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The journey of Bina Nusantara University began on October 21, 1974. It originated from a short-term course named Modern Computer Course, which then expanded because of its strong foundation and comprehensive vision. In 1981, the course had developed into Computer Technical Academy with Informatics Management as the first major and changed into AMIK Jakarta that later became AMIK Bina Nusantara. AMIK Bina Nusantara recorded a remarkable achievement in its relatively young age when it was chosen as the best Computer Academy by The Ministry of Education and Culture on 1986. The need for professional workers in the Information Technology area drove AMIK further into development, and on the same year officially listed as Institute of Information Management and Computer Science Bina Nusantara. In 1993 the Institute opened the first Masters Program in Information System Management in Indonesia. After going through years of perseverance and hard work, Universitas Bina Nusantara (Bina Nusantara University or Binus University) was officially established on August 8, 1996, and today consist of the following School and Faculty: School of Computer Science, School of Information System, School of Business Management, School of Design, Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Humanities, Faculty of Economics and Communication, Graduate Program, and International Program. Visual Communication Design Program, previously known as Graphic Design, was established on October 1998, under the faculty of Engineering. In September 2011 School of Design has officially established. It offers undergraduate study programs for whoever interested in design and to challenging competition as professional designers in global creative industry. The study programs in School of Design are Visual Communication Design with concentration field in New Media Design, Animation, Creative Advertising, and Interior Design with two concentration fields; Commercial and Hospitality Design, and Furniture and Interior Accessories. In Visual Communication Design program, the students learn how to integrate technical skills and theoretical knowledge in art and design to meet industry standards and provide them with the principal know-how of creative visual communication; it's historical and cultural significance, and its core technology that establish a solid ground for well-informed practice or further study. In order to providing international experience, Binus University facilitates students with various activities such as student exchange or study abroad program with numerous university partners and internship program in global companies. School of Design also regularly stages an annual exhibition event called Fresh n Brite. Displaying the best artwork from the final years students, this event becomes a medium between graduates and industries. For the achievements, in 2014 the institution was awarded as The Best Indonesia Visual Communication Design school in its national accreditation category, as well as students achievements who have won in both national and international competitions such as ASEAN Skill Competition in 2010, 2012, and 2014, Indonesia Graphic Design Awards 2010, Screening at Europe on Screen Festival 2010, and many more on the last fifteen years.

The Indonesia Graphic Designers Association (ADGI) is a member-based organization of professionals in the field of graphic design. Our main task is to protect, serve and advance the profession, careers and the businesses of its members. - Protect One of ADGI's role in terms of protecting graphic designer is to realise and promote professional certification nationwide that will fulllfil international work standards. -Serve: By promoting the potential of professional human resources in the field of graphic design through one of Adgi's business unit program "Adgi Hub" with the intention of becoming a connecting bridge between Adgi's certified members with government bodies. As a nation with more than 250 million population, the growth of designers has gone exponentially large, more and more the government role is significant to the development of design. Currently, the government understanding of how design matters are still in its early stages. - Advance Improving the solidarity of Indonesian graphic designer by developing chapters nationwide. To this day, Adgi has 7 chapters all over Indonesia including Jakarta, Bandung, Bali, Jogjakarta, Surabaya, Solo and Malang.

The Jakarta Institute of The Arts (IKJ) - Faculty of Arts and Design is one of three faculty under Jakarta Institute of The Arts, a private higher education Institution of Arts facilitated and subsidized by Jakarta Special Region City Government. As one of the oldest faculty when Jakarta Institute of The Arts founded in 1970, Faculty of Arts and Design nowadays consist of five program: Visual Communication Design Program with three majoring: Graphic Design, Illustration and Multimedia; Interior Design Program; Product Design Program majoring in Fashion Design; Fine Arts Program and Craft Program. Listed as one of the 50 most prominent under graduate programs of year 2008 by the Indonesia Directorate General of Higher Education, Faculty of Arts and Design currently reside in three connected building from A to C and one art gallery, serving 400 students ranging from year one to the final year studies and graduating about 100 bachelor holder each year. In term of cooperation Faculty of Arts and Design support and implementing IKJ policy with International agencies and other Art education institution in past and present such as: The Royal Netherland-Erasmus Huis, Centre Culturel Français (CCF), Academy of Fine Arts in Prague Czech Republic, Goethe Institute Germany, California Institute of The Arts (CalArts) USA, Islamic Republic of Iran, JENESYS Program Japan, Korea Cultural Centre, etc.

