Call for entries – European Design Awards 2013

Europe’s best publicised Design Awards The European Design Awards is the comprehensive annual awards organization celebrating the best of graphic design, illustration and digital design in Europe. A joint effort by 15 communication design magazines from across the continent, the ED-Awards is a brilliant way to publicise your work on an international level. On deciding to […]

Day 2

Keynote talks and panel discussions with Europe’s creative thinkers

Day 1

Keynote talks and panel discussions with Europe’s creative thinkers

Sebastian Curi at L44

Argentinian-born, Los Angeles–based artist Sebastian Curi presents a newly commissioned site-specific exhibition at L44 for the European Design Festival 2026.

Book’n’Space

Projects for original spatial publications for children by graduating bachelor students from the Book, Illustration, and Print Graphics department at the National Academy of Art in Sofia.

AndNowEast

The 2026 edition of the poster initiative AndNowEast premieres in Sofia as a central exhibition of the European Design Festival, continuing its focus on contemporary visual culture in Eastern Europe.

Discounted travel with Bulgaria Air

Get to Sofia with a special 10% discount

Getting to Sofia

 

Mathieu Cieters

Mathieu Cieters is a Belgium-based graphic designer, web developer, researcher, educator and curator working at the intersection of visual communication, digital culture, and contemporary typography. He trained in graphic design at KASK in Ghent and continued his typographic education at the Plantin Institute of Typography, grounding his practice in both critical reading and meticulous making. […]

ICoD Regional Meeting Europe

Design ethics, AI, and professionalism at the heart of Europe

ED-Conference 2025 – Main Stage/Day 1

Keynote talks and panel discussions with Europe’s creative thinkers

Student Exhibition Opening: Ex-Centric Design (Academy of Fine Arts & Design)

Student projects challenge convention, embracing eccentricity and critical design beyond market norms

Kyle Rath: The Next Code of Conduct

A response to emerging challenges—particularly the rise of AI

Exhibition and workshop at Foqus

In the spin-off branch of the Academy, in the heart of the renowned ‘Quartieri Spagnoli’, one of the most fascinating and controversial areas of the city, in a complex that has been the symbol of an important social and urban regeneration project, it will be possible to visit the exhibition that will show the results […]

Anders Thulin

Anders Thulin is an award-winning designer with extensive experience in design leadership. He is the Head of Institute of Design and Visual Interaction at the Royal Danish Academy and a member of the Danish Design Council, a think tank for the Danish design field that promotes and develops new perspectives on design’s societal role. With a background in […]

PAULINE VAN DONGEN

Solar for the Senses

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Curated Tour and Concert in the Arvo Pärt Centre

Mr Arvo Pärt is one of the most performed contemporary composers in the world at the moment.

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