THE PROJECT NEXT GEN DESIGN BRINGS TOGETHER 5 BIG INTERNATIONAL DESIGN PLATFORMS AND ANNUAL FESTIVALS

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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Our Festival Network

Design festivals on green and sustainable design, in 5 European cities: Barcelona Design Week, Vienna Design Week, Skopje Design Week, What Design Can Do Conference in Amsterdam and Mikser Festival in Belgrade.

Knowledge hub

Crafting the Future: The Evolution of Bosnian ZANAT

Walking the Talk: Making Circular Design a Reality

Opening Ceremony – Mikser Talks 2024: Designs at the Forefront of Circular Transition

PIAO CHAIR

PINWU Design Studio / Zhang Lei, Christoph John, Jovana Zhang, - CHINA, GERMANY, SERBIA

News

Women Creating the Future of Design

On Friday, September 20, 2024, 16:00-19:00 CEST at designforum Wien, the Austrian interest association and knowledge centre designaustria is hosting a networking event about gender balance in the design industries.

Global Creative Graduate Showcase 2024

We are thrilled to share with you the Global Creative Graduate Showcase 2024, celebrating its 5th Anniversary with an exciting collaboration between Arts Thread, WGSN, and Coloro. This competition is open to all undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate art and design students who have graduated between September 2023 and August 2024.

Next Gen Kids at Mikser Festival: Urban Spaces Through Children’s Eyes

Imagine a city where every child’s voice is heard, where their ideas shape the spaces they play, learn, and grow in. This vision came to life at the Mikser Festival through the innovative “Designathon workshop: How to improve the space for free time using circular design?” workshop, part of the Next Gen Design program at […]

Mikser Festival’s Circular Design Master Class: Fostering Sustainability and Creativity in Belgrade

On May 24, 2024, the Mikser Festival in Belgrade played host to the first out of five engaging and transformative Next Gen master class. On this specific occasion the topic was Circular Design and the class was led by the Professor Jelena Matić from the Faculty of Forestry in Serbia. The event brought together 16 […]