Tarumanagara University (founded in 1959) is one among the big private universities in Jakarta. Indonesia. Besides Faculty of Visual Arts and Design, managara University has also seven other faculties, namely (1)Technical Enginering, (2) Economics and Business Management, (3) Medical, (4) Law, (5) Communication, (6) Information Technology, and (7) Psychology. The Faculty of Visual Arts and Design,Tarumanagara University, consists of two departments, namely (1) Visual Communication Design, and (2) Interior Design. Within the Visual Communication Department these are three majors with courses of specialization in (a) Graphic Design, (b) Multimedia Design, and (3) Advertising/ Marketing Communication Design. Whereas, the Interior Design department provides elective special courses in (1) Exhibition Design and Visual Merchandizing (2) Interior Decorative Design, (3) Furniture design and (4) Lighting design, in addition to general private and public spaces, office, and commercial interior designing. In addition to the clasical class on theory and practical courses, we have already had several modern facilities , such as: audiovisuals and multimedia, computer graphics and CAD, photography, visual arts, illumination & acoustics, interior materials, and creative thinking workshop studios.

UMN was established on 25 November 2005 based on the National Education Ministerial Decree No. 169/D/O/2005. Its operation is officially managed by Multimedia Nusantara Foundation. This foundation was established by Kompas Gramedia, a reputable business group engaged in mass media, publishing, printing, bookstores, hotels and education services. UMN is an institution of higher education with information and communication technology as its basis in the learning process in each subject it delivers. The professional lecturers in education and the directed and integrated programs will bring UMN to be an outstanding university at both national and international levels. UMN is targeted to be the inspiration for the birth of a new educational paradigm for Indonesian young people so as to produce highly-competent and technopreneurship-based graduates. Vision Multimedia Nusantara becomes an outstanding university in ICT at both national and international levels, which produces graduates that are internationally-minded and highly competent in their field equipped with an entrepreneurial spirit and noble character. Mission To participate in educating the nation and to promote the welfare of the nation through providing higher education by implementing Tridarma Perguruan Tinggi (University’s three main purposes) (Education, Research, and Society Services), in order to improve quality of human resources of Indonesia. Visual Communication Design is one of study program concentrated on visual in New Media in the Faculty of Art & Design. As one of many University with Visual Communication Design Study Program in Indonesia, our main positioning is Digital Advertising, Publishing, Information, and Interaction Design. Until the mid of 2015, Visual Communications Design Study Program divided into four (4) concentration/ majors. They are Graphic Design, Animation, Digital Cinematography, and Interactive Media Design. However, in the late of 2015, Film & Television Study Program was establised and it has 2 majors, which are Film and Animation. Consequently, in 2016, Visual Communication Design Study Program has only 2 majors, which are Graphic Design and Interactive Media Design.

The history of the formation of IGDS (Iranian Graphic Designers Society) dates back to about 35 years ago, when graphic designers excitingly and willingly, tried to make a society of their own by gathering their professional colleagues together. This aim, however and in spite of long discussions, failed to be accomplished at that time.

Many years later that Iranian society had been subject to great changes in political, social and cultural constructions, we graphic designers, were also facing a new situation; different professional and organizational conditions and revisions.

It was only 5 years ago that Iranian graphic designers of different ages and generations managed to gather up in a meeting for the first time. It was then that conversations, discussions and criticisms began. After all, never before had there existed any chance for them to be with each other in a professional union. Thus, the primary core of having a professional society was formed in April 1998.

