Seoul (South Korea) - The City of Seoul leaped its first step as the World Design Capital 2010 with a series of events launched in December 2009. Mark your calendars with notable events including the WDC Seoul Story, the World Design Cities Summit, Seoul Design Assets Exhibition and Seoul Design Fair to name but a few.

Milan (Italy) - Fired by the success of 2009's record edition, despite the extremely challenging global economic climate, the Saloni will be back in April as always, hand in hand with their customary optimism.

Singapore - Jeffrey Ho Kiat was appointed the new Director of the DesignSingapore Council, the national agency for the promotion and development of Singapore design, on 1 December 2009.

New York (United States) - Bill Moggridge, designer of the first laptop computer in 1980 and co-founder of IDEO has been named director of the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum in New York.

New York (United States) - After 55 years in print, the oldest product design magazine in the United States has folded. I.D. Magazine Publisher and Editorial Director released a statement on 15 December announcing the decision.