BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Cities of Design Network - ECPv6.15.17//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Cities of Design Network X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://designcities.net X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Cities of Design Network REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Vienna BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20180325T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20181028T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20190331T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20191027T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20200329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20201025T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191001 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191028 DTSTAMP:20260618T081405 CREATED:20191007T082427Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191007T082427Z UID:6679-1569888000-1572220799@designcities.net SUMMARY:Exhibition « le jour suivant » (the day after ) DESCRIPTION:The exhibition «le jour suivant» (the day after) presenting the works of students graduated in June 2019 is a key moment for the ESADSE. We decided to plan it as an opening event for this year\, as an objective for the artists and designers in the making. Selected pieces from Art and Design diplomas give an overview of the involvement shown by the students in their Master completion year and in their whole curriculum. “The day after” highlights the plurality of artists and designers from various mentions (Art ; Space Art & Design ; Object Design ; media Design)\, demonstrate the emulation coming from the interaction between art and design\, and show the whole range of their practices. The true richness of the ESADSE stands her. \nwww.citedudesign.com \n  \n\n \n \n \n \n © citedudesign\n \n \n \n \n \n François-Xavier Antolini – Design mention Objet – PALIER-03 © Sandrine Binoux\n \n \n \n \n \n Alice Petit-Bonneville – option Art – Des plaisirs du texte © Sandrine Binoux URL:https://designcities.net/events/exhibition-le-jour-suivant-the-day-after/ LOCATION:Saint-Etienne\, Saint-Etienne\, France CATEGORIES:Exhibition ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/joursuivant1M.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190913 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190916 DTSTAMP:20260618T081405 CREATED:20190806T091323Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191211T134616Z UID:6552-1568332800-1568591999@designcities.net SUMMARY:Shanghai International Interior Design Festival DESCRIPTION:Supported by Shanghai Municipal Commission of Economy and Informatization\, organized by China Indoor Decoration Assiciation and UNESCO Creative Cities (Shanghai) Promotion Office\, Shanghai International Interior Design Festival is a large-scale annual international interior design event with a series of fascinating activities. A number of renowned interior designers\, industry players\, professionals from over 10 countries and regions\, as Britain\, the United States\, France\, Japan etc.\, joined and had established business relationship widely. \nThe week-long event focuses on the latest trends of interior decoration industry to showcase new achievement driven by design and innovation to explore the vital value of industry and related products promotion. \nFor further information please click here (chinese only). \nContact Details: \ninfo@creativecity-sh.cn\nTel: +86 21 62470109 URL:https://designcities.net/events/shanghai-international-interior-design-festival/ LOCATION:Shanghai\, Shanghai\, China CATEGORIES:Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Shanghai-International-Interior-Design-Festival.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190912 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190915 DTSTAMP:20260618T081405 CREATED:20180609T113250Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190503T212823Z UID:2461-1568246400-1568505599@designcities.net SUMMARY:Montréal International Design Show 2019 DESCRIPTION:The Montreal International Design Show is a reference for all design lovers who wish to buy\, or simply find inspiration! Architecture\, decoration\, works of art\, luminaires\, accessories\, landscaping\, furniture\, stationery\, local products. \nGiant showcase of creativity and talent\, the show will help you find everything you need to decorate your homes and work environments\, and create places reflecting your personality. The SIDIM is your next cultural outing! \nFurther Information\nSee the official website here. \nSee a review about 2018 (in French only)\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYou are currently viewing a placeholder content from YouTube. To access the actual content\, click the button below. Please note that doing so will share data with third-party providers. \n More Information \n Unblock this video Accept required service and unblock all videos URL:https://designcities.net/events/montreal-international-design-show-2019/ CATEGORIES:Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/SIDIM.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190911 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190916 DTSTAMP:20260618T081405 CREATED:20190624T102344Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191211T134547Z UID:6332-1568160000-1568591999@designcities.net SUMMARY:#habitare2019 DESCRIPTION:The programme of Finland’s leading design event\, Habitare\, highlights the topics of the senses and responsibility. The theme of Mindspaces moves between different realities and explores how spatial solutions and materials create emotions and serve various needs in life. Keynote speakers include the president of the Italian design house Alessi\, who is also the International Friend of Habitare\, Alberto Alessi. Habitare will be held at Messukeskus in Helsinki from 11 to 15 September 2019. \nFor further information and tickets please click here. URL:https://designcities.net/events/habitare2019/ CATEGORIES:Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Habitare-c-Messukeskus.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190905 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190916 DTSTAMP:20260618T081405 CREATED:20190125T213233Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191211T134438Z UID:3633-1567641600-1568591999@designcities.net SUMMARY:Helsinki Design Week 2019 DESCRIPTION:Helsinki Design Week is a multidisciplinary design festival that presents design from a number of fields as well as fashion\, architecture and urban culture. \nHeld annually in September\, the festival programme contains over 200 events every year\, and boasts about 160\,000 visitors. Helsinki Design Week chairs World Design Weeks from 2017 to 2020. \nThe programme and theme for Helsinki Design Week 2019 will be published later in the spring. \nFurther Information\nHelsinki Design Week – https://www.helsinkidesignweek.com/ \n  \nHelsinki_Design_Week_Design_Market\, Photo: Aino Huovio URL:https://designcities.net/events/helsinki-design-week-2019/ CATEGORIES:Design Week,Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Helsinki-Design-Week_HDWHOP_credit_Iiris_Heikka8-1024x683.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190901 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191201 DTSTAMP:20260618T081405 CREATED:20191003T113134Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191007T083322Z UID:6665-1567296000-1575158399@designcities.net SUMMARY:Commerce Design Saint-Etienne 2019 competition DESCRIPTION:Organised in Saint-Étienne since 2003\, based on a concept that originated in Montreal and drawing on the expertise of the Cité du Design\, the Commerce Design competition rewards Saint-Étienne shopkeepers and tradespeople for the quality of the interior and exterior design of their establishment. Every 2 years\, it highlights the talent of design professionals and encourages the enhancement of sales outlets. It promotes shops and designers who have pooled their skills to produce new and vibrant spaces in the city of design. \nThe 2019 edition has selected 10 shops on 16th September 2019 ; Saint-Etienne inhabitants are invited to vote for the public Award which will be revealed during the Award Cermeony at Cité du design at the end of November 2019. \nwww.saint-etienne.fr (french only) URL:https://designcities.net/events/commerce-design-saint-etienne-2019-competition/ LOCATION:Saint-Etienne\, Saint-Etienne\, France CATEGORIES:Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/concours-commerce-design.