{"id":35598,"date":"2025-11-28T15:02:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T14:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/base.milano.it\/?p=35598"},"modified":"2026-01-09T15:36:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T14:36:21","slug":"britishcouncil2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/base.milano.it\/en\/britishcouncil2026\/","title":{"rendered":"We’re calling for designers: 1 based in the UK and 1 in the Philippines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Your Temporary Home for Design Week 2026 might be waiting for you<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

BASE and British Council are looking for 2 emerging designers
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\u2192 1 based in the Philippines
to join the next edition of Milano Design Week @ BASE: We Will Design 2026 \u2014 HELLO, DARKNESS<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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WHAT WE MEAN FOR TEMPORARY HOME<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

During Milan Design Week @ BASE, 5 rooms of casaBASE<\/a> \u2014 our on-site hostel \u2014 become spaces to live, experiment, and exhibit.
Each selected designer will transform one room into their own research environment, a space where they will also showcase their work live and meet the public.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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EACH SELECTED DESIGNER RECEIVES<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\u2198 1 exhibition room
\u2198 1 bedroom at casaBASE
\u2198 Technical and curatorial support
\u2198 Communication and visibility
\u2198 A dedicated fee<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Who we are looking for<\/strong>
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\u2198 All Design Disciplines.
\u2198 All backgrounds & ages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is a shared call with two different selections and application forms:
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UK\u2014BASED DESIGNER<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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READ THE FULL PRESENTATION<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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DESIGNER BASED IN THE PHILIPPINES<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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OUR CALLS ARE OPEN TO ALL <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

BASE and the British Council are committed to a culture that is open and accessible to everyone, where accessibility is not an additional service but a fundamental principle. We work to create spaces, programs, and practices that enable full participation for all: people with different abilities, backgrounds, bodies, and sensibilities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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We believe that culture truly comes to life only when it is accessible, shared, and experienced through a plurality of perspectives.
This is why we are committed to removing physical, communicative, and symbolic barriers, and to building a place where every voice can be heard and every experience welcomed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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IN COLLABORATION WITH BRITISH COUNCIL<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

A shared commitment to accessibility, visibility, and the power of emerging voices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This renewed collaboration brings together international talent and fresh perspectives for
a new edition of Design Week.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Hello, Darkness<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Darkness as a beginning.
A place of pressure, imagination, and new possibilities.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Hello, Darkness\u2019 is the curatorial framework guiding this year\u2019s edition of We Will Design.
We invite applicants to consider how their project resonates with this theme.
Projects that apply should meaningfully connect with this framework and respond to its questions,
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