Biodesign Challenge is a global student competition that is shaping the first generation of biodesigners.

BDC bridges art, design, and biology to create a new generation of creators—called biodesigners—who cross disciplines, anticipate promises and pitfalls, engage the public, and innovate.

Join an international competition and education program for high schools and universities that introduces students to the intersections of biotechnology, art, and design.

Learn more about Biodesign Challenge

Early Registration Deadline: September 25, 2024

The #HONORTalents Global Design Awards 2024 is now open for submissions! It aims to mobilize the resources of the HONOR brand to support, empower, and incubate more creative forces, showcasing their ability to create unique designs.

Submit your work before September 30th for a chance to share in a total prize of over $116,000, exhibition opportunities, and application of the work in HONOR product design.

Details on the contest can be found at this link: https://www.honor.com/global/honor-talents/global-design-awards/.

Cumulus Student Ambassador Program is a selective merit-based initiative that rewards exceptional student talent from the Cumulus community, student ambassadors are global envoys of exceptional talent that represent their institutions in Cumulus conferences.

Samantha- Erly NI and Yuejia Wang represented CAFA during the Cumulus conference Budapest 2024.
Learn more about the ambassadors here.

Are you ready to push the boundaries of your creativity and showcase your design expertise? Domus Academy invites all Cumulus Member Institutions and their design students to develop projects to participate in the UNFOLD project competition centred around the theme REAFFIRM DESIGN://reframing design impact.

While the competition is primarily open to Cumulus members, other design institutions are also encouraged to explore this thought-provoking theme and take part.
The UNFOLD competition will culminate in a 1-day conference and exhibition during Milan Design Week 2025, where students from selected schools will have the opportunity to showcase prototypes and take part in a talk/presentation session discussing their projects.

Read more here CALL FOR PARTICIPATION_UNFOLD_2025

Kyushu University would like to present this year’s award theme “Let’s Create Sustainable Design for FOOD!”

“Food” is indispensable for life.
What can we do to ensure life continues to exist through our eating and food practices?
Food is essential for humans and animals to exist.
We are seeking designs to address social problems that deal with food, such as preserving its culture and ensuring access and sustainable production.

Application Period:
August 1 – September 30, 2024, Japan Time

Prize
Theme 1: Let’s Create Sustainable Design for FOOD!
Gold Award　300,000 yen
Silver Award　100,000 yen
Bronze Award　50,000 yen

Theme 2: Let’s Create Sustainable Design for FOOD with the Companies!
Corporate Awards 50,000 yen each

For more information, please refer to SDGs Design International Awards.
https://www.sdgs.design.kyushu-u.ac.jp/awards/english/

Inquires:
SDGs Design Unit
Email: [email protected]

Attachment: Flyer of SDGs Design International Awards 2024 (PDF) SDGsDesignAwards2024

Call for Proposals: ‘Cultures of Care’ – Imagining Care through Design: Open Electives 2024 from 09th to 20th December 2024 of NID, Ahmedabad

The Annual Open Electives organised by National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad, India (with campuses in Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, & Bengaluru) will be held this year from the 09th to 20th December 2024 in on-campus / offline mode for the second-year Bachelors students and first-year Masters students of NID at its Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, and Bengaluru campuses.

The primary theme for this year’s Open Elective 2024 is ‘Cultures of Care’- Imagining Care through Design, and we hope that practitioners from various domains will resonate with the idea and send proposals. It is an invitation to explore creative responses on the theme of Care and its interpretations from practitioners across various domains. The elective is envisaged as a trans-disciplinary space where varied vantage points, knowledge systems, philosophies, expertise, inquiries, curiosities and practices converge towards a holistic deliberation on Cultures of Care.

Proposals may be submitted latest by August 15, 2024 and interested faculty members may visit http://openelective.nid.edu/ for detailed information. For further assistance, the Open Elective Team can be contacted on [email protected].

PhD Service Design for Public Sector
Open Call: 9 PhD Positions
Apply by 20 June

From today to 20 June 2024 you can apply to the doctoral program Service Design for Public Sector. This year we have a total of 9 open positions, of which 7 with scholarship.

