Overview of Design City

Among them, the competition in the “Design City” is the most fierce. Among the cities that have joined or are applying to join the network, 1/3 point to this title.

The nine "design cities" that have been named so far are: Berlin, Buenos Aires, Montreal, Seoul, Nagoya, Kobe, Shenzhen, Shanghai and Beijing.

Among the cities that have been named "Design Capitals", Berlin, Buenos Aires, and Montreal are in the first batch, Nagoya and Kobe are in the second batch, Shenzhen is in the third batch, and Shanghai is in the third batch. , Seoul is the fourth batch.

Other cities that have joined the network include Aswan, Egypt, the “City of Folk Art”, Santa Fe in the United States and Kanazawa, Japan, and Poppa, Colombia, the “City of Gastronomy” Yang and Chengdu in China, the “Literature Capital”—Edinburgh in the United Kingdom, Melbourne in Australia, and Iowa City in the United States, the “Music Capital”—Bologna in Italy and Seville in Spain, etc., and the “City of Film” City”—Bradford, England. my country's Shenzhen and Shanghai were awarded the title of "City of Design" in November 2008 and February 2010 respectively, and Chengdu was also awarded the title of "City of Food" in February 2010.

Application Guide:

Established design industry;

Cultural landscape supported by design and built environment, including architecture, urban planning, public places ,travel. Monuments, traffic signs and information systems, etc.;

Design schools and design research centers;

Sustainable activities of creative and design operating groups locally or nationally;

< p>Experience of organizing exhibitions, especially design fairs and events;

Opportunities for designers and urban planners to exploit local urban/natural materials;

Design-driven creativity Industries, such as architectural interior decoration, soft decoration design, textile and fashion design, jewelry and decoration design, interaction design, urban design and ecological and environmental protection design, etc.