The Israel Community of Designers is a non-profit NGO representing Israel's professional designers. Currently, the organization includes sections representing designers in the fields of visual communications, industrial design, jewelry design and interactive media design. The objectives of the ICD are: to promote the understanding and value of design; promote understanding of the design process; promote excellence in design; improve the welfare of designers. The ICD is dedicated to bringing the message of professional design practicioners to the spheres of government, business, academia, media and the general public. The ICD also recognizes the need to create discussion within the professional design community to ensure its ability to define an agenda and upgrade itself. To achieve its objectives, the ICD: organizes exhibitions, lectures, catalogs and courses; represents the design community in public and government organs dealing with economic development, legislation affecting designers and SME promotion and representation. The ICD communicates through websites, facebook and an extensive email data base.

Aiap is the Italian Association of Visual Communication that unites professionals of graphic and visual communication. Established in 1945, the organisation is one of the founding members of Icograda.Aiap’s mission is to champion the advancement and development of the profession and culture of graphic design both in the areas of practice and education. Aiap promotes the consciousness of practice of communication design through moral and ethical commitment within the field.Some of the most well known Italian graphic designers – like Steiner, Carboni, Sepo, Dradi, Boggeri, Pagot, Seneca, Testa, Grignani, Tovaglia, Cremonesi, Fronzoni, Coppola, Castellano, Novarese, Noorda, Iliprandi (Icograda's past president), ... – are or had been Aiap's members. Aiap has almost 800 members from every Italian regions and promotes its activities and pursues its objectives via numerous channels such as Aiap’s institutional website (), blog and magazine online like aiapzine (), magazine as «Progetto Grafico», and Progetto-Italic (), besides that catalogs, publications, exhibitions, educational activities and the organization of events as Aiap Design Per, an International Graphic Design Week () every year held in a different Italian cities as Napoli 2009 (), Bologna 2010 (), Cagliari 2011 ().

Since 1956, ADI has been uniting designers, companies, researchers, teachers, critics, and journalists.

Its goal as a not-for-profit is to promote and help implement the most appropriate conditions for the design of goods and services, encouraging cultural debate, promotion through institutions, and the provision of services.

For ADI, design must be culturally aware, as it is a medium between the individual, society, and the means of production.

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L'ADI riunisce dal 1956 progettisti, imprese, ricercatori, insegnanti, critici, giornalisti intorno ai temi del design: progetto, consumo, riciclo, formazione.

Il suo scopo è promuovere e contribuire ad attuare, senza fini di lucro, le condizioni piu appropriate per la progettazione di beni e servizi, attraverso il dibattito culturale, l'intervento presso le istituzioni , la fornitura di servizi.

Per l'ADI il design è la progettazione culturalmente consapevole, l'interfaccia tra la domanda individuale e collettiva della società e l'offerta dei produttori.

Established in 1978, Japan Graphic Designers Association (JAGDA) is the only association for graphic designers in Japan with some 3,000 members today. It utilizes the power of graphic design to improve the quality of communication environment by carrying out a variety of activities: publishing yearbooks, textbooks, and other publications; holding exhibitions and seminars; contributing to community revitalization and governmental policies through design; and protection of copyrights in design.

Founded in 1969 as the Japan Industrial Design Promotion Organization, on the basis of a report submitted by the Design Council of the Japanese Ministry of International Trade and Industry, the Japan Institute of Design Promotion (JDP) was created on 1 June 2011 – indicating its fresh start as the sole comprehensive design promotion center in Japan. JDP continues to play a key role in formulation and implementation of promotional and developmental measures for growth of the creative industries in Japan, partnering with industry, government and the creative community. JDP also works closely with the Japanese government to formulate the national design policy. As Japan's comprehensive design promotion body, JDP is a multi-disciplinary institution with a vast network of design-related organisations from the private as well as public sectors and over 15 000 companies, including SMEs, across the Asian region. The scope of JDP's activities include: Good Design Award Good Design Award is a comprehensive program for the evaluation and encouragement of design. This award system was originally born in 1957 and since 1998, it has been executed by Japan Industrial Design Promotion Organization (JIDPO) as organiser and given to approximately 37 000 outstanding designs all over the world. Design News Launched on 1 June 2011, "Design News" is a new media to promote information regarding design from inside and outside Japan and to play a role as the archive of Japanese design. Tokyo Midtown Design Hub The design networking stronghold to connect people, business, knowledge, etc. thorough design. It was established in April 2007 and functions as a space for exhibition, seminars and workshop. Reconstruction Support Design Center As of 1 June 1 2011, the Center will focus on projects supporting the reconstruction of the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake disaster area that:

1. build up the design with a changed sense of value through the earthquake disaster and research to develop social awareness through the design;
2. provide the opportunity for the output of the designers in disaster area; and
3. support activities for designers in the disaster area by the designers in non-disaster area.

