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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 at Barcelona Design Week 2026: from food waste to futures worth living
During Barcelona Design Week 2026, Next Gen Design brought together young European creatives, design professionals and wider audiences through a programme focused on experimentation, prototyping and exchange. Aligned with this year’s Barcelona Design Week theme, PRO-TEST: Prototyping & Testing, the programme combined an international design residency, two EDU Talks and the Barcelona stop of the […]
ANNOUNCING: The Winners of Next Gen Design Barcelona Residency 2026
Ten young European creatives, five teams and one challenge: turning food waste into design that sparks conversation and social impact. From 19 to 22 October, ten young designers from across Europe came together at IAAC / Fab Lab Barcelona for the Next Gen Design Barcelona Residency 2026, held during Barcelona Design Week and organised by […]
Winners NEXT GEN DESIGN Residency Eindhoven 2026
October 2026 · Eindhoven Five days inside the Evoluon: NEXT GEN DESIGN Residency Eindhoven names its winners Ten young European designers turned Next Nature Museum into their workspace during Dutch Design Week. Their brief: Sustainable Digital Futures. While hundreds of Dutch Design Week visitors walked through Next Nature Museum, part of the building quietly became […]
Bautopia x Next Gen Design: Brings Travelling Exhibition to Athens
As part of a unique convergence of Creative Europe-funded projects at Bautopia 2026, the Next Gen Design Travelling Exhibition Futures Worth Living was featured at Plex, Athens, on October 8th and 9th. The special showcase presented highlights from our Futures Worth Living exhibition, featuring innovative sustainable design concepts selected by an esteemed international jury. From […]