→NEED is a network that connects festivals, conferences, workshops, competitions, and other events related to visual design in Central, Eastern, Southeastern, and Western Europe.

→The goal of the platform is to build a network and integrate design events, such as festivals and conferences, that take place in Europe.

→The platform aims to support the development of organizations and find effective ways of working in the face of political, economic, and climate crises.

→NEED presents the history and contemporary design from Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe, which are often overlooked and underestimated in the international design scene.

→The organization runs the Eastern European Design Festival in Warsaw, Vilnius, and Kyiv from 2023 to 2025.