SDGs Design International Awards 2025

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SDGs International Design Awards 2025, international competition has been recently opened for entries inviting students worldwide to participate.

This competition was conceived with the aim of discovering creative ideas from young people and utilizing it for building sustainable society.

The theme of the year 2025 is Living in an Era of Conflict – “Societal Design Transcending Boundaries”. It would provide a platform to address conflicts plaguing the world, warm attention to the marginalized voices, and new kinds of connectivity and recovering humanity in a digital age.

This year’s competition includes three distinct subthemes:

➜ Design for Peace
Sustainable peacemaking-models across nations (addressing nuclear threat, territorial disputes, resource disputes and racial conflicts) Building youth-driven global peace networks based on SDGs

➜ Designing with Marginalized Voices
Paying attention to those who are physically challenged, seniors and multicultural families

➜ Living between Virtual and Real Worlds
Discoveing new connectivity in an era of social media, metaverse, generative AI and overcoming isolation

The organizers are embracing and honoring your worthwhile causes and resourcefulness. Make your ideas known and heard, wide and far. It would certainly make a difference, resonating peacefully yet strongly with all around us.