Jan R. Stavik
BEDA President 2009 - 2011

In 2005 seventeen different design organisations in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden joined their forces and organised the World Design Congress (the joint congress for the three major international design organisations, ICSID, ICOGRADA and IFI), which is held every six years.

'Free pitching' is the practice of clients asking for unpaid design submissions from one or more designers as part of a selection process. It is safe to say that this is one of the biggest issues currently faced by European designers.