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The project offers informal training to young designers in the form of masterclasses, residencies and a range of promotional and educational activities for the design sector and general audience in order to raise awareness on designer’s and consumer’s responsibility in the context of the Green Deal.
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Next Gen Design Residency Award Winners 2025 Announced at Skopje Design Week
Marking the culmination of one of the most dynamic phases of the Next Gen Design program, the winners of the Next Gen Design Residency Award were announced during a hybrid award ceremony hosted by Skopje Design Week. Following the open call and selection for the Next Gen Design exhibition by a world-renowned international jury—including Birgit […]
NEXT GEN DESIGN Vienna 2025: A Celebration of Inclusive,Circular, and Collaborative Design
NEXT GEN DESIGN 2025 in Vienna drew hundreds of visitors to designforum Wien, where theyexplored the winning projects, met the designers in person, and joined guided tours during VIENNADESIGN WEEK and ORF Long Night of Museums. The exhibition offered a unique opportunity toexperience Europe’s next generation of changemakers in action that sparks conversation about asustainable future. From 26 September to […]
NEXT GEN RESIDENCY AT WDCD IN AMSTERDAM
In the week of 2-6 June ten young designers and winners of the NEXT GEN DESIGN 2025 competition ‘ Resign Tomorrow, Today’ were invited to join a week-long residency hosted by What Design Can Do in Amsterdam where they took a deep dive into the world of circular fashion, aligning with Amsterdam’s muncipality goal to […]
Save the date: 07-17.10.2025 BARCELONA DESIGN WEEK
This October, we celebrate 20 editions of BDW! From October 7 to 17, Barcelona will once again become the epicentre of creativity. Under the theme “Design for Human Future”, this special edition will focus on Creative Resilience, the concept that will guide the reflections and activities of BDW 2025. Creative Resilience is the ability to face adversity with intelligence and creativity, […]