Design Week is a collaboration between Dezeen and Rado celebrating the launch of a collection of unique watches that the Swiss brand has created in partnership with designers YOY, Tej Chauhan, Formafantasma and Thukral&Tagra. Every day throughout Rado Design Week, we will feature a short video revealing each new watch, which will be followed […]

  • GRANDS PRIX DU DESIGN AWARDS 14TH EDITION

    Montreal , Canada

    The GRANDS PRIX DU DESIGN Awards celebrates and rewards the work of designers and architects who improve our quality of life and the built environment, as well as private and public clients who entrust them with their design needs. Enhancing the appreciation and promotion of excellence in design, the awards provide international recognition and exposure […]

  • HIGASHIKAWA KAGU DESIGN COMPETITION

    Hokkaido Hokkaido, Japan

    Launching a competition aimed at fostering human resources, proposing new ways of life, and promoting local industry Higashikawa, a major producer of Asahikawa furniture, has established the "Kengo Kuma & Higashikawa" KAGU Design Competition in collaboration with architect Kengo Kuma, and is currently accepting applications for the competition. We are seeking designs for "KAGU" that […]