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190901 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191102 DTSTAMP:20260618T081405 CREATED:20190308T215409Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191211T134354Z UID:3940-1567296000-1572652799@designcities.net SUMMARY:Kaunas Architecture Festival (KAFe) DESCRIPTION:Kaunas Architecture Festival (KAFe) is an international project\, taking place in Kaunas every 3 years and inviting townspeople\, architectural professionals and guests of the town to take part in an almost 2 month long experiment promoting architecture\, creativity and education\, which emphasizes the impact that architecture has on our lives\, its importance to creation of public well-being and harmonious environment. Reaction to the projects being implemented in Vilnius and Kaunas (Missionary gardens\, development of St. Jacob’s hospital\, Reconstruction of Vienybės Square\, renovation of Ąžuolynas park\, etc.) shows that the public is increasingly interested and willing to participate in urban development processes\, therefore public events\, that analyse architectural issues\, are very much needed and receive a lot of attention. \nKAFe festivals\, which took place in 2013 and 2016\, have received a lot of attention and appreciation not only from professionals\, but also from the public\, they had over 50 different events related to architecture and more than 10 publications published. \n  \nPhoto: KAFe 2016 \nTOPIC 2019\nThe topic of this Kaunas Architecture Festival is Landmark Architecture – creating or destroying city’s identity? \nMany cities around the world are competing to have landmark buildings\, created by world-renowned architects\, despite the fact that such objects are often built without taking into account the existing urban structure or by strongly altering the historical environment. Doubts are often expressed in public debates whether such buildings truly create the identity and uniqueness of the city\, or perhaps the opposite – it is destroyed. Are buildings of impressive shapes and structure\, which are large\, but dissonant with the environment\, what today’s society awaits and expects from architects and their clients? Can landmark architecture be something other than glass towers\, oriented only to international names\, tourists and business interests? Perhaps exclusive architecture should emphasize the uniqueness of the location and serve as the true city sign\, at the same time harmoniously complementing the existing urban structures. The focus of KAFe 2019 will particularly be on search and development of objects of different landmark architecture and urban expression. \n  \nPhoto: KAFe 2016 \nFurther Information:\nSee the official website here http://kafe.lt/2019/en/\nGet in contact via email – info@kafe.lt \nOpen Call: Landmark architecture – creating or destroying city’s identity? International exhibition-competition of final projects of architecture students. \nKaunas architecture festival KAFe2019 invites to participate in the international exhibition-competition of final projects of university architecture students – of both bachelor and master studies – on the topics of the central part of Kaunas town. The topic of this year’s KAFe2019 – Landmark architecture – creating or destroying a city’s identity? – therefore the development of the central part of town and the role of “landmark” buildings in this process is at the focus of the competition topics suggested for consideration of Lithuanian and foreign architecture universities. \nFor more Information go the website http://kafe.lt/2019/en/projektai/study-kafe/ \nHere are some impressions about KAFe 2016!\n\n\nYou are currently viewing a placeholder content from Default. To access the actual content\, click the button below. Please note that doing so will share data with third-party providers. \n Unblock content Accept required service and unblock content \n More Information \n\nMore on https://vimeo.com/kafe2016! URL:https://designcities.net/events/kaunas-architecture-festival-kafe/ CATEGORIES:Architecture,Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/KAFe3.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190819 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190825 DTSTAMP:20260618T081405 CREATED:20190909T091453Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190909T091453Z UID:6595-1566172800-1566691199@designcities.net SUMMARY:19th Fashion & Design Festival DESCRIPTION:The Fashion & Design Festival celebrates creativity and culture through a major outdoor event in the heart of downtown Montreal. This one-of-a-kind occasion provides an inside look at the world of fashion and design through a diversified program of activities. \nWith 50 shows\, as much as 300 participants and 550\,000 visitors expected\, the Fashion & Design Festival is a leading platform for fashion\, design\, music\, beauty and shopping trends. \nwww.festivalmodedesign.com\ndesignmontreal@ville.montreal.qc.ca URL:https://designcities.net/events/19th-fashion-design-festival/ CATEGORIES:Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/FestivalModeDesign.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190702 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190704 DTSTAMP:20260618T081405 CREATED:20190522T204322Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190712T084308Z UID:5979-1562025600-1562198399@designcities.net SUMMARY:Hollenegger Design Talks DESCRIPTION:Design is a key element in the development process of products; it has a sustainable impact on either success or failure. Design is not just an aesthetic discipline\, but rather an economic criterion. For the fourth time in a row\, the Hollenegger Design Talks will take place in July this year. Over the course of two days\, it will be explored how companies handle design and how design can be integrated into existing business strategies. By discussing three (best practice) examples in detail\, their key to sucessful cooperations between designers and companies will be presented. \nWhen: July 2–3\, 2019 \nWhere: Schloss Hollenegg\, Hollenegg 1\, 8530 Hollenegg\, Austria \n\n \n \n \n \n © Miriam Raneburger\n \n \n \n \n \n © Miriam Raneburger\n \n \n \n \n \n © Miriam Raneburger\n \n \n \n \n \n © Miriam Raneburger\n \n \n \n \n \n © Miriam Raneburger\n \n \n \n \n \n © Miriam Raneburger\n \n \n \n \n \n © Miriam Raneburger\n \n \n \n \n \n © Miriam Raneburger\n \n \n \n \n \n © Miriam Raneburger\n \n \n \n \n \n © Miriam Raneburger\n \n \n \n \n \n © Miriam Raneburger\n \n \n \n \n \n © Miriam Raneburger URL:https://designcities.net/events/save-the-date-hollenegger-design-talks/ CATEGORIES:Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Hollenegger-Designgespräche_2019__1440x960_web-983x655.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190617 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190623 DTSTAMP:20260618T081405 CREATED:20190618T093044Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190618T111818Z UID:6172-1560729600-1561247999@designcities.net SUMMARY:Istanbul Craft Week DESCRIPTION:Istanbul – It is a source of inspiration for innovative design ideas\, a multi-layered cultural heritage site that serves as a rich resource for traditional arts\, crafts and production styles that still survive\, as well as today’s new design ideas. Istanbul’s art and craft traditions are kept alive by the city’s skilled craftsmen and passed on to new generations. \nIstanbul is a city of culture and design that hosts many events\, festivals and contests in the fields of fashion\, crafts\, graphics\, architecture\, urban and industrial design. \nCraft week is a 6-day event organization that combines all this urban mobility with workshops\, interviews\, trips to the city’s art\, design and craft spots for a week and focuses on the city’s craft culture. \nIn the light of all this information\, Istanbul Craft Week will be held on 17-22 June 2019 within the scope of UNESCO Istanbul Design City project commitments. \nYou’ll find more information here. \n  \n  \n\n \n \n \n \n © Istanbul Design Bureau\n \n \n \n \n \n © Istanbul Design Bureau\n \n \n \n \n \n © Istanbul Design Bureau\n \n \n \n \n \n © Istanbul Design Bureau URL:https://designcities.net/events/istanbul-craft-week/ CATEGORIES:Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Istanbul-Craft-Week-2019_1440x960.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190607 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190930 DTSTAMP:20260618T081405 CREATED:20190307T205358Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190308T214557Z UID:3923-1559865600-1569801599@designcities.net SUMMARY:12th Kaunas Biennial “AFTER LEAVING | BEFORE ARRIVING” DESCRIPTION:Unexpected. Challenge. Moving forward.\n  \nFor its 12th edition\, the Kaunas Biennial explores the journey as a metaphor for the burgeoning cultural identity of a city with a complex past. Over the course of recent history\, Kaunas has been caught in a state of political flux\, transitioning from one regime to the next. Even during its prosperous twenty-year phase as capital city after the Polish annexation of Vilnius between 1919 and 1940 Kaunas remained in waiting\, set to regain its status as second city after the liberation of the former capital. What followed\, however\, was occupation by the Soviet Union\, then Nazi Germany\, reoccupation by the Soviets\, and finally the declaration of Lithuanian independence in 1990 with the country becoming a member state of the European Union in 2004. This chain of events restored not only Lithuanian national sovereignty but also the status of Kaunas as second city with the stubborn moniker “temporary capital”. This perpetual change has shrouded the city in a collective amnesia fueled by discrepant lived experiences across the different generations. Now\, looking forward to its tenure as European Capital of Culture in 2022\, Kaunas seeks to carve out a unified path to the future on its own terms\, mythologizing its troubled past in order to write new narratives for the present. \nAFTER LEAVING | BEFORE ARRIVING takes the story of Kaunas as its point of departure to examine broader notions of passage and transition in the context of individual experience and intergenerational structures. The exhibition reflects upon how the feeling of disorientation underlying contemporary existence globally intertwines with the specific sociopolitical realities of nation-building in the New East\, where alternative European alliances are unfurling from the knots of past regimes. Alongside these historical and geopolitical narratives\, the exhibition looks to more poetic strategies of depicting or perhaps overcoming the condition of precarity\, with the absurd\, the mystical\, and the humorous serving as key tools for navigating uncertain terrain. AFTER LEAVING | BEFORE ARRIVING understands these liminal moments not just as an occasion for contemplation\, anticipation\, and doubt\, but also as a call to action–both individual and collective – in the search for one’s place within the universe. \n  \nPhoto: KAFe \nCurators\nThe team of curators to embark on this journey includes Elisabeth Del Prete (Italy / United Kingdom)\, Daniel Milnes (United Kingdom / Germany)\, Lýdia Pribišová (Slovakia)\, Neringa Stoškutė (Lithuania) and Alessandra Troncone (Italy)\, consulting curator Lewis Biggs (United Kingdom)\, director Kotryna Žemaitytė. