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  • Tiny Travelers Big Adventures

    Online

    Chicco and Desall invite you to immerse yourself in the child’s world and design innovative, practical, and versatile solutions to comfortably host or support them during everyday situations, such as mealtime or sleep, in limited-space environments for example, when traveling in a camper van. Deadline: 16 June 2025. Website: https://bit.ly/Tiny-Travelers-Big-Adventures

  • Perth Design Week 2025

    Perth Perth, Australia

    Perth Design Week is a ‘coalition of the willing’ - a group of people and organisations Sandy and David are leading, working together to create this event. The project started as a collaboration, the idea being that there is a broad array of design based organisations with budgets for their own individual annual events. If […]

  • 24th Andreu World International Design Contest

    Valencia , Spain

    70 Years Manufacturing a Better World  Since 1955, Andreu World has developed a solid industrial culture based on the manufacture of high-quality seating and tables. Good design, production capacity and a commitment to sustainability are our main hallmarks. On the occasion of their 70th anniversary, this special edition invites participants to present a seat and/or […]

  • HKDI inspire* 2025: Digital Disruption

    Hong Kong SAR , Hong Kong

    Hong Kong Design Institute (HKDI) presents "HKDI inspire* 2025: Digital Disruption 數位顛覆", a series of master lectures offering a captivating exploration of digital art and media design. From 25 March to 2 April 2025, this event will bring together experts from Mainland China, Hong Kong and Austria to delve into how digital art is reshaping […]

  • Webinar: Manufacturing a Better World

    Online

    Join WDO Corporate Member Andreu World on 25 March for an insightful webinar sharing more about the Spanish company's legacy of responsible design, spanning seven decades. Register here: http://bit.ly/70yearsofDesign

  • Traditional GoinGreenGlobal Design Week 2025

    Ljubljana (Slovenia) Ljubljana, Slovenia

    Traditional GoinGreenGlobal Design Week 2025, taking place from March 31 to April 4, 2025, the event will feature lectures, interactive workshops, Design Talk roundtables, student exhibitions, and the 8th international scientific conference A.L.I.C.E., under the theme "Designing a Sustainable Future: Society 5.0 & Global Innovation." A key event in collaboration with WDO’s Young Designers Circle, […]

  • A.L.I.C.E. conference – Designing a Sustainable Future: Society 5.0 and Global Innovation

    Llubjana Llubjana, Slovenia

    The A.L.I.C.E. conference has long been a platform for fostering meaningful dialogue and collaboration across disciplines. This year, we are excited to continue this tradition by welcoming researchers, experts, and practitioners to share knowledge, explore ideas, and engage in a rich exchange of insights on how design, innovation, and societal development can lead us toward […]

  • Call for entries: Good Design Award 2025

    Tokyo , Japan

    GOOD DESIGN AWARD is a social movement to make people's lives, industries, and society more well-off through design. Since its start in 1957, it has gained widespread support along with its logo G Mark. GOOD DESIGN AWARD is for products, architecture, software, systems, and services that are relevant to people. Whether visible or invisible, anything […]

  • BLT Built Design Awards

    Zurich , Switzerland

    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

  • Call for Entries: DDP Design Fair 2025

    Seoul , Korea, Republic of

    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 […]

  • Design March

    Reykjavik (Iceland) Reykjavik, Iceland

    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

    Gulf of Tigullio Gulf of Tigullio (Portofino Coast), Italy

    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 […]

  • Salone del Mobile Milano 2025

    Milano (Italy) Milano, Italy

    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 […]

  • Shenzhen & Milan Lifestyle Week

    Milan , Italy

    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, […]

  • Designverse Awards 2025-2026

    Shanghai , China

    Designverse Awards is the world’s first design ecosystem big data research award, dedicated to honoring design institutions, enterprises, organizations, and individuals that have made outstanding contributions to the greater design industry chain in the fields of space design (architecture, landscape, interior, technical consultancy, professional consultancy, specialized consultancy), product design (product design, product branding), and social […]

  • Designing Sound: Impact of Audio in Design

    Online

    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

  • Call for entries: Don Norman Design Awards 2025

    Online

    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 25 Opening Ceremony

    Hong Kong SAR , Hong Kong

    “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 […]

  • 2025 Big International Design Competition – “Public space design Project 2”

    Busan , Korea, Republic of

    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, […]

  • Sustainable Design Forum & Awards 2025

    Crypt on the Green Clerkenwell, United Kingdom

    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 […]