Europe 40 Under 40® is an annual awards program that celebrates the next new talented generation of European industrial designers. The program is directed to support new and emerging design talent that will influence the near future of European design, thinking, and theory with the direct consequence of impacting future environments and the future of European and international design. The key is to bring wider recognition to 40 of the most promising emerging industrial designers working in the European Union and in other countries inside Europe, fostering and encouraging new talent and new creative thinking at the forefront of tomorrow’s profession (remember, you must be under 40 to “emerge”).

Yet…you must be a “professional” in Industrial Design, Graphics, Fashion, and Textile Design before you can apply. That’s a tight margin. Deadline is 1 August for architecture and 1 October for industrial design. Visit the site for details.