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nYou are currently viewing a placeholder content from YouTube. To access the actual content\, click the button below. Please note that doing so will share data with third-party providers. \n More Information \n Unblock this video Accept required service and unblock all videos \n\nVideo autorius / Video by Marius Paplauskas \nMore Information\nSee the official website here – www.bienale.lt/2019/en \nGet in contact via email here – info@kaunas.biennial.lt \n  \n\n \n \n \n \n Photo: KAFe \n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: KAFe URL:https://designcities.net/events/kaunas-biennial/ CATEGORIES:Biennale,Event,Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Biennial4.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190606 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190608 DTSTAMP:20260618T081405 CREATED:20181211T211430Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190610T210507Z UID:3347-1559779200-1559951999@designcities.net SUMMARY:Fifteen Seconds Festival 2019 DESCRIPTION:Designed for those who never stop learning.\nWhat’s the definition of curious minds? For us\, it’s people who passionately engage with new technologies\, practices\, and approaches rather than being overwhelmed by them. Curiosity means to never stop learning\, facing the future head-on. Back in 2014\, we began to build a global platform at the intersection of business\, innovation\, and creativity\, gathering thousands of curious thinkers and makers in Graz\, Austria every year. An immersive two-day experience\, designed to exchange ideas and push each other forward. \nWhat’s new in 2019?\nIn 2019\, the Fifteen Seconds Festival is extended by the new areas of science\, mobility\, and technology: interdisciplinary knowledge and contacts for individual growth and shared success. A highly diverse program\, meant for everyone who never stops learning. \nAfter Movie 2018\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYou are currently viewing a placeholder content from YouTube. To access the actual content\, click the button below. Please note that doing so will share data with third-party providers. \n More Information \n Unblock this video Accept required service and unblock all videos \n\nFurther Information\nSee the official website here \nFifteen Seconds GmbH\nNikolaiplatz 5\, A-8020 Graz\nLehargasse 7\, A-1060 Vienna\nhello@fifteenseconds.com\n+43 316 23 21 37 URL:https://designcities.net/events/fifteen-seconds-festival-2019/ CATEGORIES:Event,Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Fifteen-Seconds-Logo-Black-CMYK-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190603 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190617 DTSTAMP:20260618T081405 CREATED:20190116T211532Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190827T113254Z UID:3465-1559520000-1560729599@designcities.net SUMMARY:Arteshop Bilbao DESCRIPTION:The City Council of Bilbao\, through the public entity Bilbao Ekintza\, and in collaboration with the University of the Basque Country (UPV / EHU) and the Bilbao Arte Foundation will held the eighth edition of ARTESHOP BILBAO in June 2018. ARTESHOP BILBAO takes advantage of the synergy between commercial and artistic activity\, fostering creative capacity in the shops\, creating an unusual space for artistic expression and improving the shopping experience. With this objective\, students of the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of the Basque Country exhibit their own art works made expressly for the commercial establishments of the city that participate in the project. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nYou are currently viewing a placeholder content from YouTube. To access the actual content\, click the button below. Please note that doing so will share data with third-party providers. \n More Information \n Unblock this video Accept required service and unblock all videos \n\nFor further information\nGet more information on Arteshop Bilbao here and here. \nContact Details\nGet in contact per email – ajimenez@bilbaoekintza.bilbao.eus \n  \n  \nImage: Arteshop Bilbao\, 2019 URL:https://designcities.net/events/arteshop-bilbao/ CATEGORIES:Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Artshop-Bilbao.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190601 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190701 DTSTAMP:20260618T081405 CREATED:20190116T212227Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190827T113024Z UID:3468-1559347200-1561939199@designcities.net SUMMARY:Bilbao International Art & Fashion DESCRIPTION:Bilbao International Art & Fashion – BIAAF is a platform devoted to the launch of young promising fashion designers from all over the world provided they are talented\, innovative and radically creative. \nThe aim is to provide young fashion designers with worldwide visibility among the fashion industry\, the general public and the media. \nBIAAF’s international scope aims for intercultural enrichment by showing the different approaches of fashion towards art and the promotion of fashion as a true cultural value: The International Fashion Design Contest is targeted at emerging designers from all over the world aged from 18 to 35 years old and counts with the support and advice of renowned professionals in the fashion and art areas. \nSee the aftermovie about BIAAF 2018!\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYou are currently viewing a placeholder content from YouTube. To access the actual content\, click the button below. Please note that doing so will share data with third-party providers. \n More Information \n Unblock this video Accept required service and unblock all videos \n\nFurther Information\nSee the official website here – http://biaaf.com/ \nStart date: June 2019 \nContact Details\nGet in contact per email – bilbaoartandfashion@gmail.com URL:https://designcities.net/events/bilbao-international-art-fashion-2/ CATEGORIES:Event,Fashion Week ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Pic01.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190523 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190527 DTSTAMP:20260618T081405 CREATED:20190213T223807Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190524T072803Z UID:3731-1558569600-1558915199@designcities.net SUMMARY:Assembly DESCRIPTION:We’re looking forward to assembly 2019! „assembly“\, as in “multitude“ unites versatile\, up-to-date approaches to design in festival form. Design is much more than a mere but useful aid for successful sales. \n“Design is rather a means to express our identity and exceed limits: transgression takes place from object to (digital) space\, from artifact to the love of life\, from textile creation to graphic art. assembly considers itself not a mere product fair\, but rather a „temporary autonomous zone“. (text: Martin Behr) \nFurther Information\nSee the official website here! \nWhat happened during the last years:\n\n \n \n \n \n Photo: Nikola Milatovi\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: Stephan Friesinger\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: Stephan Friesinger\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: Stephan Friesinger\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: Harry Schiffer\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: Stephan Friesinger\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: Stephan Friesinger\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: Nikola Milatovic\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: Nicolas Lackner\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: Stephan Friesinger\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: Nikola Milatovic\n \n \n \n \n \n Assembly 2017; Photo: Nikola Milatovic\n \n \n \n \n \n Assembly 2017;Photo: Nikola Milatovic\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: Stephan Freisinge\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: Stephan Friesinger\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: Nikola Milatovic\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: Nikola Milatovic\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: Nikola Milatovic\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: Nikola Milatovic\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: Stephan Friesinger\n \n \n \n \n \n Assembly 2017; Photo: Nikola Milatovic\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: Stephan Friesinger\n \n \n \n \n \n Assembly 2017; Photo: Nikola Milatovic\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: Stephan Friesinger\n \n \n \n \n \n Assembly 2017; Photo: Nikola Milatovic\n \n \n \n \n \n Assembly 2017; Foto; Nikola Milatovi\n \n \n \n\n  URL:https://designcities.net/events/assembly/ CATEGORIES:Design Month,Event,Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/assembly-NL.