Through June 17
Core77 Design Awards 2013 Live Jury Announcements
And now, the moment(s) you've all been waiting for! The time is upon us: our Live Announcement schedule is finally here! We saw a lot of great work during our judging month, and what better way to celebrate all of your hard work and incredible ideas than having the jury speak directly to you. We couldn't be more excited to announce our winners—LIVE—to the world! So set your alarms because our announcements are coming from ten different countries all over the globe.

See the full schedule here

Deadline: June 13
Ground/Work: A Design Competition for Van Alen Institute's New Street-Level Space
In 2014, Van Alen Institute will celebrate its 120th anniversary, marking a major legacy of competitions and initiatives that bring innovative design ideas to civic life. Over the coming years, the Institute will refocus its attention to analyze, advise on, and activate designs, public policies, and experiences of the public realm. This year the Institute is making its public-oriented mission central to the reinvention of its own office and event space, transforming the ground floor and lower level of its building at 30 West 22nd Street in Manhattan to house its entire organization.

Capitalizing on the dynamic street-level presence created by Van Alen Books—the Institute's storefront bookstore and event space launched in 2011—Van Alen will relocate its staff and program area to a newly reconfigured ground floor that will function as a light and highly flexible public space accommodating exhibitions, events, offices, and a bookselling platform.

Van Alen's legacy as a center for design innovation, bridging architectural education and professional practice, is key to its history and growth as a cultural institution. As it embarks upon a new chapter of design advocacy, Van Alen remains dedicated to critical inquiry surrounding contemporary forms of the public realm through interdisciplinary and innovative competitions, research, consultancy, and curatorial projects in the U.S. and beyond. As the next step in the organization's development, Ground/Work is thus an opportunity to reinforce Van Alen's mission and reframe its programs by integrating all aspects of its operations in a space that is more visible, accessible, and participatory in public life, with a clear connection to the street level and the city at large.

Deadline: June 19
BMW Group Trunk Idea Contest
The aim of this contest is the improvement of the luggage compartment of BMW, mainly the models with a larger luggage space. The creative process within the community will ideally result in the development of new ideas, an active integration of creative users and the recruitment of innovative users for the innovation workshop.

The contest exists out of three categories: variability, load securing, and the boot coverage.

Deadline: June 30
Tex-Fab Skin Design Competition
SKIN asks designers and researchers to speculate, or if they so choose—to present existing research—on the role of the building envelope by exploring new methods to enable the performative and aesthetic qualities of a façade.

Design submissions may develop any context they choose, real or virtual, at any scale and on any building type so to present a complete thesis. Integrating structure, dynamical cladding or other system whether static and active may be submitted. We encourage the boldest visions and challenging technologies in the development of your proposal. The competition will select four of the most robust and intriguing projects, that best rethink the envelope, supporting those selections through prototypes developed to illustrate the potential of the competition submission.

Deadline: July 19
Sappi Ideas that Matter Grant
More than a decade ago Sappi Fine Paper North America - the maker of McCoy, Opus, Somerset and Flo - established the Ideas that Matter grant program to recognize and support designers who use their skills and expertise to solve communications problems for a wide range of charitable activities in North America.

All communication projects that support the needs of a nonprofit and meet the conditions and requirements of the Ideas that Matter program will be considered. Grant awards range from $5,000 to $50,000 per project. At least a portion of the project must be printed, though additional elements may include a variety of communication mediums such as outdoor signage, t-shirts, banner advertising, print advertising, websites, html campaigns, or other media. And, for the first time in 2013, proposal may include up to 10% of the total budget as an honorarium designer fees.

Applications are reviewed by an annually selected, independent committee comprised of leaders in the design industry. Evaluation of projects is based on creativity, potential benefit for the nonprofit, impact on the nonprofit's target community, and effectiveness of the implementation plan.

Deadline: August 14
2014 Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise in Design
The Vilcek Foundation is seeking applicants for the 2014 Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise in Design. Three winners will each receive a $35,000 unrestricted cash prize. Eligible candidates will be foreign-born professionals working in the fields of product, graphic, digital or social design. Applicants must be naturalized citizens for permanent residents of the U.S., and no more than 35 years old as of January 1, 2014.

