Integrating design into policy documents for SME competitiveness
Design4Innovation, an Interreg Europe project involving three BEDA members - PDR, KEPA and Valletta Design Cluster, has published the second Policy Booklet that focuses on Developing Design Support for SMEs. The publication summarises existing research on the value of design in business and explains how design
Month Of Design Ljubljana 2019
From 8th of October to 8th of November the 17th Month Of Design attracted the most proactive creators from the 19 Southeast European countries to Slovenia. Popular regional awards were granted in four main categories: product design & fashion, interior design, innovative wood technology and creative
Crowded Thresholds
Crowded Thresholds, an exhibition presenting thought-provoking pieces by established and emerging practitioners working across different disciplines in applied art, design and visual art, will open at Farmleigh Gallery in Dublin on Friday, 6th December 2019. Curated by Fiona Mulholland and coinciding with the centenary of Freud's
Surface Matters
Surface Matters, an exhibition of new and innovative works from the Design & Crafts Council of Ireland’s PORTFOLIO: Critical Selection 2019-20, will open at the National Design & Craft Gallery in Kilkenny on 21st November. This follows its inaugural run at the Coach House Gallery,
European Interreg programs and design
lille—design is the pilot of a european Interreg program called Tripod-II, gathering 12 partners from France, Wallonie and Vlaanderen. It aims to support the integration of design by small and medium-sized companies, through personnalised support or design training courses. It also aims to create a
Dutch Design Week 2019 If not now, then when?
19-27 October 2019, Eindhoven For 9 days around 2,600 designers from the Netherlands and elsewhere will present their ideas on how they can serve today’s world through creative, innovative ideas, strategies and solutions. With 120 locations 450 events, exhibitions and workshops taking place spread over the
Invitation: Public Policy Design: from cities to Europe, and back!
As World Design Capital 2020, Lille Metropole would like to invite you to their event 'Public policy design: from cities to Europe, and back!', organised in cooperation with the European Commission JRC and the ERRIN Network. Local, national, and European public servants - whether experts in
Saint-Étienne meets China
Saint-Étienne meets China – 24-26 October 2019 / Shunde (China) Thanks to close ties developed during the Biennale 2019, of which China was guest of honor, the Cité du design goes to China with an exhibition. At the Industrial Design World Expo, held in Shunde, Saint-Étienne meets
Tripod-II
lille—design is the pilot of a european Interreg program called Tripod-II, which is running until 2021. The program is a gathering 12 partners from France, Wallonie and Vlaanderen. It aims to support the integration of design by small and medium-sized companies, through personnalised support or design
DBA Design Effectiveness Awards 2020: Open for entries
The entry deadline for the DBA Design Effectiveness Awards 2020 is on Friday 25 October 2019. Read about how to enter and download an entry pack here. About the Awards The DBA Design Effectiveness Awards prove how powerful partnerships between clients and designers can be and they