Musashino Art University is acknowledged as one of Japan's leading art and design universities. The school was founded as Teikoku Art School in 1929. The name changed to Musashino Art School in 1948. In 1962 it was renamed and reformed to Musashino Art University. There is a growing call for artists and designers with rich creative prowess who have the capacity to meet the challenges of economic globalization and rapid industrial advances, and thus require vast interdisciplinary knowledge ranging from global affairs such as environmental issues to art management along with the capacity to communicate in foreign languages. We aim to meet the increasing demands on advanced art and design education,which necessitates actively responding to the global changes we are now witnessing.

The Faculty of Arts and Design Started in its scientific career as a department of Fine Arts with two majors, graphic design and interior design, in the academic year 1992/1993 as one of the College of Sciences departments, and later affiliated to the Faculty of Arts, before becoming the first private college of Art and Design in Jordan, under the issue of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, No. 285, date 22/8/ 2007. The college offers academic programs for bachelor's degree in the disciplines of graphic design, interior design, and there are plans for the development of new discipline such as Digital and Multimedia Design. The Faculty of Arts and Design work to serve the community and raise it in the cultural field of art and design, and this calls for the contribution in the promotion of ideas and the development of thought promotion, taste and human values, ??and provide the country with expert designers supplied with a mean of knowledge assets. The College considered as a source of human development through the development of innovative mentality, in order to achieve the link between university education and community social needs. Based on the philosophy of the university and its general objectives and mission, the college work permanently to control the quality of the educational process and improve outcomes in response to the needs of the community, and the labor market, and support the development process and investment by providing outstanding educational opportunities, in accordance with the international standards, and provide students with theoretical and applied knowledge in the field of specialization. The College work through the permanent presence of international institutions to develop and enrich the academic programs offered by the college, in addition to introduce the students for the achievements of Jordan, and highlight the Jordan position and role in the Arab and international arena.

Jadara University Located in north Irbid, it's friendly campus houses 1580 undergraduate and graduate students in the faculties of: Arts and Literature, Administrative & Financial Sciences, Pharmacy & Medical Sciences, Information Technology , Law and Mass Communication, Faculty of Engineering. The University is a hub for creating knowledge through research, developing skills, applying knowledge to new technologies, and technology transfer. The University is aggressive in developing an outreach program for community development and engaging in regional and international sciences for bridging with other scientists, journals, and symposia to reach solutions to social problems, open new opportunities of employment and eradicate poverty. With the development of e-learning, e-library and high speed communication facilities, The university has transformed itself into a smart campus where students and faculty interact with knowledge to develop their state-of-the-art skills with an aim towards enhancing entrepreneurship, innovation and creativity.

The Graphic Design program offers students the opportunity to pursue a degree emphasizing a balance of theory and practice in the art and science of visual communication. The program emphasizes critical thinking, analysis and problem solving through the teaching of design history, methodology and technologies. Students cultivate cultural and aesthetic sensibilities for a diverse, global, professional market.

Grassroots organization aimed at helping Lao designers from various design disciplines network and to develop Lao talent

