UNESCO | News
The UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN) released the results of the 2021 Call for Applications. Subsequent to the evaluation process, the Director General of UNESCO…
Graz | Call
If you are ready to share in-depth project insights and explain your problem-solving journey from real-world UX challenges, or even your future visions for UX, then you might…
Cape Town | Call, News
The RE:SOLVE Challenge is a unique combination of learning programme, incubator, and grant fund, which calls on South African entrepreneurs to help unlock new, or…
Cape Town | News
The annual #cocreateDESIGN FESTIVAL is a public event hosted in Cape Town that gathers together a diverse range of people, who may not often or easily…
Bilbao | Call
Our International Fashion Design Contest is targeted at emerging designers from all over the world aged 18 to 35 and counts with the support and…
Singapore | Conference
In Dialogue: Commissioning & Curating International Exhibitions is a hybrid participatory dialogue led in collaboration by the teams behind the Singapore and the British Pavilions…
12 - 14 Oct 2021 | Geelong | Event
Geelong, Australia’s only City of Design, will host the annual UNESCO Cities of Design Subnetwork meeting from 12-14 October 2021. This compelling 3-day program explores…
Seoul | Award, Call
In 2018, Seoul City declared itself the “Human City Design Seoul.” The Human City Design Seoul Declaration pursues the common goal of a sustainable urban…
Wuhan | Call
After lots of planning, Curitiba, Wuhan and Querétaro are proud to announce that the registration for the 2021 International Street Design Challenge is now open!…
Cape Town | Project
The Cape Skills and Employment Accelerator Project is a two-year project which is focused on the Cape Town design sector with the goal of creating…
01 Mar 2021 - 31 Mar 2022 | Cape Town | Event
The annual NEXT21Trade Exhibition is an export development initiative of the Craft and Design Institute (CDI). It is a showcase that reveals the latest furniture,…
Construction of Africa’s first school dedicated to design thinking located at the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) middle campus has been underway, with plans for…
Graz | News
Edited by: Sigrid Bürstmayr and Karl Stocker With contributions of: Paul Draus, Breathe Earth Collective, Burcin Cem Arabacıoğlu, Ayşen Ciravoğlu, Ciğdem Polatoğlu, Paulina Cornejo Moreno Valle and…
CIS | News
Help the UNESCO Design Cities Network to create a database of new projects happening in your cities in response to COVID-19 that support design innovation…
17 - 27 Mar 2022 | Geelong | Event
Geelong Design Week will return in March 2022 with the theme Taur which means ‘belonging’ in the Indigenous language of the Wadawurrung people, Traditional Owners…
06 Apr - 31 Jul 2022 | Saint-Etienne | Event
Driven by the city of Saint-Étienne, the only UNESCO Creative City of Design in France, and by Saint-Etienne Metropolitan Government, the Biennale Internationale Design Saint-Etienne,…
25 Jun - 03 Jul 2022 | Bilbao | Event
We have recently lived through extraordinary times where design in many forms has been necessary to counter the enormous problems we have faced and continue…
01 Nov - 01 Dec 2021 | Bandung | Event
“Excavate: Mapping The Commons Across The Spectrum” The first Bandung Design Biennale (BDB) was held in 2017, by a group of design professionals, scholars and…
15 Oct - 14 Nov 2021 | Kortrijk | Event
PLEASE, HAVE A SEAT is a new concept by the Biennale Interieur. A new, live platform for brands, designers and public, putting the act of seating…
01 - 12 Nov 2021 | Wuhan | Event
This year, Wuhan City of Design will host the Wuhan Design Day 2021 & The Sixth Wuhan Design Biennale from 1 November to 12 November…
01 - 02 Nov 2021 | Wuhan | Event
As part of the activities for the Wuhan Design Day 2021 & Sixth Wuhan Design Biennale (01-12 November 2021), the Wuhan Creative Cities Roundtable Conference will celebrate its fourth…
08 Sep - 31 Oct 2021 | Torino | Event
The Torino Design Weeks will be back from mid-September to the end of October with a calendar full of events, currently being defined. The project…
29 - 30 Sep 2021 | Bandung | Event
“Fostering Creative Economy for Sustainable Development” ICON-ARCCADE was initiated at the Faculty of Art & Design ITB (the oldest higher education institution for art &…
01 - 30 Sep 2021 | Detroit | Event
Today, Detroit designers are focusing on the future, creating solutions to complex problems, and accelerating our transition into a better world. 2020 changed how we…
17 - 19 Jun 2021 | Torino | Event
HUMANIZING TECHNOLOGY Circolo del Design – Turin, with the aim of feeding and promoting the design culture through projects with territorial impact, and cultural and…
08 May - 06 Jun 2021 | Graz | Event
Design Month Graz gives insights into various creative disciplines and points of contact to the most diverse designers. Events such as exhibitions, workshops or lectures…
14 - 30 May 2021 | Torino | Event
Graphic Days® presents Eyes On the Netherlands: Torino (IT) hosts a selection of the best Dutch and European visual design projects. From May 14th to…
27 May 2021 | Torino | Event
Online Event – Edwin Jakobs, RNDR Thursday, May 27 2021, 5.00 – 5.45 P.M. Edwin Jakobs, one of the founding partners of a studio for…
26 May 2021 | Torino | Event
Online Event moderated by Nikki Gonnissen with Thomas Widdershoven, Pepijn Zurburg and Yuri Veerman Wednesday, May 26 2021, 5.00 – 5.45 P.M. How can a…
25 May 2021 | Cape Town | Event
The 2021 TUMI Global Conference focused on “Solutions in urban mobility leading to a Green Recovery from the COVID pandemic”. The conference sought to host…
21 May 2021 | Singapore | Event
The DesignSingapore Council and Urban Redevelopment Authority are co-commissioning the Singapore presentation at the 17th International Architecture Exhibition of the Venice Biennale which will run…
20 May 2021 | Torino | Event
Online Event – Studio Dumbar Thursday, May 20 2021, 5.00 – 5.45 P.M. Liza Enebeis, the Creative Director of Studio Dumbar will introduce this Online…