Open Call for entries: Next Gen Design Redesign Tomorrow, Today
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The Next Gen Design Competition invites young European designers (18–35) to propose bold, sustainable solutions under the theme »Redesign Tomorrow, Today.« This initiative brings together five leading European design festivals—Mikser Festival, What Design Can Do, designaustria, Barcelona Design Week, and Skopje Design Week—to empower the next generation of circular designers.
Under the theme »Redesign Tomorrow, Today« the competition encourages designers to propose ideas tackling pressing challenges like circular product design, urban farming, and sustainable textiles. Selected projects will feature in the Next Gen Design Traveling Exhibition, touring Europe’s leading design festivals, and winners will join the Next Gen Design Residency Program, gaining hands-on experience and collaboration opportunities.
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The deadline to apply is March 30, 2025
No entry fees.
Looking for: Design projects and concepts on the following themes:
Positive Environmental Impact, Circular Design, Intuitive Ergonomics and User Experience, Innovative Use of Local Crafts, Knowledge, and Materials …and more. 🌱
Who can/how to apply?
Anyone in Europe aged between 18 and 35,
Free participation,
Deadline March 30.
🏆 Prizes include
– Participation in a traveling exhibition (on posters) in Amsterdam, Barcelona, Belgrade, Skopje, and Vienna during the respective design festivals.
– Financial support for travel expenses to attend one of these design festivals, where winners will participate in a workshop to develop a concept. 🪜 This concept will compete for
– a €2,000 cash prize at the final event in November 2025 in Skopje. 💶
– Promotion of all nominated projects through the channels of Next Gen Design.
Jury members 🙏
birgit lohmann, architect and design curator, founder of Designboom, Germany / Italy
Laura Clèries, Design Research Director | CEO THE HUT AGENCY, Spain
Amanda Pinatih, Design Curator Stedelijk Museum of Modern Art, The Netherlands
David Jablonski, Activist, Designer and Co-Founder of the Climate Visualisation Collective Klimdashboard.org, Austria
Zoran Jedrejcic, Industrial Designer and Art Director, Croatia
Next Gen Design project is supported by the European Commission through the Creative Europe Programme. <3