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190523 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190525 DTSTAMP:20260618T081405 CREATED:20190402T120523Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190605T212331Z UID:4713-1558569600-1558742399@designcities.net SUMMARY:European Capital of Culture Forum 2019 DESCRIPTION:The European Capital of Culture Forum is an annual event initiated by the team of Kaunas – European Capital of Culture 2022\, where leaders representing various creative fields from all around Europe come together for gaining and sharing knowledge\, getting inspiration\, networking and discussing the opportunities for cooperation. One of the main objectives of this initiative is to encourage the culture of collaboration with other sectors\, such as business\, science or politics. \n  \n  \nPhoto: Martynas Plepys \nTopic 2019: Human Factor\nThis year\, the umbrella topic of the Forum will be the “Human Factor”. It helps to raise questions such as: \n\nDo we consider the human factor before engaging into creative or business practices?\nHow to leave one’s “social bubble” and truly understand people who are different from us?\n\nMain Themes\nThe Forum’s speeches\, sessions and even provocations will cover the following topics: \n\nthe importance of collaboration between art and business\,\nthe audience engagement and the social entrepreneurship.\n\nTogether with the audience\, we will question and rethink conventional practices or understandings; with the help from musicians and intuition\, we will elaborate our strategies. In the part dedicated to the cultural diplomacy\, we are going to look for answers to such questions as: What seems to be causing the deepening divide between society and institutions as well as what are the social and political uncertainties and disputes currently arising in Europe? We promise you a deeper understanding of the European cultural dimension. \n  \nPhoto: Martynas Plepys \nSocializing Part\nOn May 23\, after an intensive day of sharing and gaining knowledge you will have an opportunity to join one of the most interesting events in Kaunas city – an open-air community dinner that turns the central pedestrian street – Laisves avenue – into the longest and most charming dinner table. \nOn May 24\, we invite you to join a British humour stand-up comedy show with Geoffrey Brown “The Good\, the Bad and the Brexit“. \nTickets\nA free ticket to the European Capital of Culture Forum can be reserved at forumas.kaunas2022.eu \nDownload the invitation here (Invitation\, PDF). \n  \nPhoto: Martynas Plepys \nFurther Information:\nSee the official website here. \nDownload the press release here. \nDownload the final report here – ECoC Forum_2019 article. \nContact Details:\nAna Čižauskienė\, Head of International Relations and Programming at “Kaunas 2022”\nContact per email – ana@kaunas2022.eu \n  \n\n \n \n \n \n 2019 Photo: ECOC Forum Kaunas 2019\n \n \n \n \n \n 2019 Photo: ECOC Forum Kaunas 2019\n \n \n \n \n \n 2018 Photo: Martynas Plepys\n \n \n \n \n \n 2018 Photo: Martynas Plepys\n \n \n \n \n \n 2018 Photo: Martynas Plepys\n \n \n \n \n \n 2018 Photo: Martynas Plepys\n \n \n\n  \nWhat happened at the European Capital of Culture Forum 2019? See here.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYou are currently viewing a placeholder content from YouTube. To access the actual content\, click the button below. Please note that doing so will share data with third-party providers. \n More Information \n Unblock this video Accept required service and unblock all videos \n\n  \n  \n  \n  URL:https://designcities.net/events/european-capital-of-culture-forum-2019/ CATEGORIES:Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Forum2018_1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190522 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190525 DTSTAMP:20260618T081405 CREATED:20180609T112535Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190527T200726Z UID:2458-1558483200-1558742399@designcities.net SUMMARY:C2 Montréal DESCRIPTION:The future of business takes place at the creative intersections of \ncommerce\, science\, technology\, society and sustainability. \nBusiness success is allied with societal progress. \n  \n  \nC2 brings together commerce and creativity to explore trends\, opportunities\, disruptions and major shifts on the horizon. Each year\, in a collaborative environment specifically designed to provoke collisions and spark new ideas\, C2 Montréal inspires 5\,000 executives across continents and industries to challenge their biases\, shift their perspective and explore completely new ways of doing business. \nC2 Montréal is the most forward-thinking business event in the world. Named best conference four years running\, C2 is much more than just simply a conference. Progressive and inspiring content is combined in a highly creative\, festival-like setting that will blow your mind. At C2\, guests transform into active participants who aren’t afraid to dive right in. C2 is for business leaders who want to lead the pack. \nC2 Montréal unites global trailblazers\, business innovators\, entrepreneurial icons\, social game changers and a host of other engaging thought provocateurs at the top of their creative game. In taking the C2 stage\, these world-renowned speakers representing a diverse array of industries have a common goal: to inspire creative solutions for commercial problems. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nYou are currently viewing a placeholder content from YouTube. To access the actual content\, click the button below. Please note that doing so will share data with third-party providers. \n More Information \n Unblock this video Accept required service and unblock all videos \n\nFurther Information\nSee the official website here. URL:https://designcities.net/events/c2-montreal-5/ CATEGORIES:Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/2016-05-24_16011014_Photo_by_Jimmy_Hamelin_C2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190518 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190528 DTSTAMP:20260618T081405 CREATED:20190116T210308Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190527T200810Z UID:3457-1558137600-1559001599@designcities.net SUMMARY:Bilbao Art District DESCRIPTION:Bilbao Art District is a public-private initiative with the objective of promoting the activity carried out from the city’s artistic and cultural fabric as a strategic element in its development and projection towards the future. \nIt aims to be a project that is inspiring\, open\, inclusive and which unlocks potential for the city as a whole\, considering Bilbao as a unique artistic district and the entire metropolis as a creative ecosystem. Without breaking from promoting the multiplicity of its artistic facilities and institutions\, it aspires to transcend the nature of a setting where art is consumed to become a stakeholder that drives recognition of the new role of artistic creation in contemporary society through its social and cultural value\, its innovating potential\, and its capacity for generating development\, thought\, wealth and employment. \nIt works with the sector throughout the year to achieve the aforementioned objectives\, but in May and October\, specifically\, it develops a special programme for the public and the sector as a whole in the city. \nThis initiative arose in 2013 driven and coordinated by Bilbao Ekintza\, municipal company of Bilbao City Council\, in which the Provincial Council of Biscay and the rest of the stakeholders of the visual arts in the city participate and collaborate\, such as museums\, galleries\, production spaces\, and so on. \n\nFurther information\nSee the official website here. \nContact Details\nFor any questions get in contact per email – bilbaoartdistrict@gmail.com URL:https://designcities.net/events/bilbao-art-district-2019/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/pic01.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190516 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190518 DTSTAMP:20260618T081405 CREATED:20190116T212757Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190521T214539Z UID:3473-1557964800-1558137599@designcities.net SUMMARY:TECHNARTE DESCRIPTION:Technarte is a conference where international artists and technologists show their project portfolio\, in which technology is of particular relevance in the artistic creative process. The union between Art and Technology has given birth to disciplines such as nano-art\, 3D printing\, interactive installations\, art & robotics\, bioart\, immersive 3D development\, mobile art\, smart materials and hyper-augmented reality\, among others. \nThe goal of the conference is to be a forum of knowledge and diffusion of art\, science and technology. It’s a great opportunity to network\, to complement your academic training\, to look for inspiration and generate new projects\, and to meet a number of international artists\, researchers and technologists. \nFurther information\nSee the official website – https://technarte.org/en/ \nContact Details \ninfo@technarte.com URL:https://designcities.net/events/3473/ CATEGORIES:Conference ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Bilbao-Technarte-2019.