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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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Visit to Covilhã, UNESCO Creative City of Design

Covilhã, UNESCO Creative City of Design. Do you know this city? In my network, people looked at me questioningly when I told them that that…

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Review // Subnetwork Meeting KAUNAS 2022

Subnetwork Meeting in  K A U N A S  2022: The programme of this subnetwork meeting explore the themes of DESIGNING HAPPY CITY and our…

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Cape Skills and Employment Accelerator

The Cape Skills and Employment Accelerator is a project focused on creating employment opportunities for youth and women in the clothing and textile industry in…

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Design Innovation Seed Fund

The Design Innovation Seed Fund (DISF) funds designers, inventors, entrepreneurs and product developers with pre-revenue innovative technologies and tech-enabled ideas and products. These individuals/ businesses…

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Beyond 2050: Reimagining Design Education in Singapore

The report marks the completion of the first two-year term of the Design Education Advisory Committee (DEAC). The DEAC was launched by the DesignSingapore Council…

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Designing A Loveable Singapore

Designing a Loveable Singapore: What and Why? What is the Loveable Singapore Project about? And why are we doing this?   The Loveable Singapore Project…

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Agency for the Future: Design and the Quest for a Better World

“The title of this year’s symposium points to a dual meaning. On one hand, it highlights Singapore’s unique approach, based on modelling, prototyping, testing, and…

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The Cité du design welcomes UNESCO’s Creative Cities

Faced with challenges of ecological and energy transitions, this forum highlighted the creativity of cities such as Montreal (Canada), Seoul (South Korea), Muharraq (Bahrain), Fortaleza…

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Breads of the Creative Cities – Third Edition

Breads of the Creative Cities is an ongoing project of ITKI Foundation and its partner Tucson, UNESCO City of Gastronomy. We are extending the definition…

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Regional delegation tastes the design city of Saint-Etienne

Regional delegation tastes the design city of Saint-Etienne Last week, a large city delegation visited the design biennale of colleague UNESCO Creative City of Design…

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Shanghai Announced Blueprint of City of Design

Shanghai World-class “City of Design” Development Promotion Conference was held at the Friendship Hall on February 17, with a city design industry blueprint released. Shanghai aims…

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