2011 IDA Congress Design at the Edges Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) - The IDA Congress is the primary event for dialogue between designers and non-designer stakeholders in a summit format. After an international Call for Proposals, the Taiwan Design Centre was selected as the host member society to organise the inaugural 2011 IDA Congress. [read more] World Design Capital Leaders Meet in Helsinki Helsinki (Finland) - Finnish ministers and leaders of the World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 announced their intentions to support the project that has the opportunity both to enhance the nation's competitiveness and improve public services through user-driven innovation policy. [read more]

[CAREER CENTER] Tenure-Track Faculty Position - Design and Computation at Cargenie Mellon University The School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University is searching for a candidate with a strong visual aesthetic, a trans-disciplinary orientation, conceptual rigor and contextual sensibilities to teach 21st-century design skills and conduct innovative design research. [read more]

Continuum's Gianfranco Zaccai talks about patient care system Herman Miller in collaboration with Continuum have created a flexible hospital system that allows different furniture to be attached to the walls. [Watch the video] 21 Design Stories 21 design stories. Studia przypadkow (case studies) is another exhibition of good design practices organised by the Institute of Industrial Design within "Design Your Profit" ("D+Y+P") project, implemented in the framework of the European Union's Operational Program for Economic Innovation. [read more]

Philips partners with Concert Hall to create new visitor experience Eindhoven (The Netherlands) - Philips brought its innovative Ambient Experience Design expertise and LED lighting solutions to support the refurbishment of the Concert Hall Frits Philips Eindhoven. The Concert Hall reopened to the public on 9 October, with a new top-class, memorable experience for music lovers. [read more]

[FEATURE] Chinese Focus on Protecting Their Intellectual Property Vice Minister Fu Shuangjian explained that Chinese exporters needed to be more aware of tools like the Community trade mark and SAIC was actively encouraging firms to seek registration abroad and was seeking closer cooperation with OHIM to help draw up the best protection strategy. [BLOG] Building a home made of earth bags Brandon Rogers, originally from Orlando Florida and Inhabitat reader, moved to Ghana to experiment and construct sustainable homes in the impoverished nation by using local material. [GALLERIA] Good Design Award 2010 The Best 15 winners of the 2010 Good Design Award are now up in the Galleria. The Good Design Award 2010 were hosted in Tokyo Japan organised by JIDPO.

Icsid endorses a wide range of national, regional and international design-related events including competitions, conferences, award schemes and exhibitions. NEW ENDORSEMENT: LOTUS PRIZE 2010 The Lotus Prize brings focus to the importance of promoting industrial design's development in the Hunan Province region and to enhance the innovative ability of new industrialised processes and the binding abilities of culture and tourism industry, information industry, entertainment and communication industry and other creative industries. Location: Hunan, China Dates: 1 September - 20 December 2010 Upcoming Events China Red Star Design Awards Beijing, China Status: Second Screening Process Date: Jul - Nov Good Design Award 2010 Tokyo, Japan Status: Award Winners Announced Date: 28 Apr - 10 Nov Observeur 11 Paris, France Status: Winners announced 8 Nov Date: 8 Nov - 13 Mar 2011 Design Korea 2010 Seoul, South Korea Status: Finalist selection Date: 7-12 Dec

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