REGIONAL ADVISORS

Former Icsid Executive Board Members are appointed as Icsid Regional Advisors to strengthen the regional presence of Icsid and to improve and widen the delivery of services to Icsid's Members. This honorary charge ensures simultaneous benefits for the regions as well as for Icsid.

The responsibilities of a Regional Advisor include:
  • Acting as a consultant to the Executive Board on matters of professional, educational or promotional nature;
  • Representing Icsid at regional events;
  • Promoting the organisation of design competitions, regional workshops and exchange programs with Icsid member societies, industry, non-governmental organisations and government offices;
  • Contributing to the regional distribution of news and information through newspapers, magazines and other design related publications;
  • Promoting Icsid and its activities and to increase awareness of good design and its benefits for industrial organisations, local authorities, manufacturers and consumer bodies;
  • Supporting any other activities in which the Regional Advisor can help Icsid achieve its mission and develop benefits for its members.

AUSTRALIA


Assoc. Prof. Vesna Popovic
Industrial Design Discipline Coordinator
Queensland University of Technology
School of Design and Built Environment
G.P.O. Box 2434, Gardens Point Campus
Brisbane Q 4001
t: +61 7 3864 26 69/70
f: +61 7 3864 15 28
e: v.popovic@qut.edu.au

BRAZIL


Mr. Eduardo Barroso Neto
Rua Presidente Coutinho 212 apt 1001
Centro 88015-230 Florianópolis - Santa Catarina
t: +55 48 373 38791
e: barrosodesign@hotmail.com

CZECH REPUBLIC


Dr. Zbynek Vokrouhlicky
Design Centrum of the Czech Republic
Dlouhá 10
110 00 Prague 1
t: +420 222 317 860 / 861
f: +420 222 317 682
e: vok@divan.cz 

DENMARK


Ms. Marianne Frandsen
Den Blå Tegnestue
Gothersgade 8 D
1123 Copenhagen K
t: +45 33 149 104
f: +45 33 933 004
e: blueoffice@tdcadsl.dk

FINLAND




Mr. Tapani Hyvönen
Managing Director
ED-Design Ltd
Juhana Herttuan Puistokatu 19
20100 Turku
t: + 358 2 6519 6000
f: + 358 2 4691 701
e: tapani.hyvonen@ed-design.fi



Ms. Kaarina Pohto
Laajalahdentie 9 A 7
FIN-00330
Helsinki
t: + 358 9 480 626
e:kaarina.pohto@gmail.com

FRANCE


Ms. Anne-Marie Boutin
President
Agence pour la Promotion de la Création Industrielle
24 rue du Charolais
75012 Paris
t: +33 1 43 45 04 50
f: +33 1 43 45 10 76
e: amboutin@apci.asso.fr

GERMANY


Mr. Fritz Frenkler
f/p Design GmbH
Mauerkircherstrasse 4
81679 Muenchen
t: +49 89 9090 1590
f: +49 89 9090 15915
e: ff@fp-design-gmbh.com
w: www.fp-design-gmbh.com


Prof. Dr. h.c. Dieter Rams
Am Forsthaus 4
61476 Kronberg
t: 0172-6743008
f: +49 61 73 14 06
e: britte.siepenkothen@t-online.de


Prof. George Teodorescu
State Academy of Art and Design Stuttgart
Am Weissenhof 1
D-70191 Stuttgart  
t: +49 711 28440 235
f: +49 711 28440 225
e: teodorescu@tesign.de



Dr. Zdenka Yousefzamany- Burianova
Alsterkrugchaussee 608
D-22335 Hamburg
t: +49 (0)40- 531 6996-0
f: +49- (0)40- 531 6996-1
e: BDG-presse@t-online.de

HUNGARY


Mr. András Mengyán
Mécsvirág u. 31
1037 Budapest
t: +36 1 3871714
e: amengyan@t-online.hu

INDIA


Mr. Vinay Jha
326 Asiad Village
August Kranti Marg
New Delhi-110049
t: +11 26 49 3701
f: +11 26 49 2233
e: vinayjha@del3.vsnl.net.in


Dr. Darlie O. Koshy
Executive Director
National Institute of Design
Paldi
Ahmedabad, 380 007
t: + 91 79 660 52 41
f: +91 79 660 52 42
e: koshy@nid.edu

ISRAEL


Professor Ron Nabarro
Innovation Design
P.O.Box 1016
Raanana 43107
e: nabarro@design4all.com

ITALY


Mr. Angelo Cortesi
Via Maddelena Giudice Donadoni no. 10
20158 Milano
t: +39 02-393 134 45/-393 134 46
f: +39 02 393 13447



Mr. Giuliano Molineri
Frimark Srl
Design and Consultancy
Strada Maiole, 32
10027 Moncalieri (TO)
Italy
t: +39 011 64 73 127
f: +39 011 64 72 499
e: frimark@virgilio.it

JAPAN


Mr. Shoji Ekuan
Voice of Design Incorporated
2-19-16 Shimo-ochiai
Shinjuku-ku
Tokyo 161
t: +81 3 5982 94 00
f: +81 3 5982 95 54
e: s-ekuan@ta2.so-net.ne.jp


Mr. Kazuo Kimura
Dean, School of Design
Nagoya University of Arts and Sciences
57 Takenoyama, Iwasaki-cho
Nissin-shiAichi, 470-0196
t: +81 5617 5 2587
f: +81 5617 5 2922
e: kazuongo@aol.com


