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Hosted by WDO Promotional Member Design Council, the 34th World Design Congress and WDO General Assembly will take place in London (United Kingdom), some 50 years after the event was last hosted in the city in 1969. Set for 9-11 September 2025, the three-day event will gather the international design community and thought leaders from […]
WDO > Events CalendarMunich Creative Business Week 2025
Empowered by bayern design, the mcbw is the biggest design event in Germany and an important meeting point for the national and international creative and design industries. During its nine days, we annually bring together designers, design enthusiasts, companies, and students from all design-related fields and industries to promote interdisciplinary exchange and make the relevance […]
WDO > Events CalendarSalone del Mobile Milano 2025
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 […]
WDO > Events CalendarA.L.I.C.E. conference – Designing a Sustainable Future: Society 5.0 and Global Innovation
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 […]
WDO > Events CalendarCircular Design Summit 2025 Rethinking the Economy
The Circular Design Summit brings together leading minds from business, industry, and design, all united by a common vision: economic success in harmony with ecological sustainability. Discover how Circular Design – design for the circular economy – is driving the transformation of the economy and how you can be a part of this development. We […]
WDO > Events CalendarWDCD Live Delhi 2025
WDCD Live Delhi 2025, marks What Design Can Do’s South Asian debut, addressing climate action and social change. Hosted at the India Habitat Centre, the festival will gather designers and changemakers to explore regenerative solutions, community-driven design, and the role of emerging technologies. In partnership with Unbox Cultural Futures and The Design Village, the event […]
WDO > Events CalendarNairobi Design Week
Nairobi Design Week 2025 invites us to view ourselves through a profound lens: as ancestors. This theme encourages us to think about the legacy we are creating and the impact we have on future generations. It is a call to action for all designers, creatives, and artists, to contribute to a narrative that transcends time. […]
WDO > Events CalendarAuckland Design Week 2025: Chance + Change
Auckland Design Week is all about sparking collaboration, interaction, and the exchange of ideas within the design community – whilst also inspiring and educating design enthusiasts. Our curated programme is designed to foster creativity and innovation, with a focus on driving commercial growth across the design sector.
WDO > Events CalendarCall for entries: A’ Design Award and Competition
A’ Design Award became one of the World’s largest design accolade thanks to passionate and competent contributions of participants who have provided their feedback on new and original perspectives on how to make a better design award that serves the society. The active role played by the early participants, as well as its founders were […]
WDO > Events CalendarDesign Biennale Rotterdam: What’s Real is Unfamiliar
Despite being home to numerous talenteddesigners and notable design institutions such as Nieuwe Instituutand Huidenclub, there are currently no specific events dedicated solely to design. While Rotterdam hosts an architectural biennale and month, as well as Rotterdam Art Week and IFFR for Films, there is a clear gap in design. 10-day event taking place across […]
WDO > Events CalendarAhmedabad Design Week 2025
Design needs to be celebrated, for it is a gleaming testimony of the ability of human beings to translate thoughts into patterns which can be understood and forged into applications to further enhance lives of all species. Ahmedabad Design Week (ADW) is a global confluence of designers, thinkers, academicians, researchers, industry captains, and entrepreneurs who […]
WDO > Events CalendarDesignathon
Designathon is a hackathon aimed at designing innovative solutions to challenges through creative thinking focused on empowering people to encounter global challenges. The initiative brings together 500 interested participants to create a better environment and contribute to community development by forming collaborative teams. WDO Member: Architecture and Design Commission
WDO > Events CalendarMadrid Design Festival 2025
The eighth edition of the festival will once again make the city the focal point. An event where design displays its transformative power, best practices, initiatives and projects that reveal how design is an essential tool to address multiple challenges of a constantly changing society. Through its extensive programming, and under the theme Redesigning the […]
WDO > Events CalendarDesigner Day at Ambiente 2025
One of the highlights of this year’s consumer-goods fair is the Designer Day on 8 February especially for the Ambiente designer community – organised for the second time by Messe Frankfurt and for the first time in cooperation with the German Design Council. The programme includes inspiring talks, lectures and future perspectives, including on the […]
WDO > Events CalendarDESIGNDISCO LAB 2.0
DesignDisco Lab is an experimental, interdisciplinary charette that fosters socially and environmentally conscious innovation through collaboration. This four-day program brings together industry professionals and postgraduate students to rethink design education’s role in addressing global challenges, focusing on adaptive, future-forward solutions. ADVANCING THE FUTURE OF DESIGN EDUCATION TO DRIVE POSITIVE CHANGE Living in an age of […]
WDO > Events CalendarInternational News From the Field: Mexico and Brazil
The two largest recipients of foreign investment in Latin America, Brazil and Mexico, are poised for significant opportunities and GDP growth for 2025 as various industries show strength and resilience. For more industry intel and other tidbits, read on.
AMT > internationalStockholm Design Week 2025
February 3–9 2025, Stockholm Design Week invites all to a city buzzing with events, exhibitions and open showrooms. The design week welcomes professionals, industry insiders and the public from all over the world to participate in design events and product launches in the city – to meet, mingle and network. Our aim is to push […]
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