The world of traditional craft, design, and education is getting a fresh new face and it could be yours.
The newly established World Crafts Academy (WCA), the flagship initiative of World Crafts Council (WCC), has just opened a global logo-design competition, and it’s exclusively for college students and fresh graduates.
If you’re aged between 18 and 28, with a passion for design, culture and creativity, this is your chance to make history.
What’s the Challenge?
- Design an official logo for World Crafts Academy, using the existing WCC emblem as part of your composition.
- Must be original, creative and able to represent global craft learning, heritage, and community values.
- Submit your design via email to wcc.global.initiatives@gmail.com (note: submissions by other means won’t be accepted).
- The competition is strictly open to students and young graduates only no older professionals, please.
About WCC AISBL
The World Crafts Council AISBL (WCC-AISBL) is a global non-profit founded in 1964 to support artisans and safeguard traditional crafts across continents.
Registered in Belgium and affiliated with UNESCO, the organization operates through five regions, Africa, Asia Pacific, Europe, Latin America, and North America where it promotes cultural preservation, craft development, and artisan empowerment.
For decades, the WCC has organized international exhibitions, workshops, conferences, and creative exchange programs connecting craft communities worldwide.
Mission: to empower artisans, preserve global craft heritage, promote sustainable development, and ensure traditional crafts continue to thrive in today’s world.
Vision: to become the world’s leading force for protecting, elevating, and celebrating traditional craftsmanship while ensuring artisans everywhere gain recognition, support, and meaningful opportunities.
Learn more via their official website: https://www.wccinternational.org
What’s the Prize?
- The chosen design will become the official identity of the World Crafts Academy, used globally across websites, certificates, marketing materials, and more.
- The winner gains global recognition a major résumé boost.
- Plus, there will be awards and opportunities tied to the launch of the Academy.
All winning entries automatically become the intellectual property of WCC AISBL, standard practice for institution branding.
Why This Matters
WCA is being billed as the new global hub for craft education, knowledge-sharing, and cross-cultural creative exchange.
As craft traditions around the world evolve and merge with modern design, the Academy aims to unite artisans, designers, students and cultural activists under one banner fostering learning, innovation, and preservation.
This logo competition is more than branding, it’s a symbolic call for youth to shape the visual voice of a global movement that values heritage, creativity and community.
How to Participate
- Design your logo — creative, bold, meaningful; make it represent global craft unity.
- Email your submission to wcc.global.initiatives@gmail.com, following all contest guidelines.
- Share the news — tag friends, classmates, artists who might be interested.
- Stay tuned for results, win global exposure, and become part of a craft legacy.
If you’re a young artist, designer, or creative soul with a vision, this is your moment to leave a mark on the world.
Help give shape to global craft education. Help create the face that the future of craft will come to know. Are you ready to design history?