Kazuo Morohoshi
Executive Technical Adviser, Design
Toyota Techno Service Corp.
1-21, Imae, Hanamoto-Cho
Toyota, Aichi 470-0334
t: +81 565 46 7520
f: +81 565 46 7580
e: kazuo@dukedom.rec-serv.co.jp


Mr. Kiyoshi Sakashita
Musashino Art University
3-15-25 Oka
Matsubara-shi
Osaka 580-0014
t: +81 6 723 33 5925
f: +81 6 723 33 6304
e: fwnf1167@mb.infoweb.ne.jp

MEXICO


Mr. Manuel Alvarez Fuentes
Director
Diseño Corporativo Consultores
Truchuelo No. 16 Col. Cimatario
Quéretaro, Qro
76030
t: +52 4 214 33 90
f: +52 4 212 06 00
e: maf@dicorp.com.mx


Mr. Nils J. Tvengsberg
Privada Rio Danubio No. 219
Col. Vista Hermosa
62290 Cuernavaca, Morelos
t: +52 7773 15 78 87
f: +001 253 681 0227
e: tvengs@cableonline.com.mx

REPUBLIC OF KOREA


Dr. Kyung-won Chung
ProfessorKorea Advanced Institute for Science and Technology
Department of Industrial Design
373-1, Guseong-dong, Yuseong-gu
Daejeon 305-701
t: +83 42 869 45 12
f: +83 42 869 45 10
e: kwchung@sorak.kaist.ac.kr


Mr. Theo Groothuizen
Korea Advanced Institute for Science and Technology
Department of Industrial Design
373-1, Guseong-dong, Yuseong-gu
Daejeon 305-701,
Republic of Korea
e: theogroothuizen@kaist.ac.kr



Mr. Soon-In Lee
Executive Managing Director Korea Institute of Design Promotion
Korea Design Center Bldg.7F
344-1, Yatap 1-Dong, Bundang-gu, Seongnam City
Gyeonggi-Do 463-828
t: +82 31 780 2008
f: +82 31 780 2154
e: soonin@assist.ac.kr

SLOVENIA


Prof. Sasa Mächtig
Academy of Fine Arts, Department of Industrial Design
Dolenjska 831000 Ljubljana
t: +386 61 127 26 21
f: +386 61 127 38 80
e: sasa.machtig@uni-lj.si

SPAIN


Mr. André Ricard
Bosch i Gimpera, 14 bajos
08034 Barcelona
t: +34 932 063 393
f: +932 063 755
e: amengyan@axelero.hu

SOUTH AFRICA



Ms. Adrienne Viljoen
Design Inst. - South African Bureau of Stds.
1 Dr. Lategan Road, Groenkloof
Private Bag X191
Pretoria 0001
t: +27 12 428 63 28
f: +27 12 428 65 46
e: viljoeab@sabs.co.za

SWEDEN



Mr. Robin Edman
Swedish Industrial Design Foundation
Sveavägen 34, 6tr
SE 111 34 Stockholm
Sweden
t: +46 8 406 8443
f: +46 8 661 2035
e: Robin.edman@svid.se

TAIWAN



Mr. Tony Chang
Taiwan Design Center
Design Promotion Department
3F.,Bldg.G,3-1 Park Street
Nangang Taipei 115
Taiwan
t: +886 2 2655 8199 ext.134
f: +886 2 2655 8228

e: kmc@tdc.org.tw


Dr. Paul Cheng
28. Lane .99 Kang-Ning Rd,
Sec. 3
Neihu
Taipei
t: +886 2 2633 1288
f: +886 2 2633 5151
e: pyjcheng@ms65.hinet.net

UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND


Ms. June Fraser
Flax Mill House7 Whitcombe Road
Beaminster
Dorset DT8 3NE
t: +44 1308 863 315
f: +44 1308 862 791
e: june@cull-fraser.com


Ms. Mary Mullin
27 The Avenue
Branksome Park, PooleDorset
BH13 6LH
t: +44 1202 764 798
f: +44 1202 766 163
e: mv.mullin@bun.com


Michael Thomson
Design Connect
17 Ospringe Road
London NW5 2 JD
t: +44 (0) 7980 223 815
f: +44 (0) 20 7916 8599
e: michael@designconnect.co.uk

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA


Dr. Jorge Gómez Abrams
Director, North America
MADE
1207 Hymeadow
San Antonio, Texas 78258, USA
t: +1 210 867 5950
f: +1 210 352 5815
e: jorgegabrams@sbcglobal.net
w: www.made-id.com


Mr. David Kusuma
Vice President
Product Development
Tupperware Corporation
14901 S. Orange Blossom Trail
Orlando, FL 32837
t: +1 407 826 8895
f: +1 407 847 1878
e: davidkusuma@tupperware.com



Mr. Yoshio Nishimoto
2632 Military Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90064
t: +1 310 207 30 70
f: +1 310 475 63 64


Mr. Gianfranco Zaccai
President
Design Continuum Inc.
1220 Washington Street
West Newton, MA 02165
t: +1 617 969 54 00
f: +1 617 969 28 64
e: gzaccai@dcontinuum.com

history
Icsid Board Meeting, Leningrad, Russia 1970
Icsid Secretariat Office in Brussels.
1997-1999 Icsid Executive Board.