European Design Forum
The BEDA GA+, an additional day during the General Assembly, was initiated in Milan in 2015 to allow members to share their experience, discuss current challenges in design and encourage closer...
View ArticleReinvest in the city!
At the 10th Biennale, Cite du design transformed a street into an urban reactivation laboratory, Rue de la République du Design. What will tomorrow's city look like? What lifestyles and economic models...
View ArticleThe Percent for Art principle
Percent for Art Principle facing tailwind in Finland.Public art is enjoying a resurgence in Finland – two new handbooks offer practical information for commissioners and artists. Finnish people value...
View ArticleHesse goes to LONDON
Creative industries as location factor: Hesse goes to LONDONThe German Design Council report on a recent creative industries delegation to London. The Hessian Minister of Economics Tarek Al-Wazir...
View ArticleVisible Cultures
Visible Cultures: AIAP DESIGN PER International Graphic Design WeekThe 2017 edition of this event, exploring design for culture, information, society, and sustainability, will take place in Rome. Every...
View ArticleLearning for Innovative Design for Sustainability
Circular Design: Learning for Innovative Design for Sustainability. Barcelona Design Center and Swedish Industrial Design Foundation announce the launch of a new Erasmus+ funded European project...
View ArticleExploring Operational Programmes
Design4Innovation are Exploring Operational ProgrammesPDR report on the second Design4Innovation Partnership Meeting earlier this month in Thessaoloniki. ‘Exploring Operational Programmes’ was the...
View ArticleFocusing on care in Aalst
A Belgian town has used service design to promote its care resources, winning the Henry van de Velde Design Research Award. Studio Dott won the Henry van de Velde Design Research Award with the project...
View ArticleUrban design at the highest level
Red Dot awards, 3 July 2017 A baby-changing system and a building façade system have won this year’s Red Dot ‘best of the best’ award. For more than 60 years, the Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen has...
View ArticleCircular Design @OSCEdays Berlin
How can design help to establish a circular economy in urban areas? With OSCE and Berlin Partner for Business and Technology, find out in this interactive event from the International Design Center...
View ArticleA whole district takes ownership of the Biennale
Cite du Design explain how residents of Saint-Étienne have tried out urban furniture of the future. The Biennale 2017 repeated the Banc d’essai public bench design experiment this year and once again...
View ArticleBiggest ever Barcelona Design Week
Barcelona Design Center report on the 2017 event and announce dates for 2018. Barcelona Design Week, the annual event organized by BCD Barcelona Design Centre, ended its 12th edition transforming the...
View ArticleOutdoor furniture brings residents together
MAD Lab residents Morgane Hallé and the AMORCE collective use design for social cohesion in a Brussels social housing complex. Morgane Hallé and the AMORCE collective, residents at the MAD Lab, the...
View ArticleUrban Interior Design
Public Living Spaces in Contemporary Cities.POLI.design explain the function of their urban interior design in creating cohesive peripheral spaces. "The suburbs are the big project and the challenge of...
View ArticleUX Design Awards 2017: Nominees Announcement
The 48 nominations for this year’s international innovation award include hologram technology, artificial intelligence, and 360° optics. The list of Nominees for the UX Design Awards 2017 competition...
View ArticleFinal reminder: DBA Design Effectiveness Awards
The DBA Design Effectiveness Awards entry deadline is fast approaching and closes at 5pm GMT on 30 June 2017. The DBA Design Effectiveness Awards celebrate the power of design to drive business success...
View ArticleBart Ahsmann: BEDA President for 2017-2019
At its General Assembly in Vilnius last week, the Bureau of European Design Associations members from sixteen nations welcomed Bart Ahsmann of CLICKLNL (Netherlands) as their President for the period...
View Article‘Inspired in Barcelona: Lifestyle’
This collective show at NYxDESIGN 2017 showcases brands and designers from the habitat sector, inspired by the city's values, excellence and lifestyle. ‘Inspired in Barcelona: Lifestyle’ is a...
View ArticleSerbia’s third Creative Playground opens
Belgrade Design Week have collaborated on a third Creative Playground as a way for city inhabitants to participate in their urban green areas. The “Creative Grand Park” is a result of collaboration...
View ArticleInternational Creative Conference
“Human Cities / Sharing Cloud”, Kragujevac, 2017. Belgrade Design Week report on the launch of their international creative urban planning and architectural conference in Kragujevac, Serbia. After...
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