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  • CALL FOR POSTERS: MADRID GRAFIKA 2020

    Madrid , Spain

    Designers now have an important social task to fulfill. After the success of the previous editions of Madrid Gráfica, and in a challenging year that requires messages of encouragement, encouragement and responsibility, DIMAD and the Madrid City Council, with the support of the Madrid Business Forum, summon all the designers and graphic designers to participate […]

  • 27th WORLD CONGRESS OF ARCHITECTS

    Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    UIA2020Rio, the 27th World Congress of Architects, is taking place in Rio de Janeiro the 19-23 July of this year. Keynote speakers include Eduardo Souto de Moura, Solano Benitez, Elizabeth de Portzamparc, Tatiana Bilbao and Francis Kéré. Website

  • YOUFAB GLOBAL CREATIVE AWARDS 2020 ENTRY

    Tokyo , Japan

    This year’s YouFab Global Awards focuses on how we can redesign and reframe humanity, physicality, and “real experience” given the context of a world where being contactless has become the default. It could be a proposal for a new technology or system, or a new behavioral pattern. The focus could be anything: a house, school, […]

  • DUPONT UNDERGROUND: RETHINK DUPONT

    Washington, DC WA, United States

    Building on the success of our first international competition, the Dupont Underground is launching a second competition: Re-Think Dupont Circle. One of the key public spaces in Pierre Charles L’Enfant’s famous urban plan for the nations capital, Dupont Circle was not built out until the late 19th century and has not seen a significant redesign […]

  • LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA

    Amsterdam (Netherlands) Amsterdam, Netherlands

    La Biennale di Venezia, to mark the 125th anniversary of its foundation, is presenting Le muse inquiete (The Disquieted Muses). When La Biennale di Venezia Meets History, an exhibition by Historical Archives of Contemporary Arts (ASAC), held in the Central Pavilion of the Giardini della Biennale from Saturday, August 29 to Tuesday, December 8, 2020. […]

  • THE BIOMIMICRY GLOBAL DESIGN CHALLENGE

    United States , United States

    The Biomimicry Global Design Challenge calls for design concepts addressing any issue(s) outlined by the Sustainable Development Goals. We know that the SDGs are vast and expand across many subject areas, but this diversity means there are also just as many solutions out there waiting to be discovered. Successful teams will define a concrete, well […]

  • ONE HOME, ONE PLANET

    Virtual Event

    ONE HOME, ONE PLANET (OHOP)  is an action-orientated event, that’s going virtual this year. Over two days, it brings together 300 purpose-driven, ideas-led doers, thinkers and influencers from across different fields. Together, we break down barriers to solving key social and environmental challenges facing the world – challenges that now, more than ever, need urgent […]

  • GOOD DESIGN WEEK

    The 2020 Good Design Awards will be announced over five days throughout the 2020 Good Design Week from 7 to 11 September and we’re inviting you to be a part of the celebrations. The Good Design Week will be filled with good news and inspiring content to recognise, reward and celebrate the innovative minds behind this year’s Good Design […]

  • INNOVATE OR BUST: HOW TO STAY RELEVANT THROUGH CIRCULAR DESIGN PRACTICES

    Virtual Event

    As we continue to place unsustainable demand on our finite resources, the imperative for businesses to respond and adapt becomes increasingly critical. Over the last few decades, products have been designed for obsolescence and without much regard for their lifecycle’s impact on the environment. As a consumerist society, it will take a drastic shift to […]