Detailed call for applications at https://phd.uniroma1.it/web/concorso40.aspx?s=&i=3972&m=&l=EN&p=&a=
Presentation of the doctoral programme at https://phd.uniroma1.it/web/SERVICE-DESIGN-FOR-PUBLIC-SECTOR_nD3972_EN.aspx

The nature of the PhD program is associated with the purpose of collaborating with seven academic partners:
– Sapienza University of Rome (Rome);
– Politecnico di Milano (Milan);
– ⁠IUAV University of Venice (Venice);
– University of Bologna Alma Mater (Bologna);
– Isia Rome (Rome);
– Isia Florence (Florence);
– Universitas Mercatorum (Rome);
– L’École de design Nantes Atlantique (Nantes).

The PhD program is also involving international professors from:
– University of Arts London
– Central Saint Martins – UK;
– ⁠University of Lapland – Finland;
– ⁠Aalborg University – Denmark;
– KISD Köln International School of Design – Germany
– TU Delft – Holland.

The Associated PhD in Service Design for the Public Sector (SDPS) aims to train highly qualified professionals to respond to the innovation process in the public sector, particularly in Public Administrations (PAs).

It focuses on the thematic axes of digital transition, ecological transition, public engagement, and health society, which encompass all citizen services through participation, awareness, and sharing, with the goal of improving the quality of social contexts.

The PhD program is based on the scientific production of Service Design, at the interdisciplinary convergence of design, psychology, management and engineering, computer science, social sciences, and policy-making.

The doctoral program focuses on two main areas: the digital transition and the ecological transition, which involve all citizen services through processes of participation, awareness, and sharing, with the goal of improving social contexts. Specifically, the Doctorate is developed along four thematic axes:
– the green transition;
– ⁠the digital transition;
– public engagement;
– ⁠the health society and healthcare services.

A new PhD course at AAU Create, titled “Integrating design, mindfulness practices and arts-based research to foster pathways towards sustainable futures”.

This PhD course originates at the intersection of several disciplines and is targeted towards PhD students in design, architecture, planning, arts, aesthetics, culture studies, psychology, sustainability studies, and related research areas interested in exploring the integration of design methods with arts-based practices and mindfulness practices for sustainability.

Within this course, we will journey through two experimental days containing moments of arts-based co-creation, sound-driven future visioning, yoga and breathing sessions to explore how these practices can be weaved into traditional design methods and frameworks to support sustainable transformation.

Link to learn more and register: https://phdcourses.dk/Course/110349

Practical details:
Date: 16 – 17 September 2024
Place: Aalborg University in Copenhagen, Denmark (in-person)
Registration deadline: 26 August 2024
ECTS: 2
No. of participants: 30

Organizers: Luca Simeone (Assoc. Prof. Aalborg University), Lea Holst Laursen (Assoc. Prof. Aalborg University), Rike Neuhoff (Postdoc Aalborg University), Olivia Harre (Postdoc Aalborg University)
Lecturers: Melanie Sarantou (Professor Kyushu University), Christine Wamsler (Professor Lund University), Juliana Restrepo-Giraldo (PhD Fellow Malmö University and Linnaeus University), Max Liljefors (Professor Lund University)

7th Alpavirama International Youth Film Festival by NID-Call for submissions

7th edition of the Alpavirama International Youth Film Festival will be held from October 15-19, 2024. This year, the festival’s theme is ‘Reflected Realities,’ a portrait of reality through the lens of young filmmakers across the globe.

Alpavirama (“comma” in Sanskrit), International Youth Film Festival of short films, documentaries, and audiophiles celebrating the works of young filmmakers across the globe, is organized biennially by the Film and Video Discipline of NID, Ahmedabad, since 2011. The competition section is open to only young filmmakers (under 30), making it a unique film festival in India. Masterclasses, workshops, seminars, and exhibitions are also organized during the festival.

