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lendkai 25

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CITY OF (OPEN) DESIGN - A PRO

Sure, being a Grazer by birth or by learning, you somehow get used to being disappointed time and again. All the same, I am optimistic about the City of Design. Why?

City of Design is not a lot of the things you might expect. It is not a festival, it has no end, no gigantic budget, no City of Design boss, and, in truth, it isn't even a title.

City of Design is an invitation by UNESCO and an ensuing commitment. It is an obligation to reflect on one's own city and to develop projects suited to improving the lives of people living in the city with lasting effect. One of the basic conditions is to share this experience with other cities and perhaps even to develop other, joint projects.

Calling for Power of Design in Action - Help Japan

Call for Entries

Power of Design in Action

Japan Earthquake Relief

The competition is calling for ideas that would contribute to long-term relief, recovery and rebuilding efforts from social designers around the world. It appeals you to think about how it can put the true power of design into action.

Here’s a great story from Japan. The City of Kobe experienced a big earthquake in 1995, which devastated the city and resulted in the loss of 6,000 of its citizens. The city has since made a complete recovery, and based on what was learned from their experiences, they have launched a social design project called “issue plus design” commemorating their recognition as a UNESCO City of Design, which was bestowed upon them in 2008, as part of UNESCO’s Creative Cities Network.

City of Graz announced UNESCO City of Design!

Graz was declared City of Design! On 16. 03. 2011 the Director-
General of UNESCO in Paris, Ms Irina Bokova, officially announced the inclusion of Graz into the international network of creative cities.

The Saint Étienne International Design Biennial

The Saint Étienne International Design Biennial is a unique event in the domain of design, due to the exhibitions shown as well as the diversity of its attendees. The Biennial democratizes design and makes it accessible to all kinds of audiences, proving that this creative discipline can take many forms, and is often driven by human aspects, including its uses by humans.

The Biennial is very different from a commercial fair. It is built on exhibitions, out of a strong will to promote contemporary creations. All objects, images, and services exhibited to the visitors may either question serious issues or show unexpected visions. For the first time, the 2010 Saint Étienne International Design Biennial will take over the Platine and its exhibition sites as well as its auditorium and lecture rooms. The biennial will also be present in other sites more east from the former arms factory. The H building presented for the first time in 2008 will host once again the main part of the event and its surface should double to occupy the nearby building.

The 2010 Saint Étienne International Design Biennial will take over the Platine and its exhibition sites as well as its auditorium and lecture rooms. The biennial will also be present in other sites more east from the former arms factory.
The H building presented for the first time in 2008 will host once again the main part of the event and its surface should double to occupy the nearby building.

http://www.biennale2010.citedudesign.com/GB_index.php

ENTRETIENS JACQUES CARTIER
DESIGN ET MOBILITÉ
DES VILLES CRÉATIVES
Tuesday, November 23rd

The Cité du design organizes, in partnership with the City of Montreal, a conference on Design and mobility in the creative cities, within the framework of theXXIIIrd Entretiens Jacques Cartier on 23rd November  during  the Saint-Etienne International Design Biennial 2010. 

This conference will get together keynote speakers such as Jaime Lerner, President of Jaime Lerner Institute (Curitiba, Brazil), Mireille Apel-Muller, Managing Director of Institut pour la Ville en Mouvement (Paris, France) and designers and creators from the Unesco creative design cities : Buenos Aires, Berlin, Kobe, Montreal, Nagoya, Shanghai, Shenzhen (appointed cities), Saint-Etienne and Seoul (candidate cities) . 

It will be the opportunity of sharing innovative experiences on development of creativity and urban mobility culture in relation with our new life systems and uses. 

Organized in the context of the partnership existing between Saint Étienne and Montreal  since 1998, this meeting follows the 2009 conference Cities as design labs.

http://www.biennale2010.citedudesign.com/download/jcBID10GBProgramme.pdf

http://www.citedudesign.com/

World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 invites proposals

Proposals for programme items are now accepted by World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 and can be submitted through February 11, 2011.

 

Proposals can be made by anybody – an individual, team, corporation or other organization – and they can be for locally or internationally organized projects. Proposals should be submitted online using the form found on this Website.

 

“World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 is more than a one-year programme,” says Programme Director Kaarina Gould, explaining, “Besides events, the programme will also consist of other types of contents and initiatives. We are looking for projects that introduce sustainable solutions for the challenges presented by our changing environment.”

 

World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 approaches design from a wide perspective. The organizers seek proposals that introduce new ways in which citizens actively participate in and impact the development of their living environments. The organizers seek solutions that advance the quality of life and general happiness. Projects should also address how to utilize design in novel ways to promote economic growth.

 

The programme will be compiled by International Design Foundation. The Foundation is not the primary source of funding for projects and welcomes projects that can fully fund themselves. In some cases the Foundation can provide financial support for projects.

 

All proposals will be reviewed by the staff of International Design Foundation and other specialists. Agreements on projects can be made before the end of the proposal submission period. Information on further review of proposals, acceptance of projects for implementation, and rejection of proposals will be released during the spring of 2011.

 

The primary region for project implementation is the five participating cities in the World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 project, that is, Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa, Kauniainen and Lahti.

 

More about programme proposals