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BLT Built Design Awards recognize and honour the expertise of all professionals involved in the realization of outstanding projects, on a global basis — from architecture firms and interior design experts to construction products and landscape architecture. Learn more: https://bltawards.com/ WDO Member: Three C Group GmbH
DDP Design Fair will be held from October 15 to 19, 2025, at DDP (Dongdaemun Design Plaza) in Seoul. DDP Design Fair is a platform where design studios, design brands, and renowned companies showcase their design products. It’s the buzzworthy place that provides a unique opportunity to launch a new product, service, or idea. Entrepreneurs […]
Iceland's annual design festival that transforms the most northerly capital of the world into one big venue for design. Join us in Reykjavík and explore the Icelandic design scene! From fashion to furniture, architecture to the environment, food to product design, digital design to innovation, the festival showcases the best of the local design scene […]
Tigullio Design District - TDD is the first international event organized in Liguria, Italy, dedicated to design and specifically to major themes related to the sea and nautic, the outdoor and obviously lifestyle, being developed in the splendid scenery of Gulf of Tigullio, between Genoa and the 5 lands. A new design location for all […]
The 2025 Salone del Mobile is back as the star of the design calendar: the leading international event for the design industry will be held from 8th to 13th April, at Milan’s Rho Fiera fairgrounds. Set up in 1961, the trade fair boasts a wide range of furnishing products, distinguished by their expressive power and […]
To implement the vision of strengthening industrial cooperation between China Guangdong and Italy in design, fashion, and investment, the 2025 Shenzhen & Milan Lifestyle Week will be held during Milan Design Week. The event will include activities like Shenzhen-Milan brand exchanges, culture sharing, and industry-innovation integration. It will foster investment between Shenzhen Longhua and Milan, […]
In celebration of World IP Day 2025, join World Intellectual Property Organization and WDO Members BRP and Vestel for a webinar exploring how IP shapes the evolving relationship between design and sound. Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/2tBz82LaSDuQGdPQCATZcw#/registration
Don Norman Design Award (DNDA), a non-profit organization that promotes the practice and education of Humanity-Centered Design (HCD+), extended its call for applications for the DNDA25 HCD+ Project Awards to April 30, 2025. DNDA recognizes early-career practitioners who take a Humanity-Centered Design approach to address challenges at the community level and educational programs that train […]
“Czech Design Fest 2025” is a year-long project in collaboration with the Consulate General of the Czech Republic in Hong Kong. The opening ceremony features a screening of videos on the digital TV wall and music performances at Design Boulevard. A diverse range of extended learning activities have been scheduled throughout 2025, will offer enriching […]
Hosted by Busan Metropolitan City and Design Council Busan, the 2025 Big International Design Competition – “Public Space Design Project 2” calls for global proposals for Place Making and Public Goods Design along a 2km urban corridor in Busan, South Korea. This two-stage international competition aims to realize outstanding public design through detailed design, prototyping, […]
Now in our third year, this day of knowledge sharing and collaboration will focus on ‘People and Planet’ and has been expanded to include additional workplace topics. BDP and M Moser and Associates are already announced as headline A&D sponsors. Plus, the ’doyenne’ of inclusive design, HOK’s Kay Sargent, has chosen the Forum to be […]
Global Design Dialogues: Trends for Tomorrow, a prestigious half-day conference designed to elevate the cooperation and competitiveness of Hong Kong’s professional designers on a global stage. This exclusive event, funded by the Professional Services Advancement Support Scheme of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. The conference theme this year is “Empowering Business […]
What if designers embraced outlandish optimism as a mindset and design method? The International Design Day theme for 2025 is about designing narratives to imagine alternate, positive futures. The IDD2025 theme Outlandish Optimism is about myth-breaking and refusing doom and gloom narratives. This year's theme is being developed by Ico-D's host Member the Association of Polish Graphic […]
The "Taipei Design Award" has entered its 18th year. With the vision of "making design the driving force to shape a better future", by bringing together the creativity of diverse cultures, it has become an important tool to promote urban progress, promote industrial development and improve the quality of life. strength. Through this design competition, […]
Design changes the world — the German Design Awards make it visible. The internationally acclaimed awards honour projects that drive innovation, embrace responsibility and open up new perspectives through design. Initiated by the German Design Council, the German Design Awards stand for design excellence with purpose — interdisciplinary in thinking, globally connected, and strategically relevant. […]
In celebration of World Industrial Design Day 2025, WDO is partnering with Andreu World to host a day of digital dialogue exploring ethics in design. Highlighting diverse perspectives and practical insights, the online event will be streamed live via WDO’s Youtube on 27 June and feature a rich mix of recorded and live sessions discussing the building […]
"Radical Laboratory" is the theme that Tijuana Design Week 2025 will address, where design is bold experimentation and worldviews take shape, are questioned and transformed.Inspired by the concept of "Weltanschauung", that is, the vision of the world, this radical laboratory not only seeks solutions for human needs, but integrates all living beings and the planet […]
Futian District, Shenzhen — the city’s economic and innovation engine — is evolving into a world-class industrial hub in the Greater Bay Area. Anchored by “one axis, two wings,” Futian is building key zones like Hetao Innovation Area and Xiangmihu Financial Center. To shape a bold, global urban image, we invite creatives worldwide to join […]
Join us for a special screening of Design Canada, the acclaimed Canadian-made documentary exploring the history and impact of graphic design in shaping Canada’s visual identity. We’re thrilled to welcome the film’s director Greg Durrell, who will share insights into the making of the film, the cultural influences behind iconic Canadian symbols, and the evolving […]
Empowered by bayern design, the mcbw is the biggest design event in Germany and an important meeting point for the national and international creative and design industries. During its nine days, we annually bring together designers, design enthusiasts, companies, and students from all design-related fields and industries to promote interdisciplinary exchange and make the relevance […]