June 17–19
Designing the Next Economy
—Fairmont Miramar Hotel, Santa Monica, California
In this time of change and challenge, the role of design thinking to drive innovation and change is on the increase. Join us for a global conversation on how design is changing the game for business, healthcare, education and the public sector. The conversation starts this spring at DMI.org/next and comes alive in Madrid from April 23–25 and in Los Angeles from June 17–19.

Discover the stories, solutions and tools creative thinkers are putting to work, from start ups to multinationals, from emerging economies to global leaders. You will learn how frugal innovation is changing emerging economies, start-ups, and multi-nationals alike. Find inspiration in open innovation and new methods to solve increasingly complex challenges in business and the public sector globally.

In Spain this spring we'll gather together inspirational practitioners and educators, business and government leaders to share stories of success, failures and solutions with real-world results that you can take away.

July 11–12
facades+ PERFORMANCE
—UCSF Mission Bay Conference Center, San Francisco, California
facades+ PERFORMANCE is coming to San Francisco July 11th–July12th! Don't miss the chance to network with leading industry experts, participate in discussion-based panels and learn through hands-on workshops.

Day two workshops: work closely with industry professionals on hands-on assignments that will allow students the opportunity to develop valuable skills necessary in the delivery of cutting edge facade technologies.

August 21–24
IDSA International Conference
—Hyatt Regency, Chicago, Illinois
Building on the success of 2012's groundbreaking conference in Boston, we are expecting 800-1,000 designers, business leaders and design educators to converge on Chicago. You will network with design leaders, exchange ideas, best practices and war stories...and explore the paradox between creating and breaking the rules.

You will be inspired by speakers who are thought leaders from outside of design with fresh perspectives on how innovators and game-changers operate in other fields. We'll also have some of the most captivating cutting-edge design leaders out there sharing their successes and failures with breaking the rules.

We have a great conference experience planned for you that promises to be an energizing, thought-provoking and potentially outburst-inducing three- day exploration of design, business, culture shifts and rule-breaking strategies that help you make the most of our evolving and often tumultuous economic climate.

Please join us in Chicago on August 21–24 for BREAKING THE RULES, IDSA's 2013 International Conference. We hope to inform you, inspire you and break a few rules along the way!

September 27–29
Monterey Design Conference 2013: Where the Discussion of Design Unfolds
—Asilomar Conference Grounds, Pacific Grove, California
Designers, architects, and design fans enjoying three days of talks by international prizewinning architects, social events and tours in the elysian setting of the Northern California Coast. This biennial conclave of design minds is conducted and hosted by The American Institute of Architects, California Council (AIACC).

MDC is a spectacular and intimate affair, where beyond extraordinary lectures and speakers, attendees find themselves strolling on the beach, wandering the Julia Morgan designed grounds or sitting on the deck of the main lodge engaging in conversation with a Pritzker Prize winner or many of the most innovative and catalytic thinkers in architecture, as if they were invited into their own backyard. These encounters happen spontaneously and informally over the course of the conference, providing us with that raw inspiration that got us interested in architecture in the first place.

October 10–12
AIGA Design Conference: Head, Heart, Hand
—Minneapolis Convention Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Whether you're an experienced or emerging designer, this intensive conference will allow you to explore the very best in all facets of design.

From the main stage to affinity sessions, roundtables to evening networking events, "Head, Heart, Hand"—curated by conference chair Bonnie Siegler of Eight and a Half and the program committee—is the place to get inspired, celebrate design excellence, develop your professional practice and delve into the critical issues affecting the design profession.

June 19
Catapult Labs 2013: Design Tools to Spark Social Change
—CCA, San Francisco, California
Join Catapult Design for a full-day of labs led by nine of the Bay Area’s leading design talent to learn and practice new tools and methods in design that can spark social change. We've set up three 90-min tracks in the day. Each track features three labs with topics ranging from visual storytelling to collective action to in-depth user research led by designers at Google, frog design, Facebook, Free Range Studios and more.

June 23–29
DesignInquiry Presents Station: Pause, Ponder, Play
—Vinalhaven, Maine
What are the "stations" of our work, interactions, and play? When our networks are not only local but also regional, global, and frequently "virtual," where is activity situated? Do we yearn for both fixity of place and transitory freedom? What are the tensions, if any, between these extremes? The more that mobility is privileged, does place matter less? How might stations—their locations, design, histories, and potential—benefit and/or hamper relationships and professional practices?

