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www.wdcseoul.kr/
www.xymara.com

Montreal (Canada) 20 October 2007 – The International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (Icsid) announced on October 20, on behalf of the International Design Alliance (IDA), Seoul as the winner of the World Design Capital (WDC) 2010 competition at the closing session of the Icsid Congress held at Masonic Auditorium in San Francisco.

Chambre du commerce et de l'industrie franco-coréene
http://www.fkcci.com/fr/activites-de-la-fkcci/design-in-south-korea-2010/seoul-world-design-capital-2010.html
http://www.icsid.org/events/events/calendar331.htm

With more than half the world's population now living in urban areas, cities are facing dramatic changes in how they adapt to their rising populations and effectively provide for the businesses that feed their economic growth. The future success of each city lies in the hands of those who plan, design and manage the shared spaces and functions of their city. Design then, is an increasingly fundamental tool in all levels of public and private development. For cities, design is at their very core and is leveraged in business, with citizens, as well as in government to make cities more attractive, more liveable and more efficient.The World Design Capital is a city promotion project celebrating the merits of design. Held biennially, it seeks to highlight the accomplishments of cities that are truly leveraging design as a tool to improve the social, cultural and economic life of cities, throughout a yearlong programme of design-related events.

www.wdc2012helsinki.fi/

Singapore, 25 November 2009 - The International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (Icsid) announced today, that the appointment of World Design Capital™ (WDC) 2012 has been conferred to the City of Helsinki (Finland). Announced during the closing ceremony of the Icsid World Design Congress in Singapore, Helsinki will move on to be the third city to hold the biennial designation in 2012.