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Redesigning Business Summit

Powerful forces are revolutionising business. It's happened before and it's happening again. Today's challenges mean customer needs are changing and fast. We need to start thinking of new ways to compete. The Economist's Redesigning Business Summit will show you how.

London

Exhibitions and conferences

Seminars and debates

Networking events

11 March 2010 - 12 March 2010

Redesigning Business Summit

2010: Survival or Growth

An interactive event to help your business grow even stronger in 2010.

Scotland

Seminars and debates

15 March 2010 - 15 March 2010

DBA logo

2010: Survival or Growth

An interactive event to help your business grow even stronger in 2010.

North West

Seminars and debates

11 March 2010 - 11 March 2010

DBA logo

2010: Survival or Growth

An interactive event to help your business grow even stronger in 2010.

North East

Seminars and debates

16 March 2010 - 16 March 2010

DBA logo

24th International Biennale of Graphic Design Brno 2010

Established in 1963, the Brno Biennial is the oldest exhibition of graphic design in the world.

International

Exhibitions and conferences

22 June 2010 - 24 October 2010

Poetismus by Jiří Rathouský

A Century of Chairs

An engaging and informative opportunity to trace the history of modern design through the evolution of one object – the chair

Yorkshire

Exhibitions and conferences

22 January 2010 - 12 March 2010

Chair by Vico Magistretti, 1992

ADC Young Guns

A quest to identify the brightest young professionals across myriad creative disciplines.

International

Competitions and awards

ADC Young Guns logo

ADC Young Guns @ Apple Store London

Adam Simpson, ADC Young Guns winner, presents his work

London

Seminars and debates

22 March 2010 - 22 March 2010

ADC Young Guns winner, Adam Simpson

Adobe Design Achievement Awards

The Adobe Design Achievement Awards celebrate student achievement - giving higher education students from around the world the opportunity to gain recognition on an international scale.

International

Competitions and awards

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ADREAM

A European competition for architecture and design projects that make use of biosourced materials

International

Competitions and awards

01 October 2009 - 18 April 2010

ADREAM logo

Aga Khan Award for Architecture

This award recognises examples of architectural, landscaping and environmental excellence that achieve sensitivity to place, often using modest budgets

International

Competitions and awards

Domed building nominated for Aga Khan award

AIA Awards

The AIA (American Institute of Architecture) Awards encompass three Institute Honor Awards categories: architecture, interior architecture, and regional and urban design - plus the Twenty-five Year Award.

International

Competitions and awards

Man looking at model of building

Alan Fletcher - Fifty Years of Graphic Work (and Play)

An exhibition of the work of Alan Fletcher, a pioneer in the world of graphic art and design

North West

Exhibitions and conferences

21 January 2010 - 03 April 2010

Poster by Alan Fletcher

Animators: show how good design can reduce crime

Student designers are invited to use animation to show the effect that design can have on crime levels, as part of the D&AD Student Awards

International

Competitions and awards

21 September 2009 - 31 March 2010

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AR+D Awards for Emerging Architecture

Awards young architects worldwide with £15 000 in prize money.

International

Competitions and awards

Ecoboulevard, Madrid by Ecosistema Urbano Arquitectos. Winner in 2007