On 20th June 2019, the European Council published its new wide-ranging strategic agenda 2019-2024. Setting the context within a world that has, in the last five years, become more unsettled, complex and subject to rapid change, the Council of Europe sets out its strategic policy agenda

BEDA CALL FOR EXAMPLES OF CURRENT PRACTICE “It isn’t about what Europe can do for design but what design can do for Europe.” Within the European Commission’s renewed Industrial Policy there are six top-level priorities: Single Market, Digitalisation, Circular Economy, Sustainable Investment, Innovation and Europe’s International Role.

Think beyond. How can design best contribute to the success of Europe? BEDA will organise its first International Design Policy Conference in collaboration with its member organisation Ornamo Art and Design in Helsinki on 5th December 2019, preceded by an international stakeholders’ meeting day on Wednesday

At its annual General Assembly held in Brussels on Friday 17th March, BEDA welcomed the new President Päivi Tahkokallio (right) of Ornamo Art and Design Finland and unanimously elected its new Vice President Karen Hennessy (left) of the Design and Crafts Council Ireland. Speaking to the

PDR share their latest news and updates on projects focusing on the strategic use of design. Recent data shows that in the UK, creative industries generated £101.5bn in 2017, equivalent to approximately £11.5m every hour. That is more than automotive, spacecraft and pharmaceutical sectors together and

READ is preparing its 7th edition of ENAD (The Anual Meeting of Designers Associations) that will take place in Murcia the 27th and 28th of September 2019 under the motto “We are culture, we build economy”. The theme for this edition will be, once again,

BEDA’s annual General Assembly took place in Brussels on the 17th May 2019. Bart Ahsmann, ClickNL (president 2017-2019) gave a closing presentation that covered some of the highlights of his tenure as President, handing over to Päivi Tahkokallio, Ornamo whose Presidency runs until 2021. We were

Gdynia Design Centre have the pleasure of inviting you to the biggest summer design festival from 6-14 July 2019 at the Baltic sea: Gdynia Design Days, especially that this year the event became a host festival of Word Design Weeks. Word Design Weeks (WDW) is a

Budapest Design Week, a highlight event of the Hungarian Design Council will be held between 4–13 October in 2019. As the festival’s goals include encouraging collaboration between designers and entrepreneurs, main events will focus on business development: designed to meet the needs of SMEs in the

A life-saving app aimed at teenagers at risk of self harm has just won gold at the Design Business Association Design Effectiveness Awards 2019. Over 60% of users have used the ‘Calm Harm’ app more than once and 93% report a reduction in the urge to