Seoul (South Korea) - The Korean Minister of Knowledge Economy has appointed Dr. Lee Taeyong, former President & CEO of KEMCO (Korea Energy Management Corporation) and former Deputy Commissioner of the Korean Intellectual Property Office, as the new President of KIDP (Korea Institute of Design Promotion).

Essen (Germany) - With over 14,000 entries, 30 international design experts examined, tested, and evaluated each product over a span of 19 categories for the red dot award: product design 2012.

Montreal (Canada) - For World Industrial Design Day's fifth anniversary, Icsid is inviting designers and design enthusiasts from around the globe to spread awareness and initiate events reflecting this year's theme of "What is Industrial Design?".

Montreal (Canada) - Icsid is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Kyle Verboomen as the new Sponsorship & Partnership Development Officer. In this role, Kyle’s primary objective will be to oversee the global expansion of the sponsorship/partnership programme of the World Design Capital® (WDC) initiative.

Sydney (Australia) - Icsid's endorsed event, the Australian International Design Awards, have announced the addition of a new category in Good Design Australia that will include Service Design.

Beijing (China) - The China Red Star Design Award is currently preparing for the 2012 submissions. The open call begins 15 March for products designed or manufactured by enterprises registered in China (including Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan (Chinese Taipei)).

Rotterdam (The Netherlands) - Design the New Business is a film dedicated to investigating how designers and businesspeople are working together in new ways to solve the wicked problems facing business today.

Montreal (Canada) - The executive board convened for its second meeting of the term in Montreal (Canada), in January. During the meeting the board identified priorities for the term and discussed how to guide the organisation both in line with its vision and mission and the needs and aspirations of its members.

Montreal (Canada) – Under the banner of the International Design Alliance (IDA), partner organisations the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (Icsid), the world body for professional communication design (Icograda) and the International Federation of Interior Architects/Designers (IFI) unveiled today the new visual identity for its biennial IDA Congress.

Pasadena (United States) - Three Designmatters projects from Safe Agua Peru are among the winners for The Spark: Concept Fall Winter Awards: GiraDora: Safe Agua won the highest ranking SPARK! Award; Balde a Balde: Safe Agua won a Gold Award; and Vitamigos: Safe Agua won a Bronze Award.