Open Call for Young Design Generation Exhibition (Portugal)

This Open Call is part of the Lisbon Design Week 2025 events. The jury will select 20 pieces to be part of a Capsule Collection that will be presented at MUDE from May 28 to July 27, 2025. The exhibition will be a joint production by Lisbon Design Week and MUDE, integrated into the cultural programs of both institutions. Open to a wide and diverse audience, it will be part of the major events of the last week of May: Lisbon Design Week 2025, Arco Lisboa, Creativity Week (CCP), and the Open Galleries of FBAUL, which bring together students, creatives, industry professionals, collectors, national and international specialised press, and key figures from the arts, crafts, design, and architecture sectors in Lisbon.

The authors of the selected pieces will be invited to participate in various events organised by Lisbon Design Week, including exhibitions, studio visits, tours of shops and galleries, networking events, lectures, and being featured in articles and communication materials. This set of opportunities aims to recognise creativity and excellence, providing participants with a platform for professional growth within the creative community.

Opening the exhibition to contributions from young creatives invites the voices of the latest generations to join the discussion that the Museum aims to foster. Submissions are accepted for pieces that engage with the central theme and present novel approaches to developing, communicating, perceiving, and utilising design. Participants are encouraged to demonstrate how their work addresses contemporary challenges in design. The pieces submitted may include equipment, components, objects, or communication media (one-off items, products, or HI-FI prototypes) in full scale.

Objectives

• The primary goal of this exhibition is to promote a dialogue between the heritage of design, history, and contemporaneity through the interpolation of new pieces into the existing Long-Term Exhibition at MUDE.
• It seeks to highlight emerging creativity and share the perspectives of younger generations who are just beginning their professional careers with a wider audience.

Eligibility Criteria

• All young creatives or students from the artistic and creative sector of Portuguese nationality or residing in Portugal, either individually or as a team. Participants must be under 35 years old at the time of submission.

Application Requirements

• Participation is free of charge
• Each participant or team can submit only one piece
• The piece must result from a design process and be either two-dimensional or three-dimensional
• The piece can be unpublished or may have already been edited, exhibited, or commercialised
• The piece should be presented through photographs, drawings, and a detailed description of its specific characteristics, including dimensions and materials. It should be accompanied by a brief text explaining how the piece establishes a dialogue with the Long-Term Exhibition at MUDE, either through its thematic, conceptual, or material relationship with one or more pieces, contributing to the reflection and interaction with the existing exhibition discourse
• 20 pieces will be selected for temporary exhibition at MUDE
• If selected, the author commits to delivering a high-fidelity (HI-FI) model or prototype, accompanied by high-resolution photographs (HR), a description, and a brief biography, to be exhibited at MUDE – Design Museum
• The piece will remain on display until July 27, after which a date for collection will be arranged at the same location
• The submission form and detailed information on the submission process are available on the Lisbon Design Week/Open Calls website
• Submissions can be made in either Portuguese or English
• All participants will receive a participation certificate

For more information, visit Belas-Artes ULisboa.