Biotik Design: From Emergence to Regeneration
Bilbao Bizkaia Design Week (BBDW) is an annual initiative led by the City of Bilbao and the Provincial Council of Bizkaia to promote the creative industries as a driver of economic development and international visibility. Since 2014, it has brought together professionals, organizations, students, institutions, and the general public to explore the role of design in shaping a better future.
This edition is committed to consolidating a radical paradigm: from design as a tool for consumption to design as a means to make life easier. In the face of an unprecedented eco-social crisis, sustainability is no longer enough: it is urgent to regenerate. It is no longer possible to sustain human activity without first healing, restoring, and revitalising the ecosystems – human and natural – of which we are a part of, and on which our existence depends.
In the face of an adverse present, we are invited to imagine and build fertile futures; to work from interdependence and to activate processes that care for, repair and restore value to the environment. Promoting life is not a design trend, but a responsibility that also opens an opportunity. We propose to transform emergency into possibility.
BBDW25 will include a wide range of activities that connect different sectors and communities. Highlights include:
- BBDW Laborategia: a collaborative workshop where design students from local universities will work in multidisciplinary teams to respond to real challenges proposed by the City Council’s Health and Consumer Department.
- Urban Action: A public intervention in the city that invites citizens to reflect and engage with the theme of regeneration.
- Opening Event on 20 November at the Ensanche Building, the central hub of BBDW25.
- Closing Event on 28 November.
- Curated Programme: Activities proposed by invited organisations with a strong connection to design week and a commitment to the edition’s theme.
BBDW25 aims to inspire collective reflection and action through design, encouraging collaboration across disciplines and promoting design as a tool for positive change.
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