Six organisations representing the Spanish design sector promote a "Pact for Design" with the aim of implementing a "National Design Strategy” that will ensure that design, as a tool for innovation and competitiveness and as Spain's international image, truly plays a strategic role in the

Design Research & Innovation Festival 18-22 October 2021 DRIVE is coming up again! Just like last year, the Design Research & Innovation Festival will take place in De Effenaar, during the Dutch Design Week. And just like last year, we - together with Design United are

Tallinn has been chosen as the city that will welcome the European Design Festival in June 2022 The prestigious event, which gathers hundreds of communication designers from all over the European continent (and beyond) is set to resume after a two year break, made necessary due

The German Design Council hosted a panel discussion at the Fashionsustain conference on the topic of »Sustainable Branding« as part of Frankfurt Fashion Week on 8 July 2021. By now, the majority of people have recognised that sustainable consumption is important and that something has to

The Politecnico di Milano is leading a group participating in the call HORIZON-CL6-2021-GOVERNANCE-01-08: “Improving understanding of and engagement in bio-based systems with training and skills development”. The project team includes ENT (CE Bioeconomy, waste CE, etc.) + SMEs networks, R2M Solutions (Bioeconomy-Business models), CAP Digital (Hub

At the German Brand Awards ceremony on 10 June 2021, top performances in consistent brand management, sustainable campaigns and marketing projects were honoured. The awards ceremony and the German Brand Convention took place in the elegant ambience of Tower 185 in Frankfurt am Main. RWE, MHP

BEDA's past President Päivi Tahkokallio has been invited to participate in the in high-level Cultural and Creative Industries discussion panel as a part of the programme of the 2021 European Research & Innovation Days. Over the days of the programme a diverse array of speakers

The BEDA Design Forum 2021 on 27 May was kindly hosted by Cité du design, the home organisation of BEDA’s new President Isabelle Vérilhac, who has now started her term. We had all hoped that we could all meet face-to-face in St. Étienne, in the

A strong leadership team At its annual General Assembly held online on Friday 28 May 2021, BEDA welcomed its new President Isabelle Vérilhac (left), Head of international Affairs and Innovation at Cité du design, Saint Etienne and unanimously elected its new Vice President Christina Melander (right)

At its annual General Assembly held online on Friday 28 May 2021, BEDA Members ratified six new organisations from five European countries as full members of BEDA. This brings the total of BEDA’s organisational members to over 50 for the first time. The successful new BEDA