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190515 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190516 DTSTAMP:20260618T081405 CREATED:20190806T085837Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190812T083312Z UID:6535-1557878400-1557964799@designcities.net SUMMARY:International Creative Cities Design Innovation Forum DESCRIPTION:Hosted by UNESCO Creative Cities (Shanghai) Promotion Office\, the annual forum focuses on innovation and design of the city. \n2019 International Creative Cities Design Innovation Forum was held in Shanghai on 15th May with the theme of “Culture and Creative Empower Sustainable Urban Development”. Experts and practitioners from UN-Habitat\, UK\, Italy\, German and Canada carried out in-depth discussions on the vital value of culture and creativity in promoting urban regeneration and sustainable development. About 300 people from government\, associations\, universities\, companies and medias participated in the forum. \nADG for Culture UNESCO Mr. Ernesto Ottone R. had the video address to congratulate on the success of the forum. He highlighted\, UCCN formed a global laboratory of innovative ideas and practices in dealing with urban challenges and opportunities of our time. UNESCO would like to work together with partners and stakeholders of all fields to better illustrate and advocate for cities’ essential impact on the transformation of our world accelerated by globalization\, urbanization and technology. \nRenowned designers\, scholars\, entrepreneurs and professionals made keynote speeches and shared experiences\, knowledge and best practices including the renewal within the Global Urban Agenda\, imprints of city development and vitality from design aspect\, visual quality for better urban environment\, old buildings renewal\, innovation through regeneration\, urban renewal practice with Italian Criticism and finance supports for cultural and creative clusters. \nRepresentatives of China creative cities\, such as Shanghai\, Beijing\, Shenzhen and Wuhan joined in round table discussion on the topic of activating vitality of city with design and contributions to UCCN development. \n  \nContact Details\nGet in contact via email – info@creativecity-sh.cn\nTel: +86 21 62470109 \nHave a look on various booklets here:\n2014\n2017\n2019 \n  \n\n \n \n \n \n © UNESCO Creative Cities (Shanghai) Promotion Office\n \n \n \n \n \n © UNESCO Creative Cities (Shanghai) Promotion Office\n \n \n \n \n \n © UNESCO Creative Cities (Shanghai) Promotion Office\n \n \n \n \n \n © UNESCO Creative Cities (Shanghai) Promotion Office\n \n \n\n  URL:https://designcities.net/events/international-creative-cities-design-innovation-forum/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Roundtable-Discussion_web.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190512 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190530 DTSTAMP:20260618T081405 CREATED:20190320T202600Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190610T210519Z UID:4082-1557619200-1559174399@designcities.net SUMMARY:Istanbul Design Collection – Timelessness of Istanbul DESCRIPTION:In 2019\, Istanbul will participate in Design Month Graz as a UNESCO City of Design and cooperation partner of Creative Industries Styria with two programs. At designforum Steiermark\, various objects from the fields of fashion\, craft\, graphic\, architectural and industrial design will be presented in the exhibition “TIME-LESS-NESS OF IS-TAN-BUL” from May 11. All exhibits were produced in Istanbul or inspired by the city and move the Turkish design metropolis in the foreground. The exhibition opens at 6 pm. \nAt the three-day event “Istanbul @ Murinsel Graz” you will also have the chance to get to know the design landscape of Istanbul better. \nIn cooperation with Istanbul Design Bureau. \nFurther Information\nDuration: May 12 – 29\, 2019\nLocation: designforum Steiermark | Andreas-Hofer-Platz 17\, A-8010 Graz\nExhibition Opening: May 11\, 2019 | 18.00 URL:https://designcities.net/events/time-less-ness-of-is-tan-bul/ CATEGORIES:Exhibition ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Istanbul-CoD_1440x960_web.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190511 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190610 DTSTAMP:20260618T081405 CREATED:20190604T170148Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190604T171351Z UID:6088-1557532800-1560124799@designcities.net SUMMARY:Exhibition: World Wide Things Collection DESCRIPTION:The World Wide Things Collection (WWTC) collects great design from the UNESCO Creative Cities Network\, connects great designers\, products\, manufacturers and distributors\, and develops a great marketplace for the UNESCO Cities of Design.The Project The World Wide Things Collection is a worldwide marketplace for carefully selected design products. This growing selection is presented in different formats such as exhibitions\, shops\, conferences\, meetings\, conventions and online. The collection acts literally as “Hyperloop” as it displays products created in the UNESCO Cities of Design and moreover\, facilitates the exchange of ideas\, designs and best practices. All design products presented in the collection can be bought through online shops. \nAbout \nThe project was developed by Anne Thomas (Montréal)\, Pierre Laramée (Montréal) and Eberhard Schrempf (Graz) in 2017 and firstly launched as a pilot project within Design Month Graz 2018. The curators’ vision is to create a channel\, of which both\, the creative community and the economy\, benefit. The project is meant to visualize the diversity of good ideas and products and to utilize the potential for cooperation and exchange among the UNESCO Creative Cities Network. Designers\, producers and retailers are given the possibility to display their products on a global platform and are interconnected within the creative community. \n2 Exhibitions so far – 2018 and 2019\n\nThe first exhibition of World Wide Things Collection in 2018 showed about 50 products from three UNESCO Cities of Design. In 2019 the exhibition will be part of Design Month Graz 2019 from May 10 to June 9\, 2019 and will display about 120 products from seven UNESCO Cities of Design: Detroit\, Graz\, Istanbul\, Mexico City\, Puebla\, Saint-Etienne and Singapur. The exhibition design refers to the “Hyperloop” concept\, a high-speed transportation system. The products are displayed on a seemingly endless table board\, that winds smoothly through the showroom. The exhibition design is developed as open-source-concept that is easy to rebuild\, so each UNESCO Cities of Design is invited to set up a similar exhibition. The handy manual for the exhibition design is available on request \n  \nFurther Information \nSee each object in detail here. \n  \nPhoto Gallery \n  \n  \n\n \n \n \n \n Photo: Miriam Raneburger\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: Miriam Raneburger\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: Miriam Raneburger\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: Miriam Raneburger\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: Miriam Raneburger\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: Miriam Raneburger\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: Miriam Raneburger\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: Miriam Raneburger\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: Miriam Raneburger URL:https://designcities.net/events/exhibition-world-wide-things-collection/ CATEGORIES:Event,Exhibition ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/wwthings_c_miriam-raneburger_6.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190510 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190610 DTSTAMP:20260618T081405 CREATED:20180628T113228Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190610T210339Z UID:2594-1557446400-1560124799@designcities.net SUMMARY:Designmonat Graz 2019 - Register now! DESCRIPTION:Register for the GRAND OPENING on May 10 here. \n  \nDesign Month Graz will bring the performance spectrum of the design scene to the fore for a month\, promoting regional\, national and international networking. From May 11 to June 9\, 2019\, a dense and diverse program will be presented in the Austrian UNESCO City of Design. Exhibitions\, lectures\, workshops\, presentations and guided tours bring the value and meaning of design to the public. It puts the city in a state of exception in which design can be perceived everywhere. \nDesign Month Graz 2019 focuses its program on the topic “Women & Design”. \n  \n \n  \nGraz will become a stage for creative and design enthusiasts from all around the world\, putting the city into a state of exception in which design dominates everywhere. The festival has a dense and diverse programme embracing the various fields of design\, including a great number of individual initiatives by designers\, local education design institutions and universities as well as economic players. Organised and coordinated by the Creative Industries Styria (CIS)\, the Month of Design is not only