Montreal (Canada) - Ms Andréa Springer will take on a new role as the Programme Director for the WDC initiative. Icsid is pleased to announce the appointment of two new members to the Secretariat team. Effective immediately, Ms Tu Tram Pham and Mr Rafael Mayor-Mora will join the Secretariat.

Montreal (Canada) – Icsid inaugural executive board meeting of the 2009-2011 term on 30-31 January reveals the World Industrial Design Day 2010 theme as "Industrial Design: Humane solutions for a resilient world".

Montreal (Canada) - Calls for interest for the second biennial IDA Congress to be held in 2013 may be submitted until 12 February 2010.

Montreal (Canada) - Icsid is pleased to announce the addition of a new Promotional Member to the Icsid Network, the Daegu Gyeonbuk Design Center (DGDC), established in 2008 by the Korean Central Ministry of Knowledge and Economy jointly with Daegu Metropolitan City.

Montreal (Canada) - The International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (Icsid) Executive Board of Directors for the 2009-2011 term was announced at the close of the Icsid General Assembly on 27 November 2009.

Montreal (Canada) - In addition to the nine members previously announced on 31 August 2009, the Icsid Board has approved the application of the Institute of Apparel Management. Icsid is pleased to welcome this new Educational member to the network.

Montreal (Canada) - Four new design media have joined the International Design Media Network, Behance Network (United States), Klik (Slovenia), Grafika (Canada) and TAXI (Singapore).

Montreal (Canada) - At the latest Board Meeting in Tokyo, Japan, the Icsid Executive Board was pleased to approve the applications of nine new Members, representing eight different countries from five different regions.

Montreal (Canada) - Icsid has announced on behalf of the members of the WDC Jury that the City of Eindhoven (The Netherlands) and the City of Helsinki (Finland) have been selected for the shortlist of cities that will move on to the next round of evaluation in the hopes of becoming World Design Capital in 2012.

Montreal (Canada) - Hosted by the Hungarian Design Council , the latest Icsid Executive Board meeting took place in Budapest, Hungary, from 16-17 May 2009.