Link | blog.developmentxdesign.org
SEE Project
SEE is a network of eleven European partners sharing knowledge and experience on how design can be integrated into regional and national policies to boost innovation, sustainability and social and economic development. The aim of SEE is to pool knowledge, share experiences, stimulate debate, develop new thinking and build rapport and credibility in order to influence design policy at regional and national levels.
Link | SEE
SVA - Design for Social Change
Impact: Design for Social Change is an advanced program that will run on two parallel tracks; the first will educate students on how to conceive and execute their own projects for social change with a focus on funding projects that are not client-based.
Link | SVA
World Design City Summit
From February 23 to 24, 2010, mayors, representatives, policymakers, and design experts
across the globe will converge on this summit under the theme of ‘Design and Cities.’
Participants will have the opportunity to look at global cities’ advanced design policies and
industries while seeking better ways to improve the lives of urban citizens.
Link | WDC Summit
Uniting Designers
The International Council of Socities of Industrial Design (Icsid) has issued a call to designers in all disciplines to unite in an open dialogue with relief organizations to assess design-effective rehabilitation projects in Haiti.
Link | ICSID on Facebook
Seoul Design Survey
The objective of the Seoul Design Survey was to research and develop a framework that will facilitate the understanding of the city’s design status and capacity, both objectively and comprehensively. To achieve this, Seoul’s unique analysis model was developed to measure the various status and conditions of the city’s design sector and based on such model, data pertaining to the level and status of Seoul’s design industry, culture, education, and policy was researched and analysed in a realistic and objective manner.
Link | Report (PDF)
