World Design Organization

Looking for your next big design adventure? Apply now to be be part of WDO's #Interdesign on #SiargaoIsland, hosted in partnership with Design Center of the Philippines and De La Salle–College of Saint Benilde.

Applications are open until 31 March 2026. 🔗 https://ow.ly/hJkQ50YquUy

This week's recommended reading 📚
Design and Solidarity: Conversations on Collective Future by Rafi Segal and Marisa Morán Jahn

In times of crisis, mutual aid becomes paramount.

#designbooks #recommendedreading

Join us this #WorldIndustrialDesignDay as we celebrate #resilience. From personal, professional to planetary, now is the time for design that can anticipate and adapt, rebuild what is broken and improve what already exists.

Head to WDO.org/widd to learn more.

#WIDD #WIDD2026

The #WorldDesignCapital bid process brings together government, industry and local design communities to shape a vision for sustainable development.

But what makes a competitive bid? Register for our virtual session and learn key insights to kickstart your WDC 2030 journey. 🔗 bit.ly/becomingwdc2030

To mark #InternationalWomensDay, we are capping off our series with a powerful message from WDO Acting Managing Director Andréa Springer, who reminds us that when we give access, we gain equity.

#IWD #IWD2026 #GivetoGain

To mark #InternationalWomensDay, we’re shining a spotlight on women leaders across our global community by asking: what is one thing designers can give to help advance gender equality in our industry?

For WDO Board Member Laura Figueroa, it's embracing design as a force for dignity.

#IWD #IWD2026

To mark #InternationalWomensDay, we’re shining a spotlight on women leaders across our global community by asking: what is one thing designers can give to help advance gender equality in our industry?

For WDO Board Member Sonia Manchanda, it's making gender neutrality the norm in design spaces.

This week's recommended reading 📚
Women Changing Cities: Global Stories of Urban Transformation by Melissa Bruntlett and Chris Bruntlett

Because when women lead, cities thrive.

#designbooks #womenindesign #designcities #internationalwomensday #IWD2026

For #InternationalWomensDay, we’re shining a spotlight on women leaders across our global community by asking: what is one thing designers can give to help advance gender equality in our industry?

For WDO Board Member Anna Barbara, it's uplifting female leadership as a strategic value for design.

For #InternationalWomensDay, we’re shining a spotlight on women leaders across our global community by asking: what is one thing designers can give to help advance gender equality in our industry?

For WDO President-Elect Makiko Tsumura, it's embedding a deeper sense of care into our design work.

This week's recommended reading 📚
Design Empathy and Contextual Awareness by Wayne K. Li

The book provides business examples and templates to help designers hone their empathy and contextual awareness in order to achieve successful design outcomes.

#recommendedreading #designbooks #designempathy

Thinking about applying for WDO's Interdesign on Siargao Island this July? Swipe through for everything you need to know about the application process.

Explore answers to all our FAQ at bit.ly/interdesignFAQ

#interdesign #interdesignsiargaoisland #philippines

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Becoming a World Design Capital 2030 - Information webinar. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Every two years, World Design Organization invites cities and regions worldwide to bid for the World Design Capital® designation. WDC is intended for cities that strategically leverage design to drive economic, social, cultural, and environmental progress. The bid process brings together government, industry, academia, and the local design community to shape a shared vision for sustainable urban development. Designated cities have used the WDC platform to strengthen creative industries, attract investment and tourism, and elevate their international profile. Join this webinar to learn...

With the bidding cycle for #WorldDesignCapital2030 launching later this year, now is the time to start exploring what the designation could mean for your city. Join us on 11 March 2026 at 8AM EDT in learning sharing key insights into the bid process.

Register now 🌍🏙️ https://bit.ly/becomingwdc2030

Designed by Studio formagora, the WDC Hub is more than just a venue. It is a central meeting point, a space for dialogue and collective action as part of #WDC2026.