DesignInquiry considers the "place" of life and work—the stops, or nodes, perhaps, within living networks that are sometimes fixed, but that are also, more and more, variable. We are served by work stations, train stations, radio stations, gas stations, and server stations. We occupy these places somewhere between the extremes of permanence and impermanence, between rootedness and nomadism.

Join DesignInquiry in Vinalhaven, Maine to consider the dimensions of STATION, as we spend a week in June making the island a hub of diverse creative networks and a productive junction of thinking and making.

July 6–13
Food Design in France
—L'Ecole Supérieure d'Art et de Design, Reims, France
This immersive workshop is a delicious foray into the growing field of food design. Taking place in the French capital of Champagne province, the program will be hosted in the kitchens of L'Ecole Supérieure d'Art et de Design de Reims (L'ESAD), home to one of the first culinary design program in the world. Emphasizing a maker-driven, cooking-centric approach, the program will reveal new perspectives unto the ways that we engage and identify with our food.

Under the direction of Marc Bretillot, founder of the food design program at L'ESAD, and Emilie Baltz, artist and food designer, the program is based on the understanding that food is our most fundamental form of consumption. In recent years, we have seen a growing awareness around the quality of the food we ingest and the industrial means surrounding our most basic foodstuffs. With the rapidly expanding reach of the design industry, designers are now uniquely situated to explore and affect these systems.

Using materials, gestures, forms and interactions, participants will investigate the role that ingredients, taste, shape and service play within food design. Throughout the workshop, critiques and performances will be held to emphasize the authentic development of personal taste. Students will likewise be challenged to consider the sensory experience of their work and its ethical, aesthetic, historical and political implications. A professional chef will assist participants with technical needs. Scheduled visits and tastings to neighboring distilleries, vineyards, local farms and food producers will be an essential component of revealing the complex, and delightful, space in which food design exists.

Various Sessions during June – August
Central Saint Martins Dual City Summer Courses
—London and various other cities
The Dual City Summer Sessions are a range of practical fashion, design and art courses that commence at Central Saint Martins in London and end in either: Barcelona, Istanbul, Milan or Paris and our New York Program which commences at Parsons School of Art and Design and finishes in London. Our partners in these programmes are all colleges with outstanding reputations based in cities famous for their culture and creativity. These unique courses are the perfect opportunity for you to develop your skills whilst exploring a new city.

Various Dates
Cooper U's Interaction Design Training
—Cooper, San Francisco, California
Learn about Personas and Goal-Directed design from the people who invented them! Our practicum is an intensive, hands-on workshop led by senior Cooper staff. First we'll show you how to practice Goal-Directed Design in more depth than you'll find anywhere else, then you and a small group of professionals from around the world will put it into practice to design an example product. Here's a taste of what you'll learn: how to conduct user research; translate research into personas, goals, and scenarios; develop and prioritize requirements based on user and business goals; turn requirements into a concrete product concept. This course also serves as the foundation for the rest of our Cooper U curriculum.

• July 16–19
• August 13–16
• October 8–11
• November 4–7
• December 3–6

Various Dates
Cooper U's Visual Interface Design Training
—Cooper, San Francisco, California
The application of type, color, icons, and other aspects of visual design are critical to the usability of your product or website. Visual design choices are also key to connecting emotionally with your customers (and to selling more products). Taught by senior Cooper designers, our Visual Interface Design course addresses the cross-section of detailed interaction design, screen layout, and branding. We'll show you how these elements should play together to ensure that a well-conceived, well-behaved product is also a usable and desirable one.

• April 15–16
• July 22–23
• November 12–13

Various Dates
Cooper U's Design Leadership Training
—Cooper, San Francisco, California
In this intensive, two-day course you will learn from Cooper experts who've been coaching companies to deliver better products and services for 20 years. Learn how to diagnose the unique challenges your team or organization is facing and get to the root of the communication roadblocks. Get hands-on experience with communications tools like storytelling to promote big ideas and get buy-in. Use collaborative techniques that help you create an environment that invites participation. Afterwards, you'll have the ability to guide the creation of products and services that are financially viable, technically feasible, and that your customers love. Most of all you'll have the skills to become a leader in your organization.

