Open Calls

Design Residency 2019 (for UK-based practitioners)

Applications are now open to UK-based creative practitioners for the Helsinki Design Residency 2019 which will explore the theme The Melting Platform: Material Interactions. Apply by Wednesday 24 April 2019. 

The British Council, in partnership with the Helsinki International Artist Programme(HIAP), Helsinki Design Week (HDW), Design Museum Helsinki (DM) and Strelka Institute, is seeking applications from practitioners to participate in a residency programme in Helsinki. This residency is for UK-based creative practitioners and researchers working at the intersections of design, architecture and art with an interest in critically investigating design as a cultural practice.