Apply for the Global Creative Graduate Showcase 2025

For the 6th time, Arts Thread announces the call for entries for the next edition of the Global Creative Graduate Showcase. This is the new name of the Global Design Graduate Show, a non-profit organization that was established to promote the work of art and design graduates around the world. In 2024, 5174 students from 523 universities/colleges around the world participated and submitted their projects.

 

The call for entries for the Global Creative Graduate Showcase is aimed at all undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate students in art and design, for those who graduated between September 2024 and August 2025 (in the southern hemisphere, graduated after September 2024) in any creative discipline.

 

Entries must be submitted by August 31, 2025 (11:59 pm NYC) via the Arts Thread platform artsthread.com

 

The winners will be announced in October 2025. At that time, a public vote will be held to determine the next winners.

The submitted projects will be judged in the following categories:
1. fashion, accessories, textiles
2. visual arts, film, digital
3. product, architecture, interiors
4. visual arts, photography, crafts/jewelry



Among them were Michał Piernikowski and Aleksandra Kietla from our Łódź Design Festival team.

Arts Thread is the world’s leading digital platform for emerging artists and designers and a launch pad for the next generation of creative talent. Arts Thread has built relationships with more than 1,000 creative institutions in some 140 countries and has partnered with leading brands, organizations, events and media to help launch the next generation of creative talent around the world.