For more details, modalities, queries regarding the festival, kindly visit https://alpavirama.nid.edu/ or write to [email protected].

Last date of making submissions is May 25, 2024.

Team FTC 2025 invites entries for the “Functional Clothing Contest” to be held as part of the 4th International Conference on Functional Textiles and Clothing FTC2025. This unique contest aims to showcase functional clothing on the catwalk for the first time. Functional clothing could be Protective, Medical or Assistive, may enhance Sports performance or may have body shaping or any other capabilities. The functional elements should be discreet and not obvious. Innovative design, materials and construction may be used to create these clothing pieces. This contest aims to both demonstrate the possibilities of this new and exciting field and to encourage contestants to think and design creatively to incorporate functionality into clothing. Participation schedule:

Submission of Concept (By 15th September 2024)
Each entry must be accompanied by a Forwarding letter from the Head of Department.
Conveyance of Short-listed concepts : 15thof October 2024
Registration by the participants for participating in the show: 1st November 2024
Final Show: Demonstration of the final garment on the ramp (8th February 2025)
Short-listed contestants will be required to display their functional clothing live and in person at FTC 2025. Designs must be worn by a team-member/end-user who will demonstrate the ease-of-use and functionality of the clothing, while showing their design on the catwalk.

Prizes
Best three entries will be awarded cash prizes and a certificate.
Selected entries will be published in conference proceedings brought out by Springer.
All teams will get a certificate of participation.

Read all the competition rules and guidelines at https://ftcconference.in/index.html

Call for participation and entry – until 18th April 2024

To all Art & Design higher Schools and Academies in higher education, in EU countries, as well as Third countries from the list of participating countries.

EUROFABRIQUE ART CAMP

From 23 to 27 September 2024 during the XXIII Cerveira International Art Biennial, the Cerveira Art Biennial Foundation (FBAC) will host the third EuroFabrique Camp, comprised of workshops, walks, field work, lectures, masterclasses, screenings and art production, led by professionals in the field of art, curatorial practices and political and social activism.

Cerveira Art Biennial Foundation is inviting ten art and design schools, each proposing three participants, totalling 30 students to attend the EuroFabrique Art Camp in Cerveira from 23 to 27 September 2024.

The three students should be endorsed by the school and proposed by a teacher, who is welcome to accompany the group as an observer, travelling by their own means. In the opening days of the Art Camp, groups will be formed in order to mix participating students from each school.

Read the full text of the call here EUROFABRIQUE ART CAMP CERVEIRA OPEN CALL

The New School, home of Parsons School of Design, is pleased to announce a new opportunity for its global network. We have curated a selection of non-credit courses and certificates in art, design, and fashion that we are offering for student groups in our art and design academic network. These offerings equip students with specialized knowledge and practical skills, and they can be an ideal complement to your institution’s curriculum. Courses are delivered online and asynchronously, led by Parsons faculty who are trailblazers in their fields. Please visit this webpage for more information, including discounted rates for cohorts of up to 18 students and group options for customized onsite immersions in New York City.

CALL FOR ENTRIES

Designing Healthy Future – Cumulus Green 2024
Design for healthy lives. Design for healthy planet.
Design for well-being for all at all ages.

We want to hear from you!
Be part of the Cumulus Global Student Community.

Cumulus Green 2024: Designing Healthy Future calls on all Cumulus students to submit your best work aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being) and a vision for a healthier future.

When the global resources are challenged and the climate change is upon us, we need contributions also from the art and design community. How can you apply your agency and creativity to ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages? To encourage healthy lifestyle, fight diseases and improve access to healthcare?

Submission Categories
Products, Services and Systems

Eligibility
Individual or Student Teams from Cumulus Member Institutions

Awards
Monetary Prizes, Honorary Mentions, International showcase of your work at the Cumulus Monterrey 2024 conference Design Across Borders: United in Creativity.

Extended Submission Deadline
June 23, 2024

Read CumulusGreen2024_call_for_entries.

Submission platform open at https://cumulusgreen.awardhub.org/.