World Design Capital is a biennial designation celebrating cities that use design to improve economic, social and cultural life.

High quality service design courses delivered by experienced and SDN-accredited trainers, world-wide

October 10-11, 2019 Toronto, Canada

This Year’s Theme: Building Bridges

“HUMANISTIC MODERNISM” – Works by Alvar Aalto in the World Heritage context
Seminar on Alvar Aalto and UNESCO World Heritage
9-10 October 2019, Lahti, Finland
Register by August 31, 2019

The Alvar Aalto Foundation seeks the inclusion of Alvar Aalto’s architecture on the Tentative List of sites under consideration for the UNESCO World Heritage List. The international seminar is part of this preparatory work and includes expert lectures and workshops. The event will bring together experts from Finland and around the world.

Hosted by China Academy of Art, China
November 20-22, 2019

What and how do we teach and do research in between cultures? Arts education has gone global and internationalisation is now one of the key strategies for the leaders of arts institutions.

Apply by August 30, 2019

Hosting Interaction Week will bring the world’s interaction design community to you.

Organized by Alvar Aalto Academy
14.6.2019 – 15.6.2019, Säynätsalo, Jyväskylä, Finland

April 23-24, 2019, Shanghai, China

Economies, technologies, and societies are rapidly co-evolving, requiring shifts in mindsets and techniques to reach and maintain relevance. The 2019 SDN China Conference on “Service Design Futures” aims to explore and support this paradigm shift in how we deal with the complexity of creating purposeful and valuable experiences.

What’s going on Here? Decoding Digitality in Higher Arts Education
September 25-27, 2019 Stuttgart, Germany
Submission deadline: January 14, 2019

The 9th ELIA Academy is hosted by Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design, and State University of Music and the Performing Arts Stuttgart.

Aalto University, Finland
Conference dates: June 3-4, 2019
Submissions by January 15/ February 12 (depending on the category), 2019

The 8th biennial NORDES conference poses the question, “Who cares?”, exploring related questions, issues and propositions concerning responsibilities, relationships, ways of doing and directing design today.