BEDA continues to build its capacity to contribute to the development of next-generation design policy at the European level. BEDA’s members from 25 Member States elected its next President Päivi Tahkokallio (centre) of Ornamo Art and Design Finland at its annual General Assembly last Friday in Brussels. Hailing

The Eagle has landed. It will soon be 50 years since Neil Armstrong's voice crackled from the speakers at NASA's Mission Control in Houston, during the historic Apollo 11 mission. I was 11 at the time, and with the whole family watching a small black and white

Recognising the opportunity There was time back in the early 2000’s when BEDA had very little visibility within the European Commission. We had no mechanism or relationship through which to talk formally to Commission officials. The understanding of how the institutions of the European Commission operated

BEDA 50th Celebration Insight Forum EU Design Future BEDA Insight Forum, a special forum to celebrate BEDA’s 50 Years Anniversary, will take place on Thursday 16 May at the ADAM Brussels Design Museum. This symposium will give you an insight into the current position and latest developments

Design4Innovation co-hosted the International Design Policy Roundtable in November with BEDA. Watch our videos showcasing lessons learnt internationally from developing, implementing and evaluating design policies and action plans and how this can help us build our EU design future. interregeurope.eu/design4innovation/videos/

From 3rd to 5th April 2019, the Cité du design Saint-Etienne hosted the Pre-Summit Meeting of the Design Declaration at Biennale Internationale Design Saint-Etienne. After the signature of the Design Declaration in Montreal in 2017, this working meeting in Saint-Etienne was a milestone on a path

Surface Matters, an exhibition of new and innovative works from the Design & Crafts Council of Ireland’s PORTFOLIO: Critical Selection 2019-20, will be launched at Artesania Catalunya – CCAM, Barcelona at 7.30pm on 30 May. A National Design & Craft Gallery touring exhibition, this opening

Crowded Thresholds explores effects of the subconscious in the creation and response to objects of material culture. Curated by Fiona Mulholland, this thought-provoking exhibition represents the ‘emotional geography’ of the makers, generating a fascinating visual interplay between authentic storytelling and artistic expression with a sense of

Aurea is an exhibition of precious jewellery and hollowware in gold, silver, platinum and gems by the 2019 graduates of the Design & Crafts Council of Ireland’s Centre of Excellence in Jewellery and Goldsmithing, based in Castle Yard, Kilkenny. It will showcase the high level

Monumentality / Fragility, a major multi-venue exhibition of contemporary crafts featuring 74 makers from 19 European countries, including seven Irish participants, is running at two locations – the National Design & Craft Gallery, Castle Yard and Kilkenny Castle in partnership with the Office of Public