The Académie Libanaise des Beaux-Arts (ALBA) is the first national institution for higher education in Lebanon. Since its creation in 1944, ALBA stands out as a leader in the field of Fine Arts and Design in the Middle-East. In 1988, it joins the University of Balamand. ALBA has been a pioneer in implementing innovative study programs maintaining its curricula at the leading edge of progress; these include: Architecture, Fine Arts, Interior Architecture, Global Design, Graphic Design, Cinema and Television, Urban Planning, and Landscape Architecture. This variety of programs offers students a unique educational experience through a multidisciplinary teaching approach thus stimulating their creativity. Teaching at ALBA is undertaken by prominent local and international professionals and academics from various renowned institutions to which ALBA is connected to through several cooperation agreements which serve to promote students' mobility. Moreover, the participation in international workshops, be them in Lebanon or abroad, gives the students the opportunity to challenge their ideas and discover new ways of sound analytical and critical thinking methods. In 2004, ALBA adopts the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) in order to mainstream its programs with existing international educational platforms. Teaching in ALBA is mainly project-driven thus encouraging students to combine both theory and practice in a critical approach. This method is nurtured by several research programs implemented in various departments. Classes at ALBA are human-sized which allows students to receive a tailored and personalized follow-up. ALBA is strongly committed to excellence, innovation, and public support through mutual dialogue and participation with the Community of Lebanon represented through academic and public institutions, as well as the civil society. ALBA's long-established professional network provides students with high-end employment opportunities tailored to local, regional, and international labor markets. Through their internationally renowned projects and the prizes awarded to them, ALBA's graduates and Alumni alike bear witness to its well-acclaimed success.

The Department Architecture and Design at the has two undergraduate programs in Architecture and Graphic Design and two graduate programs in Urban Planning and Policy and Urban Design. The Architecture program was established in 1966 and offers the professional degree of Bachelor of Architecture. The Graphic Design program was established in 1992 and offers the professional degree of Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design. The Graphic Design Program is comprised of a total of 139 credit hours normally taken over four years. The graduate programs in Urban Planning and Policy and Urban Design were established in 1998 and offer a Master of Urban Planning and Policy and a Master of Urban Design. The programs through their curricular structure, course offering and content offer students in the Department of Architecture and Design the solid training that prepares them for the challenges of the professional practice and offers them a competitive edge through the exposure to high quality academic discourse and diverse design methods within a rich studio environment and with up-to-date technology. Design teaching applies professional and technical skills within a process that is culturally and theoretically grounded. The design discipline is understood as a cultural practice that engages social, economic and political issues and as a critical tool of inquiry that integrates process with product and methodology with representation in a multidisciplinary manner. Inquiry through design comes with an acute awareness of our existence in the region with its multitude of languages and cultures. The curriculum is structured to ensure that students progress from basic skills and knowledge to advanced critical applications and independent thinking. It leads them from foundation courses to advanced thematic and interdisciplinary courses to an independent design thesis project. The distribution of the courses is designed to ensure both a solid training in the field and an appropriate exposure to related fields as well as fields of their own interest.

Graphic Design Department at the American University was established in 1996. It is a three-year programme that includes a foundation year, where students are introduced to the design discipline as a whole; a junior year, where they engage in building their skills and knowledge in typography, packaging, publication, illustration, corporate identity, and digital screen-based design; and a senior year, where assignments take on specific areas of design selected by the students. Cutting across various topics, thoughts and ideologies translate into visual communication solutions in their final projects. The graphic design programme has currently 350 students enrolled, under the supervision and guidance of 20 faculty members. Some of our students and faculty work has been featured lately in several international design magazines and publications, such as novum, Output, Communication Arts and Design Graphics.

The Graphic Design Syndicate is founded in 1976, reformed and restructured in 2010 to become the only official syndicate and professional forum for graphic designers in Lebanon, certified from the ministry of interior and remunerated from the Lebanese government. The syndicate is assessing the quality of graphic designers while at the same time establishing a better environment for them, by tapping into the professional interests of communication designers, creating a developed market, enhancing the design skills and backgrounds, design policies concerning governmental and public matters, and developing the creative climate.

The anian Graphic Design Association (LGDA) is an independent non-profit organization formed by the cooperation of professional visual design creators.Founded in 1996, LGDA takes care on the prestige of designers' profession, stands for designers' interests in government institutions, promotes designers' creative activities, and coordinates work of miscellaneous organizations participating in design process.Since 1999 LGDA has been a member of ICOGRADA.

The Graphic Designers Association of Malaysia, is a non-profit, non-political organisation with the objective of encouraging professional practice and promoting design excellence in the art and science of visual communication in commerce, trade, industry and education, both locally and internationally.