a celebration nor is it just a showcase. It is a platform to connect\, to be(come) visible and to emphasise the importance of design for everyday life and the economic relevance of creative processes\, while involving local\, national and international partners. \nHere you can get some impressions about Designmonat Graz 2018:\n\n\nYou are currently viewing a placeholder content from Default. To access the actual content\, click the button below. Please note that doing so will share data with third-party providers. \n Unblock content Accept required service and unblock content \n More Information URL:https://designcities.net/events/save-date-designmonat-graz-2019/ CATEGORIES:Design Month ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/DMG19-Presskit-online-1920x1080_english-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190509 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190512 DTSTAMP:20260618T081405 CREATED:20190528T204433Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190529T200504Z UID:6038-1557360000-1557619199@designcities.net SUMMARY:ICO-D SPECIAL MEETING DESCRIPTION:The international Council of Design (ico-D) is the world’s largest representative of the international community of professional designers\, composed of national design associations and design education institutions. ico-D was founded in London in 1963 and has been based in Montréal since 2005. It is a global professional design organization with more than 140 organizations in 67 countries and regions\, including national professional associations\, educational institutions and funding agencies. As a member-based network of independent organizations and stakeholders working in the multidisciplinary design field\, it promotes the value of design practice\, education\, research and policy. \nAnnual Special Meetings\nSince 2017\, special meetings are held annually. The Special Meeting fosters collaboration and exchange between
 the international community of professional designers—the ico-D Membership—and these various promotion and valorisation entities to address overlapping challenges and objectives. Through networking and cooperation\, participants are able to more efficiently utilise resources. ico-D believes in the importance of strengthening the international design community by supporting inter-entity knowledge transfer and collaboration. \nIn 2019\, Creative Industries Styria and Graz as a UNESCO City of Design hosts this special meeting. This year\, too\, the international design community strengthened supports knowledge transfer and cooperation between the entities. \n\nDetails\nIt’s Special. It’s a Meeting: The International Council of Design’s “Special Meeting” challenges Design Weeks and Biennales\, Design Museums and Design Cities from across the planet to come up with new ways to use design to better our lives. \nWhile designers across the globe are focusing on their upcoming projects\, managing clients and keeping up with what’s new and interesting in the world\, there are hundreds of dedicated organisations that are working behind the scenes to support them. These organisations strive to push the profession forward by increasing awareness among the design community\, by educating policymakers and governments\, and by creating networks and advocacy platforms among designers to leverage their reach and power. The global design landscape is vibrant and varied. \nAbout ico-D\nThe International Council of Design (ico-D) is one such organisation. Founded in 1963 as Icograda (the International Council of Graphic Design Associations)\, the Council came into being at a time when the UN model — the idea of country representatives gathering to create an international body according to common objectives — was new and exciting. With a Member base of Professional Associations\, Educational institutions and Promotional bodies\, \nico-D now represents 120 different organisations in 55 different countries. The Council is a connecting and coordinating force for design organisations to leverage their expertise\, resources and clout. The Council covers subjects like the professionalisation of design practice\, the aspects of education that touch specifically on training design professionals—not “designing”\, i.e. the CAD work and sketching—but by providing guidelines for professional ethics and notions around the role of the designer in the world\, and consolidating this role into a collective voice of design in order to better communicate with governments and other fields. \nAs the design industry evolved and became more complex\, so did the multiple voices of design. The International Council of Design realised the importance of connecting with other emerging entities\, and in 2017\, a first effort to gather non-Member type organisations: Design Weeks and Biennales\, Design Museums and Design Cities\, began to take shape. A meeting in Montréal kicked-off the initiative\, which was dubbed — for simplicity’s sake—the “Special Meeting”. \nWhat is a ‘Special Meeting’?\n“We created the Special Meeting when we noticed all the informal ways that people were talking to each other about issues and the future of design. Real work and networking was happening among people in their own cities\, at Design Weeks\, and in the off-hours at Design Biennales\, Museum openings\, and so on. The question became: What can take root when an international body helps these smaller\, grassroots bodies get together in a more formal setting? This hadn’t been done before\, and we felt there was a missing link in the chain of conversation happening between conventional institutions like museums and local design initiatives like Design Weeks\, happening in countries like India\, Lebanon and South Africa”\, states Communications Officer Alisha Piercy. \nThe first pilot meeting brought together representatives from 15 organisations from ten different countries. “The result was a ‘formal\, but loose’ meeting of organisations working in a productive\, energetic way\, who otherwise\, were unlikely to have met. The Special Meeting format gave valuable space for these design entities to share successful programmes they had achieved\, as well as outline experiences and best practices they hoped to pass on to others”\, according to Piercy. The success of the one-day meeting in Montréal led to a second meeting in China in September 2018 in partnership with Beijing Design Week\, the world’s most trafficked design week with an annual footfall of 8 million participants. \nThe Montréal and Beijing meetings stimulated discussion around things like: Where is design headed? How do we bridge the gap between design and industry? How do local initiatives gain foothold with their governments? How do you put a smaller city on the global design map? \nSpecial Meeting sessions presented local models with ambitious adaptive strategies: Beirut Design Week discussed rebuilding the image of Beirut and people’s perception of the city after years of appearing in the news cycle as a war-torn city. Nagoya UNESCO City of Design shared management and preservation strategies developed for integrating Japanese cultural heritage with contemporary design as well as the ways in which the city’s history was incorporated in the modern manufacturing sector. Puebla UNESCO City of Design questioned the very role of design in government\, proposing a model for design embedded in government infrastructure\, while the Moscow Design Museum presented a survival guide for museums creatively overcoming funding problems\, or even “homelessness”. \nOn May 09–11\, 2019\, the International Council of Design organises a Special Meeting during Graz Design Month\, hosted by Creative Industries Styria and once again partnering with Beijing Design Week. Topics of discussion range from the philosophical\, How can we collaborate to implement fundamental change? to the actual\, Women and Design to the practical\, Connecting the design community to business\, government\, the public. In addition to lively debate\, it is expected that participants will build tools to work better with the resources they have at hand\, and by creating international networks to transfer know-how and collaborate on joint projects. \nList of Attendees of the Special Meeting 2019 in Graz\n\n\n\nLuis Gonzalez\nArenal\nPuebla UNESCO City of Design\n\n\nEmanuel\nBarbosa\nPorto Design Biennale\n\n\nMary Josephine\nCruz\nDesign Week Philippines\n\n\nLuis Rodrigo Gonzalez\nDeleze\nPuebla UNESCO City of Design\n\n\nSertaç\nErsayin\nIstanbul UNESCO City of Design\n\n\nÁlvaro Rego\nGarcía de Alba\nMUMEDI Museo Mexicano del Diseño\n\n\nNino\nGroß\nFifteen Seconds Festival\n\n\nAdrian\nJankowiak\nNairobi Design Week\n\n\nArhan\nKayar\nIstanbul Design Week\n\n\nUrška\nKrivograd\nBIO Biennial of Design Ljubljana\n\n\nDara\nLynch\nDesign & Art Directors Festival\n\n\nLi Dan\nMin Wang\nBeijing Design Week\n\n\nMichał\nPiernikowski\nLodz Design Festival\n\n\nLukáš\nPipek\nCzech Design Week\n\n\nDaniela\nPiscitelli\nAiap Women in Design Award\n\n\nJan\nRajlich\nBrno Biennale Association\n\n\nGabriel\nRoland\nVienna Design Week\n\n\nAlexandra\nSankova\nMoscow Design Museum\n\n\nRaman\nSaxena\nDelhi Design Festival\n\n\nEberhard\nSchrempf\nGraz UNESCO City of Design\n\n\nDiana\nSolis\nMUMEDI Museo Mexicano del Diseño\n\n\nDoreen\nToutikian\nBeirut Design Week\n\n\nIsabelle\nVerilhac\nSaint-Étienne UNESCO City of Design\n\n\nCamille\nVilain\nSaint-Étienne UNESCO City of