#worlddesigncapital #designfordemocracy

This week's #recommendedreading 📚

Resilient City: Landscape Architecture for Climate Change by Elke Mertens

#designbooks #design #resilientcity #resiliency #climatechange

Just a few weeks to go until we announce this year's theme for World Industrial Design Day! Any guesses? 👀

#widd #widd2026

Now is your chance to be part of one. Applications for Interdesign Siargao Island 2026, taking place this 13 to 24 July, are open until 31 March.

Get started ✍️ bit.ly/interdesign2026

#interdesign #interdesignsiargaoisland #designresidency

3 love stories that shaped the face contemporary design 🪑❤️

#valentinesday #designcouples #contemporarydesign

This week's #recommendedreading 📚

𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 by Steven Heller

𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 is an anthology of Steven Heller's essays that are underscored by the essence that makes designers do what they do. Design is a life force made and appreciated with love.

#designbooks #designlove

White paper with a typed list of the Icograda ogranizing committee. From the ICOGRADA archive, ICO/1/1/1/1

Yellow poster with a large black spiral in the middle, the spiral is made up of very thin black lines. Vis-Com 71 is written in the middle of the spiral. From the ICOGRADA archive, ICO/6/4

Henrion & de Majo were also involved in foundation of ICOGRADA, the Intnl Council of Graphic Design Associations, now known as the ICoD. ICOGRADA worked closely with ICSID, now known as the @wdo.org and a merger between the two orgs was suggested at the 1971 Vienna Congress & General Assembly.
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This week's #recommendedreading 📚

Olympic Games: The Design by Markus Osterwalder

Is there a bigger challenge for a designer than the creation of an identity for the #OlympicGames?

#designbooks #design #branding

With Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic and Paralympics Winter Games set to kick off, we've got our eyes on the the Olympic torch, which arrived in Milan today. Designed by Carlos Ratti Associati.

#milanocortina2026 #olympics #olympictorch #olympicdesign

Calling all designers, practitioners and researchers! Global applications are now open for WDO’s next Interdesign®, taking place on Siargao Island from 13-24 July 2026 🇵🇭🏝️

Submit your application by 31 March 2026 at 🔗 wdo.org/siargaoisland2026

#Interdesign #SiargaoIsland #Philippines

Our latest #WDOMember webinar with Asia Pacific University highlighted key mentorship and innovation strategies that are shaping tomorrow’s design leaders, from nurturing creative potential to advancing hands-on experimentation.

#designinnovation #mentorship

Watch now ▶️ youtu.be/0pBsIY2_lHE

Another World Design Organization @wdo.org Board meeting wrapped up!
Aligning on proposals, strategic priorities and a shared global vision for design.

Always inspiring to work alongside such an outstanding group of colleagues, committed to design as a driver of positive change worldwide :)

Designer, strategist and urban innovator Karishma Ajmera is on a mission to challenge the traditional idea of what design does and who it’s for.

Head to WDO.org/hottopics to read the full feature ✨

#designluminary #worldesignprotopolis #bengaluru

This week's #recommendedreading 📚

𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴 by Maria Giudice & Christopher Ireland

Today’s complex problems require people to lead with design. 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴 is an essential playbook for designers and nondesigners who want to drive change at work, at home, and in their communities. #designbooks

As Co-founder of the social enterprise MAD Travel, Rafael Dionisio blends design thinking, ecology and community-led innovation to support #regenerativetourism and restoration projects that grow with life, rather than take from it.

Read more ✨ WDO.org/hottopics

#designluminaries #socialdesign

Long before biodesign was a buzzword, Natsai Audrey Chieza was asking the questions that matter most.

Read the full feature ✨ WDO.org/hottopics

Design Council #designluminary #biodesign #designforplanet

Can design save democracy? Felix Kosok thinks so.

“When we talk about design for democracy, we mean design that deliberately expands the field of political possibility.”

Head to WDO.org/hottopics to read the full feature ✨

#designluminary #designfordemocracy #WDC2026 #FrankfurtRheinMain