Events

Objective

Development

Open Studio Bizkaia

An invitation to discover design from the inside. Through guided tours of design studios and spaces, mainly in Bilbao and Getxo, Open Studio Bizkaia opens up the workspaces and working methods of design professionals, bringing them closer to students, businesses and the general public. An opportunity to understand how professional practice takes shape and to raise the profile of the region’s creative scene.

Portfolio Night

A space for support and guidance for students and young designers. Through direct conversations with professionals from various disciplines at EIDE, Portfolio Night offers feedback, answers questions and helps guide entry into the job market, sharing current and future challenges, and fostering close, horizontal contact between generations. The event operates through a table-rotation system, facilitating informal and diverse interaction with many of these professionals.

Talentu Gazteak

An initiative aimed at showcasing young talent and the best projects developed each year at higher education institutions in the Basque Country and Navarre offering degrees related to design and creativity. Talentu Gazteak focuses on the younger generations, promoting recognition of their work and exchange between students from different institutions, with the aim of connecting with the business world as a first step towards integrating into the professional ecosystem.

EIDE Design Day is an initiative launched by EIDE as part of Bilbao Bizkaia Design Week, and over the course of 11 editions it has developed a distinct identity of its own.

Each edition involves the collaboration of dozens of professionals, students and up-and-coming talents, as well as the active participation of all the leading higher education institutions in the Basque Country and Navarre.

Other EIDE activities