International Council of Design

📌 Last week to enter 2025 SEGD Global Design Awards! We are excited to announce the 2025 release of the ICoD Event Endorsement program, reaffirming our commitment to recognizing and supporting high-quality design events that uphold professional standards and highlight design’s impact on society. As part of this initiative, we are pleased to endorse the 2025 SEGD Global Design Awards, a prestigious program hosted by SEGD (Society for Experiential Graphic Design). Since 1987, these awards have celebrated excellence in experiential design, honoring projects that create meaningful connections between people and place. To further this mission, we have joined forces with SEGD as Design Advocacy Partners, working together to elevate professional design standards and amplify the visibility of impactful design initiatives worldwide. This partnership reinforces our shared commitment to strengthening the role of design in culture, society, and the economy. Final submission deadline for 2025 SEGD Global Design Awards: March 15, 2025 Awards Ceremony: November 14, 2025, in San Francisco For more details, visit SEGD.org. For more details on ICoD Endorsed Events, visit https://lnkd.in/db6Cvk-s #ICoD #ICoDEndorsedEvent #SEGD #GlobalDesignAwards #DesignEvents

We’re excited to join the conversation at this year’s International Design Day 2024, asking the question: is it kind? Four of our designers across UX, Concept, Motion, and Graphic design share their take on our website — follow the link in the comments. We’re curious to hear your opinion on the matter! What is kind design to you? Thank you, Linda Kraft, José Emiliano Flores Lozano, Jeanette Larsen and Line Kurtzweil, for sharing your perspectives! #IDD2024 #isitkind #kinddesign International Council of Design

✴️ Happy International Design Day 2024: 𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚝 𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚍? We would like to thank everyone who marked International Design Day 2024: 𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙩 𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙙? with us, who contributed to conversations online and in your communities and who took the time to ask: is it kind? We would also like to thank LDA | Lietuvos dizaino asociacija for all their work and for leading this year's IDD2024 activity. We also thank all the guest speakers and participants, in-person and online, who came together to talk about kind design at the International Design Day 2024 Conference. ICoD also thanks Egle Zvirblyte for illustrating this year's theme poster and visuals, which explore the concepts of time, diverse individuals, and the interconnectedness of nature, including air, land, water and animals and Taktika Studio for their contribution in producing the IDD2024 visuals. 🟢 Celebrated since 1995, International Design Day commemorates the founding of the Council on 27 April 1963. Today, we challenge designers to reflect deeply on the well-being of people within their local environments and to find innovative solutions to local needs by using design as a vehicle to honour diversity and transcend borders. 🟢 This year's theme for International Design Day honoured the legacy of the humanitarian designer Rob L. Peters, who once said, "What if we all decided to be a little kinder than necessary? What a gift to pass on." #isitkind #design #idd2024 #theicod

⭐ International Design Day is just around the corner! Come join LDA | Lietuvos dizaino asociacija and ICoD on 27 April 2024, for the LDA Forum & International Design Day 2024 Conference. The LDA event brings together guests beyond the design profession to share their perspectives on incorporating kindness into design methodologies. The event will feature speakers from sociology, philosophy, design accessibility, and performative design engaging in a conversation around the question: is it kind? LDA's International Design Day Lithuania presents a live forum and conference in Vilnius, Lithuania. The event will also be broadcast on ICoD's YouTube channel, happening from 1:00 PM to 3:15 PM EEST >> https://bit.ly/4b7Ws6E

Come join LDA | Lietuvos dizaino asociacija and ICoD on 27 April 2024, for the LDA Forum & International Design Day 2024 Conference. The LDA event brings together speakers beyond the design profession to share their perspectives on incorporating kindness into design methodologies. The event will feature speakers from sociology, philosophy, design accessibility, and performative design engaging in a conversation around the question: is it kind? LDA's International Design Day Lithuania presents a live forum and conference in Vilnius, Lithuania. The event will also be broadcast on ICoD's YouTube channel, happening from 1:00 PM to 3:15 PM EEST. ⤷ Learn more about the LDA event and register >> https://lnkd.in/dHsYZRad

What if designers first asked, is it kind? What if the measure of design was how well it cared for people and their relationships rather than how profitable it was? 🌿 The International Design Day theme for 2024, 𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙩 𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙙? is about building kindness into design practice. The theme, 𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙩 𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙙? proposes a new metric of design kindness: the kindness standard. And defines what 'kind design' is. This year we ask Members how they are designing to transform current systems into possibilities to design with kindness — to ensure a kinder future for all. → Learn more about this year’s theme and download the IDD2024 toolkit and high-resolution poster >> https://lnkd.in/dFeQgNrk ICoD would also like to thank Egle Zvirblyte and Taktika Studio for illustrating and producing this year’s theme poster and visuals! Activities for this year will be led by ICoD Member LDA | Lietuvos dizaino asociacija. #isitkind #kinddesign #design #internationaldesignday #IDD2024 #theicod #internationalcouncilofdesign

ICoD Career Centre | The New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) is seeking applications for the position of Dean, NJIT Hillier College of Architecture and Design >> https://lnkd.in/eFMxJSwK Application review: 01 September 2024 *Please note that ICoD is not taking any applications for the position, please visit the link for more info on the position and where to apply. #icoDcareercentre #designjobs