Call for papers: 2025 International Art and Design Doctoral Forum
2025-12-17 | Beijing, China
The 2025 International Art and Design Doctoral Forum, hosted by the Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University, invites paper submissions from doctoral researchers worldwide. Under the theme “Integration and Co-creation: Global and Cross-Cultural Art,” the forum fosters interdisciplinary exchange, creative inquiry, and collaboration to explore emerging paradigms in art and design across global contexts.
Submission deadline: Nov. 20, 2025.
Learn more: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/bHvjrh1MKT7BPZ-A92YC-Q
WDO Member: Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University

"Design Futures: Shared Vision" 2025 International Summer Program
2025-06-29 - 2025-07-13
Design Futures: Shared Vision 2025 International Summer Program of the Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University focuses on three key directions: Smart Aerospace, Smart Creation, and Smart Living, exploring the deep integration of technology and humanities, aiming to develop innovative solutions by integrating cutting-edge technologies. The program invites young student teams to submit creative proposals. The chosen teams will be invited to China for a two-week workshop program.
Website: http://www.ati-tsinghua.com.cn/en/summerschool.html
WDO Member: Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University

Design Futures: Shared Vision 2024 - International Summer Program
2024-08-17 - 2024-08-31
The program will openly solicit activity proposals online, and student teams from around the world need to submit project proposals related to the aforementioned topics. Through online voting, expert selection, and other steps, 50 students and 10-15 outstanding proposals will be selected. The student teams with outstanding proposals will be invited to Tsinghua University to participate in a two-week workshop.

WDO Member: Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University

Tsinghua University “Design+” Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition
2024-04-27 - 2024-11-01
The competition is themed on “Design Futures, Empower Youth” and explores innovative opportunities in areas such as future products and services, future spaces and environments, future arts and fashion, future health and well-being, future tourism and cultural creativity, future science popularization and education. It focuses on new industries, new models, and new momentum driven by design innovation, with an emphasis on cultivating strategic designers and chief design officers of the future.
WDO Member: Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University

DESIGN BEIJING
2022-09-26 - 2022-09-28
The 5th edition of Design China Beijing will come back with an exciting new format which well combines the Exhibition with a Sustainable Design Summit. Design China Beijing brings together our community, contacts, sponsors and connections to create a truly inspiring event that promotes both change and commercial opportunities for our community of visitors and exhibitors.
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SUSTAINABLE: DIGITAL · DIVERSE · SECURE
2022-07-07 - 2022-07-10
The theme of IXDC2022 is “Sustainable”, and the key dimensions of “Digital”, “Diverse” and “Secure” will be used to explore the sustainable development of interconnectedness and coexistence of goodwill.
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WDO Member: International Experience Design Conference (IxDC)

FUTURE DESIGN NIGHT
2020-12-26
TheFutureLab is a Design Education Lab using UNSDGs to promote Sustainable Design in China. 10 days to go we will be hosting our Annual Community Event, our biggest design event year around and this time we are sponsored by Beijing City of Design Development CO. We will be launching our innovation model as the 1st Design Education LivingLab in Beijing and celebrate this special moment with our community members. This is an open event so feel free to drop in if you are in Beijing!
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BEIJING DESIGN WEEK
2019-09-23 - 2019-09-30
Beijing Design Week is an annual event that aims to raise public design awareness as well as to help develop stronger design infrastructure and discourse in Beijing. The event is composed by an opening and award ceremony, forum, guest city activities, design fair, design hop, and design copyright service.
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