Events and Awards by Date:Back . . .    
 
May(Award deadlines listed in purple) 
This Side Up - Concordia Graduation Exhibition (to May 5)
Concordia University, Montreal, QC
Swell Future Friendly Design Exhibition (to May 10)
Pendulum Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Syzygy (to May 10)
Exhibition curated by John Makepeace.
Alpha House Gallery, Sherborne, Dorset, UK
Design and the Elastic Mind (to May 15)
MOMA, New York, NY
MOBIJunior (to May 18)
VIA Gallery, Paris, FR
Out Of This World, Shaker Design Past, Present, and Future (to June 15)
The Bard Graduate Center, New York, NY
Econnovation : Bay Area Green Design (to June 19)
Design Guild SF Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Movers and Shapers (to June 22)
Vancouver Museum, Vancouver, BC
Eero Saarinen: Shaping the Future (to August 23)
National Building Museum, Washington, DC
California Collge of Arts Graduate Exhibition (May 2-11)
Bucheon Gallery, San Francisco CA
Belgrade Design Week (May 5-11)
Belgrade, Serbia
Eco-Friendly Spray Finishing Webinar (May 6)
Access online
The Art of Clairtone: 1958-1971 (May 9 to October 12)
Design Exchange, Toronto, On
Industrial Design Show 2008 (May 10-11)
Carleton University, Humber College and OCAD graduation show/awards
Great Hall, 1087 Queen Street West, Toronto, On
New Materials (May 12)
Kings College London, London, UK
Smallwood 2008 (May 13-15)
Monona Terrace Community & Convention Center, Madison, WI
Consumable Waste (May 13-24)
Latitude 53, Edmonton, AB
The “Significant” Furniture Design Competition 2008 (Deadline: May 14)
Villa Dionisi, Cerea, IT
One Good Chair Design Award (Deadline: May 16)
Las Vegas, NV
ICFF and Materials Matter (May 17-20)
Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, New York, NY
Hardcore - New Finnish Design (May 17-19)
New York, NY
Chicago Green Festival (May 17-18)
Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
FIRA Open House (May 20)
Stevenage, UK
DMY Berlin Design Festival (May 21-25)
Berlin, DE
SIDIM (May 24-26)
Place Bonaventure, Montreal, QC
Metropolitan Works Open House/Tour (May 29)
London Metropolitan University, London, UK
 
June(Award deadlines listed in purple) 
Out Of This World, Shaker Design Past, Present, and Future (to June 15)
The Bard Graduate Center, New York, NY
Econnovation : Bay Area Green Design (to June 19)
Design Guild SF Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Movers and Shapers (to June 22)
Vancouver Museum, Vancouver, BC
Eero Saarinen: Shaping the Future (to August 23)
National Building Museum, Washington, DC
The Art of Clairtone: 1958-1971 (to October 12)
Design Exchange, Toronto, On
London Sustainability Weeks (June 1-21)
London, UK
Dwell on Design (June 5-8)
Los Angeles, CA
Design Observeur 09 Competition (Deadline: June 6)
Paris, FR
Veneer Tech Awards (Deadline: June 7)
Newport, NC
NeoCon (June 9-11)
Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL
Summer Institute in Sustainable Design (June 15-27)
CCA, Point Reyes, CA
Design Show Liverpool (June 19-22)
Liverpool, UK
The Works Art and Design Festival (June 20-July 2)
Edmonton, AB
Metropolitan Works Open House/Tour (June 26)
London Metropolitan University, London, UK
ICSID Industrial Design Day (June 29)
Worldwide
 
July(Award deadlines listed in purple) 
Eero Saarinen: Shaping the Future (to August 23)
National Building Museum, Washington, DC
The Art of Clairtone: 1958-1971 (to October 12)
Design Exchange, Toronto, On
New Designers 1 (July 3-6)
Business Design Center, London, UK
New Designers 2 (July 10-13)
Business Design Center, London, UK
Changing the Change (July 10-12)
Torino, IT
State of Design (July 16-24)
Melbourne, AU
Furnitex (July 17-20)
Exhibition Centre, Melbourne, AU
Las Vegas Summer Market (July 28-August 1)
World Market Center, Las Vegas, NV
 
August(Award deadlines listed in purple) 
Eero Saarinen: Shaping the Future (to August 23)
National Building Museum, Washington, DC
The Art of Clairtone: 1958-1971 (to October 12)
Design Exchange, Toronto, On
Furniture Upholstery Course (August 4-22)
CCA, San Francisco, CA
International Woodworking Fair (August 20-23)
World Congress Center, Atlanta, GA
FDA 2009 Award: Student and Young Designers (Deadline: August 29)
Participants must be from specified Asian countries and meet other criteria.
International Furniture Centre, Singapore
 
September(Award deadlines listed in purple) 
The Art of Clairtone: 1958-1971 (to October 12)
Design Exchange, Toronto, On
Promosedia (September 13-16)
Udine, IT
Andreuworld Design Competition (Deadline: September 15)
Valencia, ES
100% Design (September 18-21)
Earls Court, London, UK
Tent London (September 18-21)
Truman Brewery, London, UK
New Technologies (September 22)
Kings College London, London, UK
Habitat Valencia (September 22)
Feria Valencia, Valencia, ES
IIDEX/NeoCon Canada (September 25-26)
National Trade Centre, Exhibition Place, Toronto, ON
 
October(Award deadlines listed in purple) 
The Art of Clairtone: 1958-1971 (to October 12)
Design Exchange, Toronto, On
Vancouver Home & Interior Design Show (October 16-19)
Vancouver, BC
High Point Market (October 20-26)
High Point, NC
SIBO: Industrial Woodworking Show (October 23-25)
Place Forzani, Laval, QC
Hettich International Design Award (Deadline: October 31)
Cologne, DE
 
November(Award deadlines listed in purple) 
Innovation, Future and Society (November 10)
University College London, London, UK
AHFA Sustainability Summit (November 12-13)
Proximity Hotel in Greensboro, NC
Saint-Étienne International Design Biennial (November 15-30)
Cité du Design, Saint-Étienne, FR
 
December(Award deadlines listed in purple) 
Singapore Furniture Design Awards 2009 (Deadline: December 15)
International Furniture Centre, Singapore