James Dyson Award 2017
The 2017 James Dyson Award is now open for entries. Each year James and his team of engineers and scientists hunt for solutions to real world problems. The brief is simple: design something that solves a problem, big or small.
Design Competitions
Hida Furniture Award 2017
The 2017 Hida Furniture Award is now open for submissions. The competition invites participants to create new wood products that utilize Japanese domestic lumber and Hida's wood techniques, with the aim of commercialization.
Aiap Women in Design Award 2017
Nominations are now open for the 2017 Aiap Women in Design Award. The Award aims to reward and recognize the contribution made by women within the visual design industry.
Lovie Awards 2017
The final entry deadline for the 7th Annual Lovie Awards is June 9, 2017. The Lovie Awards is the only pan-European awards organisation to honour the full breadth of the European Internet, including Websites, Online Advertising, Internet Video, Mobile Sites, Apps & Podcasts and Social.
10th Taipei International Design Award
The 2017 Taipei International Design Award is now open for submissions. Organized by Taipei City Government, the competition invites designers around the globe to create design works with commercial potential.
Future Food Design Awards 2017
The award is the foremost international prize intended to encourage and highlight innovative and disruptive designs for sustainable future food.
UIA HYP Cup 2017
The 2017 UIA HYP Cup International Student Competition is now open for submissions.
INFINITI Green Factor Design Contest
INFINITI's Green Factor Design Contest challenges designers to create a chair + stool or an armchair + table made from 100% recyclable materials.
Young Guns 15
Young Guns 15, the global competition that shines a spotlight on creative superstars 30 years of age and under, is now open for submissions.
hOUR City Student Competition
Around the world, rural, suburban, and isolated urban communities are left behind by the global economy. The Van Alen Institute is seeking ideas to better connect these areas to the social and economic opportunities in cities.
PATH Global Design Challenge
PATH, in partnership with Autodesk, has launched a design challenge that asks participants to design the exterior of an innovative and life-saving infusion pump that functions without electricity.
GRAY Awards 2017
The GRAY Awards is the first program to celebrate design exclusively from Washington, Oregon and British Columbia and will recognize the "Best Of" across 10 categories including interiors, architecture, fashion, and design.
2017 Siggraph Conference
Scholars, innovators and creative practitioners in existing or emerging disciplines within computer graphics and interactive techniques are invited to share their expertise and unique technical and creative innovations.
The Cambridge to Oxford Connection
The Cambridge to Oxford Connection, a free-to-enter, two-stage ideas competition, is seeking forward-thinking, imaginative proposals to integrate sustainable placemaking with development and new infrastructure.
Warsaw Central Square Competition
The objective of the competition is to select the best urban-architectural-landscape concept for the Central Square in terms of program, space, function, and architecture.
Planetarium: The Experience of Space
Eleven Magazine has launched its sixth international architecture competition to design a Planetarium of the future.
IIDA Healthcare Interior Design Competition 6
The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) is calling for entries for its 6th annual Healthcare Interior Design Competition. This competition honors and celebrates outstanding originality and excellence in the design and furnishings of healthcare interior spaces.
Extreme Tech Challenge 2018
A preeminent competition that propels startups to the frontier of innovation, Extreme Tech Challenge (XTC), is now open for applications.
Luminothérapie 2018-2019
Submissions are now open for the 2018-2019 Luminothérapie competition. The aim of this multidisciplinary competition is to enhance the public space and bring it to life with participatory works and architectural video projections.
The Bench 2017
The Bench is an idea based design competition open to all ages and backgrounds. The challenge of the competition is to design and install a temporary structure on a street to transform the street environment to a form of public space.
Making Policy Public 2017
CUP seeks designers and visual artists with an interest in public policy who will bring unique visual solutions to the design challenges presented by communicating complex issues. Teams are encouraged to apply.
What Design Can Do Climate Action Challenge
The Climate Action Challenge is an initiative by Amsterdam-based design platform What Design Can Do. There are different tracks and awards for students, creative professionals, and start-ups.
Kokuyo Design Award 2017
Submissions are now open for the 2017 Kokuyo Design Award. The competition was established in 2002, inviting innovative and ingenious ideas that will contribute to the creation of user-oriented products.
Clandon Park International Design Competition
The National Trust recently announced a global search for a world-class multi-disciplinary design team to restore and renew Clandon Park, its 18th-century Palladian house, which suffered a major fire in April 2015.
Design Exchange Emerging Designer Competition 2017
This exciting national competition seeks to provide an unparalleled opportunity for emerging Canadian designers to gain recognition and exposure, while celebrating the immense and diverse design talent in Canada.
WAF Architecture Drawing Prize
The WAF Architecture Drawing Prize will recognize the continuing importance of hand drawing, whilst also embracing the creative use of digitally produced renderings.
Riverside Urban Hackathon 2017
The #RUH17 challenge is to create new and engaging tools & experiences for tourism in downtown Riverside, CA.
Communication Arts 2018 Typography Competition
Communication Arts is calling for entries for the 8th annual Typography Competition. The competition celebrates the best use of typography as the primary visual element in design and advertising, plus new typeface designs, calligraphy and handlettering.
15th Pure Talents Contest
imm cologne's 15th Pure Talents Contest is now open for submissions. The internationally renowned competition provides a career springboard for many young designers.
2018 Better Philadelphia Challenge
The 2018 Better Philadelphia Challenge is now open for registration. The Center / Architecture + Design seeks creative concepts for what a new 'Parkway' could be in a dense and developed 21st century city, connecting neighborhoods with nearby natural and cultural resources.
