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  • World Interaction Design Day 2024

    Global event

    #IxDD is IxDA's annual event where we come together as a united global community to show how interaction design improves the human condition. Whether you're part of an IxDA local group, a company team, a small design community, or a larger organization, come together to celebrate creativity and innovation in our field. Theme Adding dimensions […]

  • C-IDEA DESIGN AWARD

    Global event

    The C-IDEA Design Award is an annual juried design competition. It aims to recognize and promote visionary talents in a wide array of categories ranging from communication design, industrial design, architecture, interior design, fashion design, and new media. The C-IDEA Design Award aims to recognize outstanding design with social value, excavate more farsighted, and responsible […]

  • RAUMPLUS SPACE PLUS MAKE LIFE EXCITING ACCESSORIES ORGANIZATION PRODUCT DESIGN COMPETITION

    Global event

    Jointly hosted by the high-end home brand in Europe, raumplus, and the international competition platform, Young Bird Plan, raumplus Space Plus Make Life Exciting Accessories Organization Product Design Competition, with focus on the design of organization products for jewelry, accessories, watches and perfumes, is open to all designers throughout the world. This competition aims to […]

  • WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DAY 2022

    Global event

    World Intellectual Property Day 2022 shines a light on the critical role of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the economy and how they can use intellectual property (IP) rights to build stronger, more competitive and resilient businesses. Website

  • The Red Dot Award: Product Design 2022

    Global event

    The Red Dot Award: Product Design is entering a new competition year. From 11 October 2021 to 11 February 2022, designers, design offices and manufacturers can once again enter their products and have an international jury assess their design quality. Entries can be made in one or several of the roughly 50 categories ranging from […]

  • 24TH INTERNATIONAL BICYCLE DESIGN COMPETITION (IBDC)

    Global event

    The 24th International Bicycle Design Competition (IBDC) is now open for submissions. This year, the theme of the competition is 'Intelligence, Sustainability, and Living from Heart.' With these three values, IBDC challenges entrants to create bicycles with intelligent technology, sustainable ideas, and sensible designs to provide people another option or style of transportation and living. […]

  • COMPETITION EURASIAN PRIZE 2021

    Global event

    The Festival supports such an interesting project as COMPETITION EURASIAN PRIZE 2021, the largest in the Eurasian area. The mission of the EURASIAN PRIZE is to discover, encourage and promote of concepts and projects, that answer our Festival slogan: INNOVATION FOR SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE FOR THE GOOD OF HUMANITY. The competitive program EURASIAN PRIZE brings together […]

  • NO WASTE CHALLENGE

    Global event

    What Design Can Do, in partnership with the IKEA Foundation, has launched 'No Waste Challenge' - asking designers and creatives everywhere to reduce waste and rethink consumerism. No Waste Challenge aims to tackle one of the most pressing issues of our time: waste. This global design competition calls on all creatives and innovators to submit […]

  • CLUE 5th EDITION: LIGHT & DISRUPTION

    Global event

    CLUE is a competition for students and professionals, that encourages the next generation in the industry to develop ground breaking lighting concepts.The competition, titled "Light & Disruption: Exploring the role of light in emergencies", will explore how light can help to prevent challenging situations and crisis or manage emergencies when they occur. In testing circumstances, […]

  • GLOBAL GOALS JAM 2019

    Global event

    The Global Goals Jam is a two day event consisting of short design sprints. Creative teams of designers, developers and Jammers from the local community work together using a tailored toolkit. Together, they will create interventions aimed at short term targets in support of the long term United Nations Development goals. Teams work in-between different […]

  • YOUNG BIRD PLAN MASCOT INTERNATIONAL DESIGN COMPETITION

    Global event

    Young Bird Plan, is an international competition platform for global design talents. With three key elements, viz. fabrication, mentor’s guidance and interdisciplinary jury, it is fast becoming a leading voice in global design fields like urban design, architecture design, product design, logo design, among others. This time, Young Bird Plan launches its own competition globally, […]

  • OCEAN PLASTIC INNOVATION CHALLENGE

    Global event

    The Ocean Plastic Innovation Challenge, organized by National Geographic and Sky Ocean Ventures, asks problem solvers from around the globe to develop novel solutions to tackle the world’s plastic waste crisis. The challenge is a one-year competition composed of three complementary tracks that will run simultaneously—Design, Circular Economy, and Data Visualization. Website