Design News

What do you have to say about design on a global scale? Designers, educators, students, influencers and agents of change are gathering for the World Design Summit, Oct. 16 to 25, 2017 at the Palais des Congrès in Montreal. The multi-disciplinary event is expected to attract 30,000 attendees from 80 countries and 50 design associations covering industrial design, architecture, landscape architecture, graphic design, interior design and urban planning.

The Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute is accepting entries—at no cost—through Dec. 1, 2016 for the latest Cradle to Cradle Product Design Challenge. The Institute is presenting the challenge series in partnership with Autodesk and with support from Alcoa Foundation. This is the fourth in a series of six global design challenges through the end of 2017.

IDSA Ambassador 3M Design has moved into a new home. The 38,000 sq. ft. studio, located at the 3M headquarters in St. Paul, MN, is called the 3M Design Center. “3M Design is at the forefront of creating customer-driven experiences,” says IDSA Member Eric Quint, vice president and chief design officer at 3M. “The new studio reflects our culture of spontaneous collaboration, creativity and translation of insightful solutions that positively impact the world.”

The International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (Icsid) has held its first World Design Talks. The summer 2016 event in Turkey covered transportation in megacities of emerging economies. In this case, participants took a closer look at the problem of traffic congestion in Istanbul.