INTI has established the INTI Center of Art and Design (ICAD) (2013) at INTI Subang campus that offers the full array of art and design programs along with the specialized facilities. Other than the physical facilities, ICAD has emphasized on regular curriculum revamping, where feedback from different stakeholders been collected to create the most robust and industry relevant curriculum. Staff professional development is an on-going faculty initiatives to develop staff knowledge, skills and abilities in inspiring students through teaching. Through this initiatives, staff and students are exposed to practical and interdisciplinary experience maintaining a competitive edge.

Anahuac University was founded in 1964 in response to the challenges facing a rapidly modernizing Mexico and the world around it. The University supports and promotes the development of our society by providing the opportunity for a complete education to each entering class.

From the heart that marks this Biennial’s pulse, we procure to flow and develop our axes according to the circumstances that present themselves to us. For us, design is, more than a discipline, a powerful tool for whom needs to transform and communicate. The CSO International Biennial of Poster in Mexico, although oriented particularly towards poster, develops the idea that design is something bigger than image, before that it is the representation of how to manipulate content to obtain a message that transforms the environment. It is, organizing ideas to achieve a task. Our objective, as a meeting place, is simple: to motivate projects and impulse those already born, all of them in favor of graphic design and the diffusion of national creators. The cultural image, which corresponds to us because of identity and history, must be remembered and highlighted at every moment. The CSO International Biennial of Poster in Mexico. is not a thing, it’s a circumstance with which you merge into one same entity, voracious for the joy of the prosperous. We design poster’s present.

Universidad de Monterrey stands out as model of liberal arts education. We believe that education does not only consist of the acquisition of knowledge, but should also seek the comprehensive and holistic development of the human being. Our fundamental challenge its to go beyond the graduation of professionals who excel in their chosen fields of specialisation; we seek to shape the whole person, providing him or her a liberal arts education and social sensitivity. This is supported by a comfortable and functional technological infrastructure and several national and international institutions accredit our quality. We can confidently assure that UDEM forms excellent professionals, extraordinary people.

The firsts studies of Design in Mexico started at the University Iberoamericana 50 years ago. The Design Department is related to several productive sectors: visual applied communications, creative interactive media, multimedia, strategic thinking, art and culture, product innovation strategies, fashion and textiles and product design. The university offers four bachelor degree programs: Industrial Design, Textile Design, Graphic Design, Interactive Design, and a Master Degree in Design Strategy and Innovation.

They strongly believe that design is an important factor of social development and should become an integral part of the multicultural and multiethnic Mexico of today. Their students confront the actual problems of our country in an appropriate manner, by using alternative methodologies and trying to have an overall view of the social impact of their professional activity.

We are a private non-profit higher education institution founded in 1991, with highly qualified personnel, for the development of human capital that contributes to the social, environmental and economic growth of the state.

Grafill is an interest organisation for those studying or working within the field of visual communication in Norway. Grafill’s 1400 members are students and professionals working in the areas of graphic design, illustration, animation, comics/cartooning and digital design. Grafill’s mandate is to advance and safeguard its members’ professional, economic, legal and social interests. Grafill is responsible for Visuelt, Scandinavia’s largest annual conference in the field of visual communication, and the annual competition Årets vakreste Bøker (The Year’s Most Beautiful Books). Grafill is located at R21 in the center of Oslo, a space used to host exhibitions, lectures, workshops, jurying and social activities. Grafill is a national organisation comprised of nine local affiliates and six professional groups that both jointly and independently arrange lectures, exhibitions and competitions. Grafill is involved in various international initiatives for championing its membership’s interests through active participation in Scandinavian, European and worldwide networks. Grafill was established in 1991.

The world of communication design is becoming broader and, hence, creating greater opportunities in the labor market. In any of the many fields in communication design, ranging from design to management of a company's image, the communicator must be able to learn to adapt to the continuous changes in society and technology, with full knowledge of the most important trends, lifestyles and fashions. At ISIL you are given the opportunity to be integrated into this growing universe of possibilities with a career within Art and Design and Integrated Communication. --- El mundo de las comunicaciones cada vez es más amplio y, por lo mismo, da mayores oportunidades en el mercado laboral. En cualquiera de sus múltiples campos, que van desde el diseño hasta el manejo de la imagen de cualquier empresa, el comunicador debe ser capaz de saber adaptarse a las continuas transformaciones de la sociedad y la tecnología, con pleno conocimiento de las tendencias más importantes, estilos de vida y modas. En ISIL te damos la oportunidad de estar integrado a este creciente universo de posibilidades con sus carreras de Arte y Diseño Gráfico y de Comunicación Integral.

