Agorà Design Contest

Agorà Design Contest

Join the new contest 'Hyperlocal: architecture and design from the regions'

From 28th September to 1st October 2023 in Martano, a town in the province of Lecce, Agorà Design returns, the festival dedicated to architecture and design. Young designers, companies and big names in the sector meet at the Palazzo Baronale, in the agora of ideas.

In the heart of Grecìa Salentina, exhibitions, talks, thematic workshops and lectio magistralis will be part of an intense program of meetings scheduled during the event.

The deadline to participate in the contest expires on 3 July that, with its Living and Garden sections, aims to stimulate innovative and competitive ideas for the manufacturing industry, enhancing national and international talents and resources. The projects admitted to the contest, selected by a quality jury, will be displayed in an exhibition open to the public during the days of the festival.

There will be a cash prize, as well as awards and special mention, for the winners in the Professionals e Students categories.

For 2023, the theme to which designers are invited to respond is Hyperlocal: architecture and design from the regions. Is it possible to intercept new creative energy in a hyperlocal dimension? In a world demanding a change of pace in terms of sustainability, how can a designer and an architect respond to society’s needs? Is it possible through the revival of forgotten or obsolete knowledge and techniques, to reinvigorate the culture of the design by following the specific features and history of different regions? Agorà Design’s new open call poses these questions to designers and architects and invites them to recount through the project reflections and experiences of change taking place in their living and working contexts.