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10th international conference on the challenges of design support in Europe

On January 28 th and 29th 2013, in Paris. Clusters and creative industries: economics and professional issues The 10th international conference will focus on the role of the clusters within the development of creative industries. Two trends can be observed nowadays. The first [...]

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5 days left to enter the IxDA Interaction Awards 2013

There is only one week left to enter the Interaction Awards! Submit your work today, before the submissions close on Monday, October 1 at 11:59pm. To help inspire you to get cracking on your awards submission, check out last year’s video [...]

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International call for entries: AFD exhibition “Empathy in professional designer’s practice”. Deadline: September 9. 2012

The Alliance française des designers (French Designers Alliance) AFD invites designers established outside of France, from different disciplines (industrial and product design, design in visual communication, interactivity, indoor or outdoor space design…) to exhibit in a show (30 designers-300 m2), [...]

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Register your designs to the Observeur du Design 14 – open in March 2013

The registration for the next edition of the Observeur du Design award will open in March 2013. You may visit the exhibition at the Cité des sciences et de l’industrie until the 24th of March 2013

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L’émoi du design – Diseño de Francia in Madrid

The APCI has collaborated in this unique exhibition by selecting more than forty of the best French designs in all areas of daily life which received the award "Stars of the Observeur du Design." The collaboration between designers, companies and brands in innovation and creativity will be emphasized.

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designnovation – 9th European conference on the challenges of design in Europe

Small Actions / Big Picture / Solid Change In the light of the social and economical situation, we are building an even more exiting programme for this year. The first day of the conference will focus on the concrete support to [...]

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Observeur du Design 12 – award ceremony and vernissage on November 8th

This year's edition of the Observeur du Design prize, organized by APCI, will be held on November 8th at the Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie in Paris, where the Observeur Stars will be awarded.

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Helsinki Design Week from Sept. 13th to 18th

This year, Helsinki Design Week 2011 has found a new venue, the Old Customs Warehouse in Katajanokka. The Old Customs Warehouse (in Finnish, Tulli­ ja Pakkahuone) was designed by Gustaf Nystrom in 1899. Its wooden floorboards and [...]

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Call for entries for the HKDA Global Design Awards 2011

HKDA Awards had renamed to HKDA Global Design Awards in 2011 and started accepting submissions internationally. Winning entries will be exhibited in travelling exhibitions and published in a hardbound, full-colour award annual with worldwide distribution. Submission deadline October 17th 2011.

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Service Design Conference in Paris June 24th and 25th

Interested in getting involved in active discussions? Want to meet people working in this field? Please read on, and Join in! On the 24th and 25th of June 2011, there will be a National Service Design Conference in Paris, France. The [...]

The Observeur du design

The Observeur du design database. A snapshot of some of the 1850 creations selected by the Observeur du design since 1999.

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Design Innovation Prospective Club

The « design et prospective » club brings together public and private companies who consider that design is or must become a strategic stake for their innovation policies.

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