Jerusalem Design Week 2026 – Match Point
Einreichfrist: 28. Februar 2026
Jerusalem Design Week (JDW) 2026 invites designers, architects, artists, and multidisciplinary
collectives to participate in its annual Open Call under the theme Match Point. The upcoming edition explores the intersections
of sport, competition, design, and culture, examining how rules, arenas, bodies, and technologies shape contemporary life.
Selected projects will be funded and exhibited during Jerusalem Design Week, which opens on 18 June 2026 in Jerusalem.
About the Jerusalem Design Week
Jerusalem
Design Week is Israel’s largest and most influential public design event, launched in 2011 and held annually at Hansen House
in Jerusalem. The event is initiated by the Ministry of Jerusalem and Heritage and the Jerusalem Development Authority, and
organized by Hansen House and Ran Wolf Ltd.
In 2026, under the theme Match Point, JDW will examine how visual language
and practices stemming from the realm of sports affect contemporary design, and how we experience competition, belonging and
play. Opening on the backdrop of major sports events such as the FIFA World Cup and the Maccabiah Games, this edition of JDW
offers a comprehensive interpretation of both global and local sports culture.
By designing competitive arenas, architectural
spaces, pavilions, and visual language for stadiums, this year’s Design Week seeks to illuminate how design dictates the relationships,
atmosphere and rules of any field. Interactive works will transform visitors into major players of design processes, participating
in simulations of competition, ceremony and group encounters. The exhibitions on display will include projects inspired by
relay races, trophies and medals, by collaborations between football clubs and municipal authorities, and by the manner in
which objects, graphics and architecture help create group identity and shared experiences.
Who can apply
The Open Call is addressed to individual designers, architects, artists, and design teams, as well as multidisciplinary
and collective practices, working across fields such as architecture, product design, graphic design, fashion, interactive
and digital design, and spatial practices. Applicants may apply to more than one category, provided that a separate application
is submitted for each category. Both emerging and established practitioners from Israel and abroad are eligible to apply.
Submission
Applicants can choose from several thematic categories, including architectural projects,
large-scale installations, table-top competitive design, design objects, rule-breaking design, and interactive technological
installations.
Applications must be submitted through the Jerusalem Design Week Open Call process by 28 February 2026
at 11:00 p.m. Selected projects will receive funding and will be exhibited as part of Jerusalem Design Week 2026, which opens
on 18 June 2026. Applicants who pass the first selection round will be notified on 7 March 2026.
Contact
For questions regarding the Open Call, applicants can contact the Jerusalem Design Week team via email at info@jdw.co.il.