• April 17–18
• July 24–25
• November 14–15

June 13–16
Made in Brunel
—Bargehouse, Oxo Tower Wharf, London, United Kingdom
We believe what someone has to say, and how they express themselves is one of the most individual things about them. Made in Brunel is a student led brand that aims to do this by showcasing the best talent graduating from Brunel University across Design, Engineering and Digital Media. The show is packed with interesting individuals all with their own story to tell. Take some time to get to know them, and explore the work they have to offer, we guarantee you'll be inspired.

June 20
Designers + Geeks: Hardware by Design
—Yelp, San Francisco, California
Hardware production has gotten cheaper, faster, and easier. Some of the most interesting startups today are taking advantage of these trends to create fascinating new products. This Designers + Geeks will feature short talks about bringing physicial products to life by the people who designed them.

The lineup of creative technologies and designers will be finalized soon and announced here. Expect a range of amazing products: wearable technology, transportation, personal health, entertainment, and others.

June 21–27
San Francisco Design Week
—San Francisco, California
Since 2006, AIGA San Francisco has organized San Francisco Design Week as a way to reach out to a diverse community of over 24,000 Bay Area design professionals as well as local businesses, non-profits, entrepreneurs, students, the design-savvy public, tourists, and more. AIGA SF will be partnering with the San Francisco chapters of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA), the Interaction Design Association (IxDA), the Society for Environmental Graphic Design (SEGD), and Adobe Systems, to sponsor a full week of events highlighting the diversity and professionalism of the design community around the bay. Our goal is to raise public awareness of the impact that all design-graphic, product, interior, fashion, architecture, advertising, et cetera-has in the San Francisco Bay Area.

June 29
World Industrial Design Day 2013
—Everywhere!
World Industrial Design Day (WIDD) is observed annually on 29 June in recognition of the profession of industrial design. First declared in 2007 on the occasion of Icsid's 50th anniversary, World Industrial Design Day has been established with the aim of promoting awareness of the profession of industrial design and facilitating collaborations that help to highlight the impact of industrial design on economic, social, cultural and environmental quality of life throughout the world.

Through July 7
Adhocracy
—New Museum, New York, New York
The exhibition explores a new direction in contemporary design through twenty-five projects—presented through artifacts, objects, and films. In the place of standardized, industrialized perfection, the exhibition embraces imperfection as evidence of an emerging force of identity, individuality, and nonlinearity in design. As design welcomes the new technologies of the information age, the field itself is being reshaped. Some have built their practice around the collaborative ideology of the open source movement; others explore the opportunities opened up by new low-cost fabrication technologies. Some are exploring new economic models of production; others are challenging the established hierarchies between designers and end-users.

"Adhocracy" acknowledges that the world of people who make things is in upheaval. In the last two decades, exponential growth in various technologies—from global communications networks to fast, low-cost digital prototyping—have radically transformed everyday life, and many from the industry speak of a new industrial revolution. If the last industrial revolution was about making perfect objects—millions of them, absolutely identical, produced to exactingly consistent quality standards—this one is about making just one, or a few.

Through August 25
Playing with Fire: 50 Years of Contemporary Glass
—Museum of Art and Design, New York, New York
This year, MAD celebrates the 50th anniversary of the birth of the American Studio Glass movement with Playing with Fire: 50 Years of Contemporary Glass, which will feature more than 100 works of glass from the collection, as well as promised gifts, and additional contemporary works on loan. Ever since 1962, when a legendary workshop led by renowned glass artist Harvey Littleton demonstrated the potential of glassblowing as a medium available to individual artists, artists and designers have continually pushed the material in new directions and used the complex, fragile, and highly versatile nature of the material to create an astonishing diversity of works.

Through September 15
Against the Grain: Wood in Contemporary Art, Craft and Design
—Museum of Art and Design, New York, New York
Featuring nearly 90 installations, sculptures, furniture, and objects, Against the Grain: Wood in Contemporary Art, Craft and Design explores some of the most cutting-edge conceptual and technical trends in woodworking today. The exhibition emphasizes the way artists, designers, and craftspeople have incorporated postmodernist approaches and strategies into woodworking—deconstructing vessel shapes, playing on the relationship between function and form, and utilizing woodturning and furniture techniques in the creation of sculpture and demonstrating exciting possibilities through the use of technology.