Seoul Design Declaration signed at WDC World Design Cities Summit

Seoul (South Korea) – Under the auspice of the World Design Capital™ (WDC) Seoul 2010, some 32 municipal leaders including mayors, policy makers and other leading officials from around the world, gathered in Seoul on 23-24 February 2010 to attend the WDC World Design Cities Summit. There to open the event was Icsid President Dr. Mark Breitenberg, as well as the mayors from the three WDC designated cities of Torino, Seoul and Helsinki. As numerous cities strive to strengthen their future competitiveness, the summit provided a platform for attending municipal leaders to demonstrate the impact of design on the competitiveness of cities in the 21st century.

The Seoul Design Declaration was signed by the official delegates of attending cities as a result of the occasion in support of the City of Seoul’s desire to recognise design as a core competency and improve citizens' happiness index.

Seoul's international WDC Advisory committee consisting of Icsid members, regional advisors and partners were in attendance at this event and the advisory committee meeting that followed the event.

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2009 Icsid World Design Congress Survey

The purpose of this survey is to capture the valued opinions and feedback of the 2009 Icsid World Design Congress attendees regarding their overall event experience.

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World Industrial Design Day 2010 | Industrial Design: Humane solutions for a resilient world

In celebration of World Industrial Design Day on 29 June 2010, the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (Icsid) invites designers from around the globe to initiate events reflecting this year's theme:

"Industrial Design: Humane solutions for a resilient world"

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