Agence pour la promotion de la création industrielle
Created in 1983 on the initiative of the ministers responsible for industry and culture, to contribute to the bringing together of culture, research and industry, and having become entirely private in 1993, the APCI, in collaboration with its members and its partners, develops tools and group actions that provoked the economic, social and cultural aspects of French design in France and abroad.

The APCI is aimed at:
  • Designers in order to encourage them and help them improve in an overall and intuitive approach complementing those of specialists, to implement behaviour analysis, relations with objects, spaces and services, and the evolution, to develop future planning action, carry out a permanent watch which focuses on technology and knowledge transfers.
  • To companies that have only had minor contact with design in order to incite them to take the risk of innovative creation that stand out from the crowd.
  • To companies who already use design to reinforce future planning action.
  • To public and private design consultants.
  • To researchers looking for outlets for their research or research themes.
  • To politicians responsible for the quality of public areas.
  • To teachers of all disciplines.
  • To design consultants.
  • To purchasers.
  • To the general public.
Strategies to advance the discipline of design
To enter French design into the international movement to recognise design as a key factor in the competitiveness of companies and economic and social innovation.
Impact on design
• The "Observeur du design' annual Prize. Since 1999, it selects every year the most innovative creations of our daily environment, resulting from company and designer partnerships. The "Observeur Stars" are awarded to the most outstanding. The whole selection is presented at the Science and Industry Centre in Paris. Part of it is presented within traveling exhibitions abroad. It is also among the 17 most remarkable worldwide design prizes exhibited in the "World Best Design Exchange" event in Seoul. • The Panorama Design France guidebook. Bilingual, the guidebook gives a comprehensive view of the design offered in France. It is extended to Europe for the coming edition scheduled for November 2006. • Studies and researches on the design sector and design forecasting. • Competitions for students and professionals
Membership expectations
Keep on raising the awareness of companies, develop the use of design by public authorities, improve knowledge about the design on offer in France and promoting French Design abroad.
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24, rue du Charolais
Paris
75012 France
T: +33 (0) 1 43 45 04 50
F: +33 (0) 1 43 45 10 76
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