Jumpstart your week with our insider's guide to events in the design world. From must-see exhibitions to insightful lectures and the competitions you need to know about—here's the best of what's going on, right now.

Monday

Ribbon Chapel, 2016 Winner 

Exercise Your Right to Vote in the: ArchDaily Building of the Year Awards

For the 8th consecutive year, ArchDaily is tasking their readers with the responsibility of recognizing and rewarding the projects that are making an impact in the profession with the ArchDaily 2017 Building of the Year Awards. By voting, you are part of an unbiased, distributed network of jurors and peers that has elevated the most relevant projects over the past seven years.

Online voting open through February 6, 2017.

Tuesday

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Show the Design Community Your Stuff by Entering: European Product Design Awards

The Product Design of the Year Award recognizes the efforts of talented designers and design teams who aim to improve our daily lives with a practical and beautiful creations, designed to solve a problem, make life easier or simply spread joy. Both professional and student categories are offered!

Online competition open through February 15, 2017.

Wednesday

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Justify Your Tech Nostalgia At: Sleep Mode. The Art of the Screensaver

A whole exhibit centered around the virtually lost but never forgotten medium of the screensaver. Internet nerds, go forth and flock to the Netherlands.

Rotterdam, Netherlands. On view through June 25, 2017.

Thursday

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3D Print Your Way to the Top at: 3D Printing Materials Conference

The 3D Printing Materials Conference offers attendees a platform on the crossroads of science, technology and business in 3D printing materials. Seize the opportunity to share knowledge, create new partnerships and network actively.

Galeen, Netherlands. February 2, 2017 at 9:30 AM.

Friday

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Workshop Tickets Still Available to: Interaction 2017 

Interaction design happens everywhere. As anything becomes a surface for interaction, anywhere becomes a place where design happens. Interaction 17 asks: how does environment shape interaction, and how should we, as designers, respond? Bonus: Core77 Partner, Allan Chochinov will be dropping some mad knowledge as a speaker.

New York, NY. February 3 through 8, 2017.

Saturday/Sunday

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School Yourself at: Designing Pixel Perfect UI

A short, practical and affordable weekend course on User Interface design taught  by professional designers. The course will cover typography, how to create an icon font, responsive layout, style guide, prototyping interactions and design tools.

London, UX. February 4, 2017 at 2:00 PM.