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

Bridging circularity and inclusion through repair

Period poverty and designing eco-friendly sanitary pads

Landless Food

Malu Lücking - HUNGARY

Thami Schweichler

Social Designer, Founder & CEO of the United Repair Centre

Mary Nyaruai Mureithi

Product Designer & Entrepreneur

News

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, […]

NEXT GEN DESIGN TOURING EXHIBITION”REDESIGN TOMORROW, TODAY” during VIENNA DESIGN WEEK

September 26 – October 5, 2025 | designforum Wien, Vienna NEXT GEN DESIGN TOURING EXHIBITION"REDESIGN TOMORROW, TODAY"

Next Gen Design @Mikser Festival 2025

Couldn’t make it to the 2025 edition of Next Gen Design at Mikser Festival in Belgrade? Don’t worry we’ve captured the atmosphere and energy of this year’s edition in a short video that gives you a taste of how it was! The video opens with Maja Lalic, project coordinator and founder of the Mikser organisation, […]