In other news

07 April 2008
ABC AUTHENTIC BELGIAN CREATIVITY FUORISALONE MILAN, 16 TILL 21 APRIL 2008
Milan (Italy) - On the initiative of Design Flanders and Flanders Investment & Trade (FIT), 16 Belgian designers and companies are exhibiting a selection of their new collections in one main event.

07 April 2008
WORKSHOP: CREATING DYNAMIC, MULTI-SENSORY EXPERIENCES FOR CUSTOMER DELIGHT
New Delhi (India) - The National Institute of Design in New Delhi, India, will host a workshop to unravel the science and art of persuasion - the art and science of persuading the customers to buy more through delightful experience creation.

07 April 2008
WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DAY 2008
Geneva (Switzerland) - World Intellectual Property Day is rapidly growing in popularity. Since its launch, eight years ago, increasing numbers of governments and organizations are joining WIPO in the annual celebrations on 26 April.

02 April 2008
INVITATION TO THE INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSAL DESIGN EXPO 2008
Hannover (Germany) - The first international universal design expo will be held from 28th to 31st of August 2008 in the Eslite Xinyi Store in Taipei, Taiwan.

02 April 2008
FINNISH DESIGN YEARBOOK 08-09 IS AVAILABLE!
Helsinki (Finland) - Pointing the way for the field, Finnish Design Yearbook 08-09 is now appearing as the second publication in its series.

02 April 2008
DESIGN BLUEPRINT TO IMPROVE PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND EDUCATION
London (United Kingdom) - The 'Design Blueprint' has been developed as an action plan for the recommendations first set out in the High Level Skills for Higher Value report published last year.

31 March 2008
DESIGNING CONNECTED PLACES: INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL
Torino (Italy) - Designing Connected Places is an international summer design school that will be held in Torino and Pollenzo from 13 to 29 July 2008.

31 March 2008
THE ADDED VALUE OF DESIGN
Amsterdam (The Netherlands) - The Association of Dutch Designers (BNO) recently launched a free publication called Best Practices, which aims at bringing the added value of design to the attention of entrepreneurs.

31 March 2008
BEDA ELECTS NEW BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND ACCEPTS THREE NEW MEMBERS
Ljubljana (Slovenia) - At its General Assembly timed to coincide with the Slovenian Presidency of the European Union, the BEDA membership attending from 23 European countries, elected the new Board of Directors for the term 2008-2010 and ratified three new members.

31 March 2008
EUROPE'S MOST IMPORTANT AND EMERGING YOUNG ARCHITECTS AND DESIGNERS NAMED AS "EUROPE 40 UNDER 40"
Dublin (Ireland) - The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies and The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design are pleased to announce the selection of this year's most promising and emerging design talent in Europe for 2008.

31 March 2008
UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES ANNOUNCES THE INNOVATION FORUM: BUSINESS STRATEGY & DESIGN THINKING
Bogota (Columbia) - ZONNA at the Universidad de los Andes invites you to be part of the Innovation Forum: Business Strategy & Design Thinking in which they will offer an overview of current innovation as a driver of business strategy.

20 March 2008
DO GLOBAL BUSINESSES NEED GLOBAL TRADE MARK SOLUTIONS?
Alicante (Spain) - OHIM President Wubbo de Boer has called for a major effort to cut the red tape facing businesses attempting to protect their intellectual properties worldwide.