Design\n\n\nMin\nWang\nBeijing Design Week\n\n\nAnja\nZorko\nBIO Biennial of Design Ljubljana\n\n\n\n  \n  \n  \nFurther Information\nThe Special Meeting is a symposium which is not open to the public. \nSee the official website – www.ico-d.org \nico-D Special Meeting 2019\nMay 10–11\, 2019\nAuditorium | Joanneumsviertel Graz\, Austria \nPhoto Gallery\n\n \n \n \n \n ico-D special meeting 2019\, Graz\, Photo: Alisha Piercy\n \n \n \n \n \n ico-D special meeting 2019\, Graz\, Photo: Alisha Piercy\n \n \n \n \n \n ico-D special meeting 2019\, Graz\, Photo: Alisha Piercy\n \n \n \n \n \n ico-D special meeting 2019\, Graz\, Photo: Alisha Piercy\n \n \n \n \n \n ico-D special meeting 2019\, Graz\, Photo: Alisha Piercy\n \n \n \n \n \n ico-D special meeting 2019\, Graz\, Photo: Alisha Piercy\n \n \n \n \n \n ico-D special meeting 2019\, Graz\, Photo: Alisha Piercy\n \n \n \n \n \n ico-D special meeting 2019\, Graz\, Photo: Alisha Piercy\n \n \n \n \n \n ico-D special meeting 2019\, Graz\, Photo: Alisha Piercy\n \n \n \n \n \n ico-D special meeting 2019\, Graz\, Photo: Alisha Piercy\n \n \n \n \n \n ico-D special meeting 2019\, Graz\, Photo: Alisha Piercy\n \n \n \n \n \n ico-D special meeting 2019\, Graz\, Photo: Alisha Piercy\n \n \n \n \n \n ico-D special meeting 2019\, Graz\, Photo: Alisha Piercy URL:https://designcities.net/events/ico-de_special_meeting/ CATEGORIES:Conference,Design Month,Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/DSC_0347-SMGraz19_AlishaPiercy_ico-D_small.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190503 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190505 DTSTAMP:20260618T081405 CREATED:20180903T220002Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190507T205509Z UID:2792-1556841600-1557014399@designcities.net SUMMARY:Pivot Summit | Technology (f)or Humanity? DESCRIPTION:Pivot Summit is a world class event with impact. \nBringing Australian and international thought leaders together to share insights on the future of digital and its impact on how we work\, live and think. \nPivot Summit opens up a range of local\, national and global opportunity for the region. It has the potential to: \n\nFacilitate local and national innovation\nDevelop\, and significantly drive Geelong’s digital and start-up sectors\nAct as a catalyst for networking local digital and creative professionals with global digital and creative leaders and influencers\nBring international attention to the investment and lifestyle opportunities in Geelong\n\nPivot Summit wants to inspire\, motivate and educate its audience of digital and creative people and equip them with ideas and insights to innovate within their own organisations and generate economic and social benefits. \nLocation\nPivot Summit 2019 will be held in Geelong\, Australia from May 3–4 at Federal Mills Park. It is expected that it will attract participation from over 1200 attendees and more than 10\,000 unique online streams. \nFurther Information\nSee the official website here: www.pivotsummit.com.au \nGet in contact with the organization team per email URL:https://designcities.net/events/pivot-summit-2019/ CATEGORIES:Conference,Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Pivot-2019.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190502 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190513 DTSTAMP:20260618T081405 CREATED:20190423T212148Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190517T200944Z UID:5469-1556755200-1557705599@designcities.net SUMMARY:Bilbao Art District 2019 DESCRIPTION:PROGRAMME OF ACTIVITIES\nBilbao Art District (BiAD) is an initiative promoted by Bilbao City Council\, through Bilbao Ekintza. The aim is to give value to and support the activity it develops from the city’s artistic and cultural network\, and to foster its competitiveness as a strategic element in its development and projection towards the future. The project assumes a special nature as it is a public and private collaboration\, in which different representatives from the city’s visual arts world participate together. These include Bilbao Arte\, art producers\, galleries\, and the Faculty of Fine Arts of the UPV-EHU.) \nAlthough the project continues throughout the year\, a special programme involving the city’s arts and cultural sector is being held in May\, and is open to the public. \nFocus on Visual Arts\nThe BiAD 2019 edition will focus on reflecting on\, fostering and asserting the value (economic\, social\, cultural…) generated by the visual arts. As part of an evolving process with interlinked crises\, BiAD 2019 aims to raise awareness of these values as an essential asset for generating areas of shared experience in the city and for encouraging and promoting experimentation\, imagination and investigation as a creative\, productive and innovative force. \nBilbao is defined as a city of values. Historically\, visual arts have placed a decisive role in moments of crisis for envisaging a new sensitivity\, fulfilling a function of experimental innovation\, then spreading to all areas\, both social and economic. As a result\, they not only represent a cultural value but are also a driving force for integral development. \nEconomy and culture are concepts that cannot be appreciated as if referring to independent closed spheres. Artistic creation is far more than a cultural asset: it is our way of being represented and of representing ourselves\, a means of expression and communication\, and a specific form of knowledge which directly influences thought\, individual and collective development\, and the creation of wealth. \nThis edition of Bilbao Art District 2019 aims to specify and take a closer look at the value of art in this multiple dimension. \nIn this respect\, initiatives have been chosen that continue after May and that\, in some way\, help to improve the competitiveness of the sector\, such as its internationalisation or communication. To achieve this goal\, in addition to the curatorships of artist MawaTres and researcher Andrea Estankona\, the initiative has had the collaboration of three strategic partners: These are the Faculty of Fine Arts of the UPV-EHU\, Bilbao Arte and Azkuna Zentroa-Alhóndiga Bilbao\, as well as the participation of more than 25 representatives from the city’s visual arts world. \nProjects\nTwo examples of projects which have this effect on the economic development include “What are the artists thinking about? South-south-north dialogues to turn the world around” by Saray Pérez Castilla and Miriam Rodríguez Morán\, and “LUTITEKA” by Tunipanea. The former is a continuation of a dialogue already started\, which seeks the internationalisation of the project\, while also taking it to the public through a graphic display which will be exhibited on La Merced and La Ribera bridges\, in combination with a series of talks to be held at the Sala Rekalde on 8 May. LUTITEKA is the pilot test of a project that has been nine years in the making\, and which aims to test whether it would be feasible to introduce it continuously. There will be a display of more than 100 experimental musical instruments created by the artist Tunipanea. Many of these are made from recycled materials found in the streets of Bilbao; thus the value of the project lies in the opportunity for the public to borrow an instrument or take part in a creative workshop; at the same time\, other artists will give a live performance of experimental pieces of music created from these instruments. \nThe “Meetings between curators and artists” has been set up along the same lines and is part of the collaboration between Bilbao Art District and BilbaoArte. These are considered as seminars which contribute to the professional development of the artists of Bilbao\, based on portfolio presentations and visits to studios; and with a public presentation which will discuss this edition’s theme\, the values generated by artistic practices from the perspective of curatorship. In addition\, the “We need to create contexts to think differently” seminars stemmimg from collaboration with Azkuna Zentroa-Alhóndiga Bilbao\, are considered as a day of critical thinking\, reflection and discussion about the values of artistic practices. BiAD 2019 aims to raise awareness of these values as an essential asset for generating areas of shared experience in the city and for encouraging and promoting experimentation\, imagination and investigation as a creative\, productive and innovative force. \nVisit galleries on May 11\nIn addition\, in order to attract new audiences for the city’s galleries\, El Día de la Galería (Gallery Day) has been organised for 11 May. Following a guided visit around all the galleries\, participants are offered lunch\, and one or more pieces will be selected for acquisition by Bilbao Art District. An educational talk on art will also be offered at the same time. \nSolasparkea and Herritarrar Ekologikoak are proposed as Walks and collective actions in conversation with the different material aspects of Doña Casilda Park and dramatised guided tours through non-native species of trees\, respectively. \nProject “Follow the leaders” from May 2–19\nIn addition to some of the above interventions\, of special interest is the project Follow the leaders by the artist\, Isaac Cordal. This will be on display at the Atrio de las Culturas at Azkuna Zentroa from 2 to 19 May\, or the intervention Sounds\, performed by the Association of Watercolourists on Saturday 4 May. As in