Seongnam-si City (South Korea) - The Korea Institute of Design Promotion (KIDP) has developed the first-ever framework to evaluate countries' design competitiveness. In December 2008, the National Design Competitiveness Power (NDCP) revealed its first results for the past year.

Changsha (China) - The final results for the first Lotus Cup International Industrial Design Innovation Award, organised by the Hunan Provincial Government of China, will be announced on 11 January 2009.

Pune (India) - Organisers confirm new dates for the India Design Festival. Having been cancelled following the recent events in Mumbai, the 8th CII-NID Design Summit will be held on 11-12 February 2009.

Seoul (South Korea) - The global design website global.designdb.com, launched by KIDP, is successfully on its way toward playing a core role in collecting and distributing world design information.