Active dialogue between BEDA Members The BEDA Open Doors initiative was started in March last year in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was initiated by BEDA President Päivi Tahkokallio as a means of connecting members on a regular basis to share and exchange views and

The New European Bauhaus proposed by Ursula von der Leyen European Commission is a sweeping, ambitious initiative which may very well define how Europe leads the transition to a greener and more circular economy. In this report, Mariana Mazzucato, Dan Hill, Rowan Conway and Christian Bason

A unique opportunity for BEDA Members to play their part Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, and Elisa Ferreira, European Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms launch the co-design phase of New European Bauhaus.   “We need all creative minds: designers, artists, scientists, architects

World Design Organization (WDO)® is pleased to announce the call for submissions for the World Design Impact Prize™ 2021, which aims to recognize industrial design-driven projects that have a positive impact on our social, economic, cultural or environmental quality of life. Interested parties are invited to

Taking the time to imagine the future of the job of designer is an inspiring process. Thanks to the Interreg project Tripod-II, Wallonie Design and its partners, among them lille_design, are conducting this kind of prospective reflection with a particular dimension: the added value of cross-border

Inspired in Barcelona® is a platform to promote creative talent and design inspired in Barcelona with an international scope Powered by the Barcelona Design centre, the platform is aimed to promote creative production from brands and professionals as well as inspiring emerging projects, and to disseminate

02 February 2021 Design Fusion is an opportunity to offer an inspiring programme and a privileged framework for exchanges to a diversity of actors: VSE/SMEs, designers, the press and the authorities of the Hauts-de-France, Wallonia and Flanders. The current context pushes us to organise this event in

For the presentation of the winners of the German Design Award 2021 and the exciting topics surrounding their designs, the digital programme »All Eyes On« has been developed. Starting on 12 February 2021, presented in various formats over a period of four weeks »All Eyes On«

Furnitur International Furniture Design Competition, encourages the design of products that question the definition of functional, sustainable and practical. Turkey Design Council and İstikbal Furniture invited designers, architects, engineers, and everyone motivated in creative production to Furnitur Design Competition. The competition aims to investigate innovative ideas

With a reference to the title of Seoul design festival 2020 ‘the new normal’, design curator Lisa Hardon looked back for Dutch Design Week on how colleague design festivals in the global World Design Weeks network experienced last year. The current pandemic has made it