Montreal (Canada) - June 29, 2008 the first “World Industrial Design Day” recognising the profession of industrial design to be observed the world over

Essen (Germany) - Chris Bangle and the Design Team BMW Group are design team of the year 2007

Milan (Italy) - The European Institute for Design and Disability announces 'Tourism for All'

Copenhagen (Denmark) - The winning designs and solutions 2007 are on display at the Danish Design Centre until October 14

Taiwan - The Young Designers' Exhibition (YODEX）celebrated its 26th anniversary this year, after gradually developing into a unique exhibition for junior designers around the world

Guangzhou (China) - "Win by Design" is the theme for the 2007 Design Week

Berlin (Germany) - businesses, designers and scientists will discuss the effects of accel-eration on the design process, on product-development, and on customer-communication, and will present possible outlooks on future developments

USA - Microsoft/IDSA congratulate the 2006-2007 winners that challenged designers to rethink the Windows-based PC experience

Singapore - Seven finalists invited to Singapore for final stage of competition

Buenos Aires (Argentina) - Outstanding designers from around the World come to Buenos Aires to share their knowledge on Material innovation. Within this framework will also take place the exhibition “Prima Materia”