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Review // 2024 UNESCO Creative Cities Design Forum

The 2024 World Design Cities Conference (WDCC 2024) was held from 27 to 30 September in Shanghai. Under the theme of “Design Reframing Growth”. Nearly…

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Berlin Fashion Week 2025: Where Sustainability Meets Creativity

Berlin Fashion Week returns from January 31 to February 3, 2025, showcasing the city’s growing prominence on the global fashion calendar. This season is all…

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How to submit content for the CoD Website

  The cities are responsible for the content and authenticity   High-resolution images with ©    Content should be short, clear and understandable   Content…

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Contact list_CoD EX CLUB

The successive departure of several COD focal points (including 5 pillars in 2023!), and the desire of keeping alive the professional friendships developed over the…

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Seoul Metropolitan Government Unveils New Brand Identity for “City of Design, Seoul”

Seoul Metropolitan Government recently unveiled its new brand identity representing “City of Design, Seoul”. This is topromote Design Seoul 2.0 and Seoul’s design industries. The…

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International Delegation of UNESCO Cities of Design in Covilhã

Between the 5th and 7th of July 2024, the Municipality of Covilhã received a visit from official delegations from UNESCO Creative Cities of Design who…

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Berlin Fashion Week AW 25

From July 1 to 4, Berlin Fashion Week showcased remarkable talent, attracting nearly 28,500 guests to 35 shows and various events. Under the motto “The…

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Shanghai & Singapore Explore Cooperation On Design Cities

On June 18, 2024, a delegation from the DesignSingapore Council visited the UNESCO Creative Cities (Shanghai) Promotion Office. The two sides had in-depth discussions on…

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A kind of future. The 9th edition of the Graphic DaysⓇ festival

The 9th edition of the Graphic DaysⓇ festival  will take place at the spaces of Flashback Habitat in Torino. An exhibition itinerary, a permanent work…

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DDP Celebrates its 10th Anniversary in 2024

DDP (Dongdaemun Design Plaza) operated by Seoul Design Foundation celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. For the past decade, DDP has been a landmark in…

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Fashion From The Orient

“Fashion From The Orient”, a 30-minute fashion show, which was held during the 2023 World Design Cities Conference, featuring a cast of approximately 100 individuals.…

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“Is this Design Good?”

“Is this Design good?” was launched at the Elite Valley Art Museum in Shanghai, opening to the public as the reflection of contemporary design in…

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Innovative Design Shines in China’s Intangible Cultural Heritage

The successful conclusion of the Second Creative Design Competition on Chinese Intangible Cultural Heritage saw the selection of a group of “innovative, practical, and transformative”…

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UNESCO Creative Cities Forum_Seoul // Review

On October 26, 2023, the UNESCO Creative Cities Forum in Seoul addressed the theme “The Role of Creative Cities in Fostering Resilience, Inclusion, and Sustainable…

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Industrial Product Design at University College Howest // 20th anniversary

Industrial Product Design at University College Howest (Kortrijk, UNESCO Creative City of Design, Belgium) is celebrating its 20th anniversary in style, as the bachelor’s program…

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BUDA::lab develops demining robot for Ukraine

Three enterprising brothers knocked on the door of Kortrijk’s open maker space BUDA::lab late last year with the idea of developing demining robots for Ukraine.…

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Review // Design Month Festival 2023

Designmonat Graz 2023 ended on June 4, with more than 130 program events taking place over the course of 30 days. More than 110 program…

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Tech4Democracy Venture Africa Day

The Hasso Plattner design school (d-school) Afrika at the University of Cape Town, in Cape Town South Africa, partnered with IE University to host one…

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Asia’s second Design Miami/Podium x Shanghai concluded successfully

After nearly two years, Design Miami/ Podium x Shanghai made its return. The Made in House Production was open from March 8-12, with its exclusive…

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Digital Innovation will save us!

Seoul Design Foundation hosted Seoul Light show which is an annual event that features media façade shows at Dongdaemun Design Plaza last December. It turned…

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Visit to Bilbao, UNESCO Creative City of Design

Bilbao, a city with a lot of potential, an eye for beauty, enthusiastic inhabitants with a great will to cooperate and a lot of ‘rebellious’…

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