other editions\, students from the Faculty of Fine Arts will create artistic interventions in different areas of the city. These include the intervention created thanks to the collaboration of Containers Aurtenetxea and the Ría de Bilbao Maritime Museum. \nSeveral other activities in May 2019\nOn top of this programme there are a number of special activities conducted by the representatives of the city. For example\, on 17 May\, the Vanguardia Gallery will screen the award-winning documentary\, Izaro\, after which there will be a symposium with the creator\, Txuspo Poyo. At the same time\, talks and encounters will be organised with artists and curators including Luca Gerardo\, researcher from the Basque Centre for Applied Mathematics at Spazio Ranieri (10 May)\, recording artist Usoa Zumeta at Juan Manuel Lumbreras Gallery (9 May)\, Pako Pimienta at the Contemporary Photography Centre(10 May)\, and curator Jesús Alcaide and artist Eduardo Hurtado at Aldama Fabre Gallery (11 May). \nThe closure is on 11 May in the afternoon at the Tinglados del Arenal\, where the artist collective Fat Combo and Caostica will create an audiovisual intervention in an installation called “Urban Primitive Art”. Here they will create two live pieces of graffiti accompanied by live music and visual interventions from VJ Anisakis. \nFurther Information\nSee the official website here \nFollow on facebook\, twitter or instragram. \nDownload the program here \nReview\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYou are currently viewing a placeholder content from YouTube. To access the actual content\, click the button below. Please note that doing so will share data with third-party providers. \n More Information \n Unblock this video Accept required service and unblock all videos \n\nVideo: Leyre Goikoetxea\, critic\, curator and professor at the University of the Basque Country interviewes the artist Mabi Revuelta for Bilbao Art District  URL:https://designcities.net/events/bilbao-art-district-2019-2/ CATEGORIES:Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Screen-Shot-2019-04-23-at-23.28.14.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190419 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190501 DTSTAMP:20260618T081405 CREATED:20190122T214510Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191014T131835Z UID:3587-1555632000-1556668799@designcities.net SUMMARY:Save the Date - Shenzhen Design Week DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by Shenzhen Municipal Government\, Shenzhen Design Week (SZDW) is organized by Shenzhen City of Design Promotion Office with Shenzhen City of Design Promotion Association (SDPA) serving as Secretariat and co-organised by international design institutions\, local design professional associations\, design schools and cultural departments of all districts in the city. Shenzhen will organize Design Week in late April annually and the permanent slogan is “New Era\, New Design”. \nShenzhen Design Week was first held in April 2017 and the previous two years has been a great success with a high record of 150\,000 visitors during a one-week programme. Exhibitions and activities under the annual theme spread across the city and activities including forums\, lectures\, exhibitions\, award ceremony\, performances\, interactive installations\, fashion show etc. has won applause from citizens\, creative professionals and government officials as well. \nSZDW 2019 is scheduled to open on Friday 19 April 2019 and last until 30 April 2019. This year’s SZDW will be more than an event simply presenting and communicating about design. By introducing a novel column “Shenzhen Design Expo”\, the event highlights the connection and influence between design and industry\, design and the society. The ultimate purpose of cross-disciplinary and cross-border communication is to introduce top designers and design projects from around the world into Shenzhen while helping more people understand the concept of “Shenzhen Design”\, enhancing people’s perception of design and thus enable design to engage and change people’s lives. The organizing committee has also re-named the exterior projects as “satellite projects” and reinforce the important contributions these projects has to the SZDW. Moreover\, the SZDW is planning to invite London to be the “Guest of Honour” and cooperate with relevant departments\, design institutions and colleges in London and present the latest and best designs in the two cities. \nSave the date and join us at the Shenzhen Design Week in April! \n  \nSZDW2019 venue01 – Convention and Exhibition Center\, Photo: SDPA2019 \n© Xiangshanhongye \n\nFurther Information\nSee the official website here – http://sz.design\nContact Details\nGet in contact via email – info@sz.design\nTel: +86 755 8325 8290 URL:https://designcities.net/events/save-the-date-shenzhen-design-week/ CATEGORIES:Design Week ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/web_深圳当代艺术与规划博物馆MOCAPE-by-Xiangshanhongye.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190320 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190321 DTSTAMP:20260618T081405 CREATED:20190311T215654Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190311T215914Z UID:3966-1553040000-1553126399@designcities.net SUMMARY:International Day of Happiness DESCRIPTION:On the 20th of March 2018\, Kaunas2022 initiated the celebration of the International Day of Happiness in Kaunas. We are the official ambassadors of the Day of Happiness in Lithuania. This “we” refers not only to the team of Kaunas 2022\, but also to our numerous partners\, friends and fellow Kaunasians. So\, we cannot do anything without the help from all of you and them. Up until 2022\, we plan to grow the happiest festival ever; its participants will include baristas\, cooks\, actors\, guides\, academics\, artists\, doctors\, drivers of the public transport\, museum employees\, businessmen\, pilots and all the residents of the city and the district. \nThis year everyone is invited to open the door for the ones exposed to greater difficulties when accessing the cultural life in the city and the surrounding areas\, the shrines of art\, public spaces or transport\, shopping malls and other locations in our city. \nThat is why we say: Make Way for Happiness! \n  \nPhoto: Martynas Plepys photo \nFurther Information\nSee the official website here – https://www.laimesdiena.lt/en or else click here – https://kaunas2022.eu/en/designing-happiness/. \nGet in contact via email – irute@kaunas2022.eu. \n  \nPhoto: Martynas Plepys photo URL:https://designcities.net/events/international-day-of-happiness/ CATEGORIES:Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Laimes-diena-20-94.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190319 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190325 DTSTAMP:20260618T081405 CREATED:20190108T211652Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190108T211735Z UID:3429-1552953600-1553471999@designcities.net SUMMARY:Diagonale’19 – Festival of Austrian Film DESCRIPTION:The Diagonale is conceived as a forum for the presentation and discussion of Austrian cinematic production. The goal and task of the Diagonale is a nuanced\, multifaceted and critical exploration of Austrian cinema as well as drawing the industry into the media spotlight and thereby into public discourse. Accordingly\, it is the filmmakers and their works that lie at the heart of the festival\, which\, by means of a tailored program selection\, offers the rare opportunity to become acquainted with Austrian film in all its diversity\, to trace current artistic trends and\, to make some (re-)discoveries along the way. \n(c) Text: Diagonale’19 \nSee the official website here. \nPress Contact\nMatthias K. Heschl\npresse@diagonale.at\n+43 (0)1 595 45 56 – 18 URL:https://designcities.net/events/diagonale19-festival-of-austrian-film/ CATEGORIES:Festival,Film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/gif:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/diagonale_logo_NEU-1.gif END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190314 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190325 DTSTAMP:20260618T081405 CREATED:20181010T195303Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190308T222448Z UID:2974-1552521600-1553471999@designcities.net SUMMARY:Melbourne Design Week – Geelong Program DESCRIPTION:Melbourne Design Week is Australia’s leading annual international design event\, delivered and supported by Creative Victoria and the National Gallery of Victoria. It links creativity with business and community\, providing a platform for the Australian design industry to express\, question\, propose and test ideas through an ever-expanding program of exhibitions\, launches\, talks\, tours\, workshops and more. \nIn 2019\, Geelong has the opportunity to join Melbourne Design Week with a curated series of regional events under the theme “Design Experiments“. \nAs a UNESCO City of Design\, Geelong has been recognised for its design achievements. The Geelong program of Melbourne Design Week 2019 is a great chance to share these achievements and showcase our talents with a wider audience. \nFurther Information\nFor further information go to the official website here. URL:https://designcities.net/events/melbourne-design-week-geelong-program/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/MDW-No-Date-BW-new.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR