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Reimagine the Act of Having Sex, Attend AIGA’s Design Conference and Visit a World Where Our Devices Are as Sassy as We Are

Jumpstart your week with our insider’s guide to events in the design world. From must-see exhibitions to insightful lectures and the competitions you need to know about—here’s the best of what’s going on, right now.

Monday

Get Pumped About Design at: 2016 AIGA Design Conference

The AIGA Design Conference is an event for creatives from all across the country. Be there as the design community comes together for provocative speakers, networking opportunities, competitions, exhibitions, professional development sessions, and face-to-face roundtables with your design heroes.

Las Vegas, Nevada. Conference runs from October 17-19, 2016.

Tuesday

Bring a Construction Worker to: Work in Progress

Work in Progress displays over 25 LL47 signs commissioned to artists, designers, and architects that depict alternative visions of ongoing construction sites throughout New York City, offering a space of reflection and critique of current development practices and the architectures that build them.

New York, New York. On view through October 22, 2016.

Wednesday

Help Others Through Design by Attending: Designing for People With Disabilities in Singapore

During DesignSingapore Council’s three day and half day co-creation sessions, attendees will brainstorm and design social services that will enhance the quality of life for people with disabilities and provide greater opportunities for their participation in an inclusive society.

Singapore. Three day course runs from October 19-21, 2016.

Thursday

Design for Social Impact by Entering: Opportunity Space

Opportunity Space is an international design competition that challenges multidisciplinary teams to propose a temporary, mobile structure that will support economic opportunity and social inclusion in Malmö, Sweden. Opportunity Space will result in a new public hub for education, social inclusion and job assistance programs.

Online competition open through November 18, 2016.

Friday

Let’s Talk About Sex Baby at: For Play

For Play co-curators Sanne Muiser and Tom Loois feel that porn and commerce dominate today’s sex industry and take away from the spontaneity and inventiveness that make sex fun. So they asked over 30 artists and designers to turn up the heat and create playful, vulnerable and original alternative visions of sex—For Play is the result.

Eindhoven, Netherlands. On view through November 13, 2016 as part of Dutch Design Week.

Saturday/Sunday

Face Fears of the Future at: Why Does My Refrigerator Know My Birthday? and Devious Devices

Starting this weekend, the Veemgebouw will feature two fabulous exhibits related to the future of technology. Why does my refrigerator know my birthday? focuses on communication between various technological devices based on the owner’s personal data and asks, “what happens as more and more devices become smart?” Devious Devices takes things one step further and wonders what life would be like if our smart devices took on bold and sassy personalities.

Eindhoven, Netherlands. Both exhibits are on view through October 30, 2016 as part of Dutch Design Week. 

Check out the Core77 Calendar for more design world events, competitions and exhibitions, or submit your own to be considered for our next Week in Design.