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  • JAM: 6TH EDITION

    Virtual Event

    In October, join us for the largest JAM event in history, as your favourite product conference shifts online. As always, we'll be serving up our signature blend of candid stories to help you build great products, and lead your team through turbulent times – but this time, tune in from the comfort of your home! […]

  • RED DOT AWARD: PRODUCT DESIGN

    Essen (Germany) Essen, Germany

    The Red Dot Award: Product Design, whose origins date back to 1955, appraises the best products created every year. In roughly 50 categories, manufacturers and designers can enter their innovations in the competition. On Young Professionals Application Day, graduates of design courses who have obtained their academic qualifications within the past five years have the […]

  • RE:SOLVE CHALLENGE

    Cape Town (South Africa) Cape Town, South Africa

    The RE:SOLVE Challenge is officially open for applications and will accept online entries submitted until 5 November 2020. With grant funding available for selected projects and possible investment from industry partners, this is an experience that will leave applicants richer - no matter the outcome. Ultimately, the key take-away from this Challenge is the opportunity […]

  • AED NEULAND 2021 COMPETITION FOR YOUNG DESIGNERS

    Germany, Global event Germany

    We are very pleased that our "neuland" competition for young talent will be back in 2021. This is made possible by the generous support of the Karl Schlecht Foundation. The registration is now available, the closing date for entries is 31 March 2021. Eligible to participate are students and graduates of colleges, academies and universities […]

  • DUTCH DESIGN WEEK 2020

    Eindhoven , Netherlands

    Taking into consideration the expected impact of COVID-19, DDW has spent the past couple of months developing a virtual festival experience. Initially parallel to the live DDW, but now this will become the international main stage. Paulen: "Of course this cannot replace the live week, but we are going to scale up the virtual programme […]

  • DESIGN INTELLIGENCE AWARD 2020

    Design Intelligence Award (DIA) is an international academic award in industrial design established in China in 2015. It is a platform for evaluation, promotion and communication of design, an accelerator bringing innovation to the industry and the future. DIA returns to the origin of design with human intelligence, advocates that design is “intelligence of humanity, […]

  • ADOBE MAX – THE CREATIVITY CONFERENCE

    Virtual Event

    Connect with speakers and Adobe product experts in live chats. Build community with creatives from around the world and participate in collaborative art projects. Make plans to register for Adobe Max and join us for a uniquely immersive and engaging digital experience, guaranteed to inspire. Three full days of luminary speakers, celebrity appearances, musical performances, […]

  • SIR MISHA BLACK AWARDS NOMINATIONS

    Manchester, United Kingdom Manchester, United Kingdom

    We are pleased to confirm that awards will be given for 2020. With the ongoing uncertainty of the Coronavirus Pandemic, however, we are mindful that planning events for this year is problematic, so the Awards Ceremony is to be postponed until early 2021. Nominations for the Medal and the Award will be accepted at any […]

  • DESIGNOPS SUMMIT 2020

    Virtual Event

    We live—and work—in difficult, punishing times, and designers need more support than ever before. That’s why resilience is our theme for DesignOps 2020. We’ll explore how individual DesignOps practitioners, teams, and organizations harness resilience to adapt, survive, and thrive. As DesignOps is new, many solo DesignOps practitioners and operations-minded designers are functioning as DesignOps Teams […]

  • UTOPIAN HOURS: THE CITY AT STAKE

    Torino Torino, Italy

    Utopian Hours is the city festival, an international event dedicated to "city making". Three days to deepen the most urgent themes of urban environments and learn about success experiences from different cities around the world - among visionary challenges, ambitious placemaking projects , social and technological innovation, and collective imagination. Website

  • HAY!YOUNGBIRDS! TALENT AWARD ASIA 2020

    HAY! YoungBirds!is an international competition IP and a design stage created jointly by Danish contemporary design brand HAY, which endorses cross-cultural collaboration, and the Young Bird Plan, an international competition platform for global design talents. In 2020,this competition is committed to engaging more young, bold, and innovative designers who represent the contemporary Asia-Pacific market. The […]

  • GLOBAL DESIGN THINKING SUMMIT

    Providencia, Chile Providencia, Chile

    Global Design Thinking Summit, an event that will bring together world experts in Design Thinking, Seiya Otta, former Volvo Global Director of Innovation and Design; Roberto Carreras, founder of VOIKERS, and Runa Sabroe, director of Wonderful Copenhagen, stand out among the several international guests. The online event is organized by the d-School of Universidad Mayor […]