Part of the World Design Survey, a pilot project of the International Design Alliance (IDA), the South African findings were a collaborative effort between five of South Africa's most prominent organisations engaged in design promotion and profession management. (PDF - 4.8MB)

Icsid Board Member Michelle Berriman provides report on design activities in the Middle East. (PDF - 61KB)

Icsid Board Member Kazuo Tanaka from the GK Design Group reports on design activities in Japan. (PDF - 3.7MB)

Icsid Board Member Lorraine Justice of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University reports on design activities in Hong Kong and South China. (PDF - 400KB)

A statement of commitment, by the members of Cumulus to sharing the global responsibility for building sustainable, human-centered, creative societies. (PDF - 184KB)

Icsid Board Members Nils Toft, Tapani Hyvonen and Martin Darbyshire  report on design activities in Europe. (PDF - 1.5MB)

Icsid Board Member Judit Várhelyi of the Hungarian Design Council reports on design activities in Europe. (PDF - 572KB)

Source: Stowarzyszenie Projektantów Form Przemysłowych (The Association of Industrial Designers)
Michał Stefanowski, President of SPFP, looks at the current situation of Polish design and its impact on the growth of economic competitiveness and the building of Polish cultural identity. (PDF - 7.8MB)
Download the accomanying images. (PDF - 15.6 MB)

Danish Designers' analysis of the role of design in a globalised and knowledge-based economy, as well as five recommendations for the year 2007. (PDF - 552KB)

Source: The Danish Government
With this publication, "DesignDenmark," the Government presents a white paper on the direction for design policy in Denmark. The publication sets out the Government's vision for this policy and for the initiatives that will be implemented in the time ahead. (PDF - 1.2MB)

Source: BEDA
This white book seeks to encourage a broader understanding of design and its potential in the context of the European Union. In other words, the value that it creates, its role within innovation, its potential to increase competitiveness and support Europe's position as a world leader. (PDF - 980KB)

Icsid Board Member Michelle Berriman reports on the activities in Latin America (PDF - 213KB)

Icsid Executive Board Member Prof. Carlos Hinrichsen reports on design activities in Latin America. (PDF - 2.4MB)

Source: Prof. Carlos Hinrichsen, School of Design DuocUC, Chile
Abstract - The presentation will focus on the Southern Cone, including examples from three South American countries that have worked on Design initiatives and projects intended to gradually turn Design into part of their national cultures and economies. To provide a global perspective or platform, a comparison model will be used to present the local cases and design experiences, which includes nineteen countries selected by reason of their geographic location, level of development, technological capacity, etc. (PDF - 1.3MB)

Source: School of Design DuocUC, Chile
A summary of the second Icsid Latin American Regional Meeting held in Chile in January 2005. En español. (PDF - 440KB)

Icsid Board Member Michelle Berriman reports on design activities in North America. (PDF - 344KB)

Source: The U.S. National Design Policy Initiative
Published in January 2009, Redesigning America's Future represents the American design communities’ ten top design policy proposals to help face the nation’s economic and democratic challenges. (PDF - 2.3MB)

Source: The U.S. National Design Policy Initiative
The Report of the 2008 U.S. National Design Summit covers the rationale and outcomes of the 2008 U.S. National Design Summit, the process and criteria for ranking of the final 62 policy proposals, the list of design policy related current activities by invited organisations (not just participants), and the raw list of policy proposals. (PDF - 1.7MB)

Icsid Board Member Brandon Gien reports on the activities in Oceania (PDF - 471KB)

Source: Arts Queensland / Queensland Government
Background - The Queensland Design Strategy 2020 launched by Arts Minister Rod Welford on 19 February 2009, is a whole-of-government framework dedicated to promoting the value of design and inspiring its take up by Queensland businesses, the community, and the public sector. Through a series of four-year plans, the Strategy will support and guide the growth of the design sector nationally and internationally through a series of classroom, boardroom and community initiatives, high-profile events, international exchanges and the mainstreaming of good design into government departments. (PDF - 1.9MB)