Workshops run by well-known designers held at The Lighthouse centre for design and architecture during the Glasgow International festival for contemporary art, offer a unique opportunity for anyone who would like to engage intensively with the printing technique risography. In addition, a poster night and two parties will take place on 23 March and 27 April 2018 respectively.

At the Mapping Festival, everything revolves around the interdisciplinary examination of digital art. The 14th edition of the event is relocating this year and now takes place on the new campus of the Haute école d’art et de design (HEAD), which is expected to add a new perspective. With a programme made up of performances, installations, workshops, live music, and presentations, a broad spectrum of topics on audiovisual art and digital culture will be covered. For this reason, top-notch speakers, musicians, artists, researchers, and programmers will once again make the journey to the festival. Professionals and interested members of the public are all invited to witness this meeting of disciplines.

Since it was founded in 1963, the international biennial for graphic design in Brno, Czech Republic, has become one of the most important events of the discipline. Intended as a platform to produce a comprehensive and fascinating “mosaic” by bringing together differing opinions, perspectives, and forms of representation, this year the curators around the Okolo collective of artists are on the lookout for inspiring creative works. A team of experts drawn from theory and practice is assisting with the selection. In addition to the international exhibition, the programme includes lectures, readings, and tours as well as several supporting exhibitions which are dedicated to either individual designers or an overarching theme, for example the graphic design scene in the Portuguese city of Porto or current independent magazines.

New York City is known throughout the world as a creative hub. Each year, design is put in the spotlight and celebrated over a period of several days. During NYC x Design, a number of events take place across all five boroughs, including exhibitions, lectures, discussions, competitions, installations, tours, and product presentations. Amongst the creative disciplines represented are architecture, fashion, graphic and product design, theatre, handicrafts, and film. By offering this broad spectrum, the organisers hope not only to demonstrate the potential and diversity of the design scene in New York City, but also to draw attention to its economic relevance for the region. To this end, the target group comprises experts and students in the sector as well as the wider public.

Offf festival is taking place this year in Barcelona for the 17th time. With its programme of lectures, workshops, activities, and performances, it intends to be a meeting point for talented people from around the world, and to provide inspiration and stimulate active participation. The event is aimed at professionals and interested parties drawn from online and offline disciplines, including motion and sound design, graphics, development, and theory. Once again this year, there will be a high-calibre group of speakers on site, including the French illustrator Malika Favre, the US American art director James Victore, and the animation studio Animade from London. Also, in the Mercadillo area, selected designers and artists will have the opportunity to present themselves and their work. The venue is Barcelona’s design museum, the Museu del Disseny.

Every year, 3 Days of Design invites journalists, buyers, and all those interested in design to Copenhagen to view the latest innovations produced by Danish designers and design companies. The programme during the three-day festival includes a range of events, product presentations, exhibitions, workshops, and panel discussions, which are not aimed exclusively at a professional audience but also at the general public in order to convey a better understanding of design. As a result, the atmosphere is less that of a trade fair and gives an opportunity to enter into direct discussions with the designers of the exhibited objects and to gain insight into their creative process. Transfer between the different event sites by bus and boat is available to visitors during the festival.

As a festival for creativity, design and communication, the Forward festival gathers together members of the local design scene to present their success stories during the conference and to give insights into the development processes behind these. The conference is accompanied by various events such as workshops, live art sessions, and networking opportunities with the aim of establishing a creative community that encourages interaction in order to progress together. After the event in Munich on 30ƒ and 31‚ May žƒ‚‡2018, the Forward festival will take place in Zurich on ‚1 and 2ž June 2018žƒ‚‡, and for the first time in Hamburg on 5 July žƒ‚‡2018.