World Design Capital
The World Design Capital (WDC) is a city promotion project by the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design to recognize and award accomplishments made by cities around the world in the field of design.[1] Hosting fee for 2018 is CAD$600,000.[2]
World Design Capitals by year
- 2008 –
Torino, Italy[3] - 2010 –
Seoul, South Korea[4] - 2012 –
Helsinki, Finland[5] - 2014 –
Cape Town, South Africa[6] - 2016 –
Taipei, Taiwan[7] - 2018 –
Mexico City, Mexico
References
- ^ "World Design Capital". ICSID. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
- ^ Becoming a WDC: A comprehensive guide to the application process (PDF). Canada: icsid. September 2014. p. 34. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
- ^ "World Design Capital Torino 2008". ICSID. Archived from the original on 4 February 2009.
- ^ Ihlwan, Moon (27 February 2008). "The Seoul of World Design". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
- ^ "City of Helsinki appointed World Design Capital 2012". ICSID. 25 November 2009. Archived from the original on 28 November 2009.
- ^ "City of Cape Town appointed as World Design Capital 2014". ICSID. 26 October 2011. Archived from the original on 26 February 2014. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
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