Billboard for National and International Calls for Participation
The Bureau du design has implemented numerous initiatives aimed at promoting the local and international reputation of Montréal-based designers. As a member of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network, Montreal is also committed to co‐operate and share the various invitations and forums offered via this Network. Part of our ongoing design Action plan “Create Montreal”, these international outreach opportunities are promoted to encourage Montreal designers and architects to seize all opportunities to compete and win!
N.B. In June 2018, the UNESCO Cities of Design agreed on a set of general principles for endorsing and disseminating calls for participation within the Network. The regulations hinge on the following four major principles which should be reflected in these calls shared by the Bureau du design : Transparency, Equity, Recognition and Clear deliverables.
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Saint-Étienne, France
Saint-Étienne International Design Biennale 2025
Tomorrow's resources and know-how: Call for applications from UNESCO creative cities design
Organizer: Saint-Étienne's Cité du design
Deadline: December 1st, 2024
Detroit, United States of America
Detroit Design Month
Creative currents - Call for event proposals
Organizer: Design Core Detroit
Deadline: April 21, 2024
Kortrijk, Belgium
Designers in residence
All the Small Things - Open call
Organizer: Designregio Kortrijk and Design Fest Gent
Deadline: May 24, 2024
Graz, Austria
Design Monat Graz
What now!? and Design in the city Exhibitions - Call for programme
Organizer: Creative Industries Styria
Deadline: February 7th, 2024
Kortrijk, Belgium
Designers in residence
“PHENOMENA”, an inquiry into the nature of reality - Open call
Organizer: Designregio Kortrijk and Elders
Deadline: June 23, 2023
Seoul, South Korea
UNESCO Creative City in Design
Seoul Design Award 2023
Organizers: Seoul Design Foundation, Seoul Metropolitan Government
Deadline: June 28, 2023
Shenzhen, China
UNESCO Creative City in Design
Shenzhen Design Award for Young Talents (SDAY), 5th edition
Organizer: Shenzhen Culture, Creativity & Design Association
Deadline: December 19, 2022
Angoulême, France
UNESCO Creative City in litterature
International design competition for the creation of "comic strip" inspired urban furniture
Organizer: City of Angoulême
Deadline: November 3, 2022
Curitiba, Brazil | Wuhan, China | Querétaro, Mexico
UNESCO Creative Cities in Design
International student challenge to revamp periurban streets - biophilic edition
Organizers: Cities of Curitiba, Wuhan and Querétaro
Deadline: September 18, 2022
Košice, Slovaqkia
UNESCO Creative City in Media Arts
Arts and Science Residency 2022 - Behavioural Change
Organizer: Creative Industries Košice and KAIR Košice Artit in Residence
Deadline: July 25, 2022
Saint-Étienne, France
Biennale Internationale Design Saint-Étienne 2022
Banc d'essai, 4th edition
Organizer: Cité du design, Saint-Étienne (France)
Deadline: September 22, 2021
Designers in residence
The future of urban nature - Open call
Organizer: Designregio Kortrijk
Deadline: September 3, 2021
Shenzhen Global Design Award 2021
Design for sustainability
Organizer: Shenzhen Culture, Creativity & Design Association
Deadline: September 1st, 2021
Media Art Residency in Košice - Creative City of Media Arts
Human Responsibility
Organizer: Creative Industry Košice
Deadline: August 20, 2021
UNESCO Design City Network
Crisis Response Case Studies - UNESCO Design Cities Network Survey
Organizer: UNESCO Design City Network
Deadline: none
Entretiens Jacques Cartier / November 3, 2020, from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Seminar La résilience et la qualité du logement social dans un contexte de transition: une approche centrée sur le design
To consult the Programme
Organizers: Cité du design (Saint-Étienne) and Montréal, UNESCO Cities of Design
Deadline: 2020-11-03
Reinventing Cities Montréal 2020-21 / September 16, 2020, 11:00 a.m.
Information session #2
Organizers: City of Montréal and C40
Deadline: 2020-09-16
World Design Challenge / August 10-21, 2020
World Design Talks: Design against gender-based violence
Organizers: World Design Organization (WDO) and UN Women Asia and the Pacific
Deadline: 2020-08-03
SELECTED
Call For Entries: Design, Art, Creative, Architecture, Visual Community
Organizer: Bilbao, UNESCO Cities of Design
Deadline: 2020-06-30
Shenzhen Design Week / July 2020
Call for posters: All against nCoV
Organizer: Shenzhen City of Design Promotion Association
Deadline: 2020-06-15
Berlin, Germany
OPEN CALL - PANDEMIC ARCHITECTURE International Ideas Competition
Organizers: Design Ambassador and Archisearch.gr
Deadline: 2020-05-20 (Registration) / 2020-05-30 (Proposals Submission)
Shenzhen Design Week / July 2020
Design for Solidarity Poster Competition
Organizers: UNESCO Design Cities Network and Detroit Design Core
Deadline: 2020-05-29
United Nations Global Call Out To Creatives - help stop the spread of COVID-19
Organizer: UN
Deadline: 2020-04-14
Request for Proposal for Consultant Services for the New Art Gallery as part of a New Waterfront Arts District
Design competition in two stages
Organizer: Province of Nova Scotia, Canada
Deadline 1st stage: 2020-02-20 at 2 PM (Atlantic time UTC−03:00)
Shenzhen Design Award for Young Talents (SDAY 2019)
Inclusive Design
Organizer: Shenzhen City of Design Promotion Association (SDPA)
Human City Design Award / Seoul Design Week 2019
"Design for Sustainable Cities" For a harmonious relationship between humans and the environment
Organizer: City of Seoul / Seoul Design Foundation
Deadline: 2019-08-18
INCLUDE USA 2019 / International Conference and Workshops in Inclusive Design / Detroit Month of Design
Collaborative. Inclusive
Deadline: 2019-07-31
Bilbao, Spain
Cities & Design / Design Driven futures / Bilbao Bizkaia Design Week 2019
Organizer: Bilbao Bizkaia Design Council
Deadline: noon, 2019-07-17
Detroit, U.S.A.
Detroit Design 139 / Detroit Month of Design
Inclusive Futures
Organizer: Detroit Design 139
Deadline: 11:59 p.m. ET, 2019-07-10
Courtrai, Lille and Tournai, Europe
The Blue Square of the Eurometropolis Lille-Kortrijk-Tournai
Organizer: TRIPOD-II / Eurometropolis Lille-Kortrijk-Tournai
Deadline: midnight, 2019-06-22
Courtrai, Belgium
Open Call Designers in Residence Kortrijk 2019
The Future of Domesticity
Organizer: Designregio Kortrijk
Deadline: 2019-06-21
Seoul, South Korea
Shelter for Soul / Design & Installation Competition 2019
Soul Shelter for One
Organizer: Korean Institute of Architects (KIA)
Deadline: 2019-06-14
Paris, France
Pli Public Workshop01 Appel à Projets
Organizer: PLI
Deadline: 2019-05-10
Kanazawa, Japan
2019 KOGEI World Competition in Kanazawa / 4th Triennale of KOGEI in Kanazawa
Kogei as Contemporary Craft: Transcending Boundaries
Organizer: Triennale of Kogei in Kanazawa
Deadline: 11:59 p.m. Japan Time, 2019-04-25
Kosice, Slovakia
Open Call for Media Art Residency in Creative City Košice
Language in the context of arts and technology
Organizer: Creative Industry Košice
Deadline: 2019-04-22
Detroit, U.S.A.
2019 Detroit City of Design Competition
Organizer: Design Core Detroit
Deadline: 2019-04-14
Western Flanders, Belgium
Contrei Live Open Call
Organizer: Intercommunale Leiedal
Deadline: 2019-04-17
Shenzhen, China
Shenzhen Global Design Award (SDA) / Shenzhen Design Week
Design for Sustainability
Organizer: City of Shenzhen
Deadline: 2019-03-23
Graz, Austria
Call for Programme / Designmonat Graz 2019
Organizer: Creative Industries Styria
Deadline: 2019-02-08
Edmonton, Canada
“Missing Middle” Infill Design Competition
Organization: City of Edmonton
Deadline: 2019-02-04
Saint-Étienne, France
Un tramway nommé design / 11e Biennale Internationale Saint-Étienne
Organizer : STAS (Société de Transports de l'Agglomération Stéphanoise) and Saint-Étienne Métropole
Deadline : 2019-01-31
Dundee, Scotland
Call for Papers & Panels / AHRA 2019
Architecture & Collective Life
Organizer: AHRA
Deadline: 5 p.m., 2019-02-01
Bras Basah.Bugis, Singapore
Singapore Design Week
Organizer: DesignSingapore / National Heritage Board (NHB)
Deadline: 2018-12-31
Torino, Italy
Call: Space for Design
Accessibility and usability of historic city centres, heritage, places, streets and shops that make up the dynamic fabric of the urban space
Organizer: Fondazione per l’architettura / Torino
Deadline: 2018-08-31
Courtrai, Belgium
Call for mission projects for professionals listed in the Montréal designers directory
Organizers: Biennale Interieur / Bureau du design, Ville de Montréal
Deadline: 11:59 p.m., 2018-08-16
Torino, Italy
Call for mission projects for professionals listed in the Montréal designers directory
Organizers: Citta’ Di Torino / Bureau du design, Ville de Montréal
Deadline: 11:59 p.m., 2018-08-16
Detroit, U.S.A.
Call for mission projects for professionals listed in the Montréal designers directory
Organizers: Detroit Design Core / Bureau du design, Ville de Montréal
Deadline: 11:59 p.m., 2018-08-16
Bilbao, Spain
GSEF-BILBAO2018 Global Social Economy Forum
Social Economy and Cities: Values and competitiveness for inclusive and sustainable local development
Organizer: City of Bilbao
Deadline: 2018-07-20
Berlin, Germany
Berlin Design Week / Design Festival Berlin
Organizer: Berlin Design Week
Deadline: 2018-06-30
Courtrai, Belgium
Open Call Designers in Residence Kortrijk 2018
Discover the Next Space
Organizer: Designregio Kortrijk
Deadline: 2018-06-01
Paris, France
FAIRE 2018 Design Urbain
Organizer: Pavillon de l’Arsenal / City of Paris
Deadline: 2018-05-31
Bilbao, Spain
Selected 2018
Organizer: Bilbao Bizkaia Design Council / City of Bilbao
Deadline: 2018-05-31
Helsinki, Finland
Helsinki Design Week
Trust
Organizer: Luovi Productions Oy
Deadline: 2018-05-31
Shenzhen, China
Shenzhen Design Week 2018 – call for projects
The Possibilities of Design
Organizer: City of Shenzhen
Deadline: 2018-03-15
Graz, Austria
Call for Programme / Designmonat Graz 2018
Organizer: Creative Industries Styria
Deadline: 2018-02-04
Puebla, Mexico
Mezcal Glass Competition
Organizer: City of Puebla
Deadline: 2018-01-08
