Icsid announces theme for World Industrial Design Day 2011
Montreal (Canada), 2 February 2011 – How has the discipline of industrial design impacted the way you lead your life? In celebration of the 4th annual World Industrial Design Day on 29 June 2011, the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (Icsid) invites designers and design enthusiasts from around the globe to spread awareness and initiate events reflecting this years theme:
Industrial Design: How does it improve your life?
Selected by the Icsid Executive Board, this theme was chosen to gain the public’s perspective on how industrial design impacts their daily lives. Furthermore, by asking the question “How does industrial design improve your life?” Icsid aims to start a public conversation that will showcase and bring awareness to the crucial and ever-present work being achieved by industrial designers throughout the world.
“For the past three years the activities and celebrations held worldwide on World Industrial Design Day have been instrumental in increasing awareness of the unique knowledge, practices and challenges of design communities in different parts of the world,” stated Icsid President Dr. Mark Breitenberg. “By asking the question ‘How does industrial design improve your life?’, Icsid is hoping to inspire dialogue that will go a long way towards conveying how industrial design is an important part of all our lives.”
This World Industrial Design Day is also an important date for Icsid and the international design community due to it being the public launch of the inaugural World Design Impact Prize. On 29 June, every design project nominated for the Prize will be unveiled in an online gallery at www.icsid.org for the public to view, discuss and share.
Event: World Industrial Design Day When: 29 June 2011 Where: Worldwide
For the 3rd consecutive year, Icsid will be organising the World Industrial Design Day student poster competition. Open to any student attending an Icsid Member educational institution, the winning poster design will be distributed and showcased worldwide as the official face of the celebrations. After having received a remarkable number of votes online throughout the 2010 competition, this year Icsid has decided to reinstitute public online voting to determine the winner of the 3rd annual World Industrial Design Day student poster competition.
Event: World Industrial Design Day student poster competition public online voting When: 10-27 May 2011 Where: www.icsid.org