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Until 24 March 2023, the Shenzhen Global Design Award is calling for entries in 4 categories: Urban Design, Fashion Design, Digital Design and Communication Design under the theme “Global Design, Shenzhen Energy.”
Shenzhen, a UNESCO Creative City of Design, is organizing the Shenzhen Design Award (SDA) 2023, an international design competition aimed at recognizing and rewarding the most cutting-edge designers across the world whose projects showcase creativity, foresight, vision and influence. In addition, it provides the international...
On 17 December, Wuhan, a UNESCO Creative City of Design, in collaboration with fellow Creative Cities of Curitiba and Querétaro, hosted the Award Ceremony of the “Street Design International Challenge 2022”. The competition, which involved teams from 11 Creative Cities, awarded 6 projects reimagining a peri-urban street through biophilic design.
The winners of the competition came from the five Creative Cities of Wuhan, Curitiba, Belo Horizonte, Montreal and Chordeleg. The competition, which aimed to promote new ways of thinking about urban...
Shenzhen, a UNESCO Creative City of Design, just launched the 5th edition of the Shenzhen Design Award for Young Talents (SDAY), an international design competition for young designers under 35 years old. The online registration is open until 31 December 2022 for design professionals and students from UNESCO Creative Cities wishing to showcase their creativity and innovation in the field of sustainable design.
Sponsored by the Shenzhen Innovation & Creative Design Development Office, the SDAY is organised by the Shenzhen Culture,...
On 15 September, Dubai, a UNESCO Creative City of Design since 2017, initiated a series of webinars exploring the potential of creative economy in stimulating growth and innovation, notably in urban settings.
The first webinar, organized in collaboration with Dubai Culture and Art Authority brought together 14 Creative Cities, such as Asahikawa, Bandung, Bangkok, Cebu City, Doha, Istanbul, Kortrijk, Montreal, Querétaro, Saint-Etienne, Seoul and Whanganui. Under the theme “Creative Economy: a stimulate for growth, innovation and culture”,...
From 15 to 18 September, Shanghai, a UNESCO Creative City of Design since 2010, will organize its first World Design Cities Conference (WDCC). The 2022 edition will cover 100 city-wide activities revolving its global theme “Vision in Perspective”. Participation will be available both on-site and online.
As a flagship event of the Conference, the Creative Cities of Design Summit will be held on 15 September. With the participation of mayors from Creative Cities of Design and other relevant stakeholders from the design sector, this Summit is...
The “Street Design International Challenge 2022 - Biophilic Edition”, a collaborative initiative led by Creative Cities of Design of Curitiba, Querétaro and Wuhan, is currently open. Interested eligible participants are invited to complete their registration by 18 September.
Taking place from 12 to 14 November, the “Street Design Challenge 2022” is a two-day competition for university students to share their visions on how public space design can improve the quality of life in the communities. In this year’s edition, students will be...
On 21 March, Seoul (Republic of Korea), a UNESCO Creative City of Design, hosted the 3rd edition of its Human City Design Award, in collaboration with 3 other Creative Cities of Design: Singapore (Singapore), Nagoya (Japan) and Saint-Etienne (France).
The Human City Design Award celebrates designers, from all over the world, whose innovative and creative design work aims to solve complex problems of our daily life, by providing urban solutions and sustainable visions for the future. This year, ten participants, from...
Bilbao (Spain), a UNESCO Creative City of Design is hosting the 8th edition of the BIAAF (Bilbao International Art & Fashion) international competition for emerging fashion designers, counting participants from over 30 UNESCO Creative Cities, such as Dubai, Berlin, Shanghai, Sidney, Mexico City or Tel Aviv, among many others.
For over 12 years, BIAAF has been devoted to discovering, supporting and promoting emerging fashion designers, nurturing talented, innovative and radically creative potential from all over the world through its...
Seoul (Republic of Korea), a UNESCO Creative City of Design since 2010, launched the call for the third edition of the Human City Design Award.
With the aim of building a more sustainable urban ecosystem and celebrating designers that use creative design to address complex urban environment problems, Seoul in cooperation with the Seoul Design Foundation launched the international Human City Design Award in 2019. This year, for its third edition, the Award aims to bring forth creative solutions to the COVID-19 pandemic.
From 1 September to 31...
To highlight design’s transformative potential in development, Graz (Austria), a UNESCO Creative City of Design, has launched the “Design Month Graz”. The initiative aims to provide insights into various creative disciplines, while connecting design creators to share their projects and ideas with each other. Building on joint reflection, the initiative will offer a space for innovative projects to promote the significance and perception of design as a revitalizing power in local sustainable development.
From 8 May to 6 June...