The Design Center of the Philippines is the Philippines’s leading agency committed to cultivating a culture that thrives on creativity, value creation, and innovation. Design Center’s efforts go beyond promoting the value of good design and onto inspiring creative industries to create human-centered objects, services, and spaces that make an impact in the Philippines and in the world. From enhancing human experiences to enabling inclusive and sustainable economic growth, we ensure that design plays its role as a creative, strategic, and innovative tool for positive development.

  

The ingapore Council was established in 2003 to help develop the nation’s design sector. This follows from the Economic Review Committee’s report which identified the creative industry as one of the three new sectors (including education and healthcare) for economic growth. The vision of the DesignSingapore Council is for design to differentiate Singapore from global competition. As the national agency for design, the Council’s mission is to develop the design sector, and to help Singapore use design for innovation and growth, as well as to make life better. The DesignSingapore Council is part of the Ministry of Communications and Information. The DesignSingapore Council also oversees the programming of the National Design Centre (NDC). The NDC supports the Council’s efforts to enhance the vibrancy of the design ecosystem as well as catalyse industry collaborations and business opportunities for innovation and growth.

College of the Arts in Singapore is a leading tertiary institution in cutting edge contemporary arts and design education and practice. The College offers more than 30 diploma, undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in fine arts, design communication, interior design, product design, film, animation, fashion, dance, music, theatre, arts management, arts pedagogy and practice, art therapy, Asian art histories and creative writing. Its faculty is led by a community of award-winning artists, designers, educators and researchers, and their practice-led research sets apart as an international centre of excellence. Critically acclaimed alumni form the core of the cultural and creative sectors in Singapore and increasingly, internationally. Founded in 1984 by De La Salle Brother Joseph McNally – a visionary artist and educator – is a not-for-profit, private educational institution. receives tuition grant support from the Singapore Ministry of Education. Its degree programmes are validated by Goldsmiths, University of London.

The NTU School of Art Design and Media opened in 2004 and took the first cohort of students in 2005. The school was formed in line with the strategic goal of fostering a creative industry and creating a new design practice in Singapore. The school curriculum is developed around interdisciplinary learning in Design and Media with majors in visual communication, product design, interactive media, digital film making, digital photography and imaging, emotive robotics and digital animation. Students are encouraged to explore an interdisciplinary experience across multiple domains even in connection with engineering disciplines.

Students thrive and learn in an environment which is fun and exciting, tinker with cool state-of-the-art equipment that is the very latest in industry, and work with some of the most creative brains in design education today.

Because the design industry is very much a project-based one, learning in the design school is also very hands-on in nature. This includes ‘live’ projects where you work with the best in industry. Students will not only develop their creative and technical skills, they will also hone their own project and time management abilities, thus preparing them for a career in an industry driven by briefs and deadlines.

It’s not all studio and classroom work. Design is global in nature and so the learning experiences will reflect that. Students will participate in industry-driven dialogue, seminars and workshops, go on field trips, overseas exchange programmes, and an industry internship programme, locally or overseas.

The Temasek Design School is well-recognised in the local and international arena as an award-winning institution. Their students have won many prestigious international and local competitions. In addition, our accomplished external examiners from reputable overseas institutions have consistently attested to the very high quality of our courses. It is not surprising, therefore, that our graduates have been accorded advanced standing by the very best degree-granting design institutions for undergraduate and postgraduate studies in Australia, UK, USA, Europe and other parts of the world.

Greenside Design Center (GDC) is a Private Higher Education Institution offering Bachelor of Arts Degrees and Bachelor of Arts Honours Degrees in Interior, Graphic/Visual Communication and Multimedia Design. It was established by Des Laubscher and Ingrid Templer in 1987 and currently accommodates approximately 300 students. GDC’s vision is to be leaders in design higher education to nurture innovative and responsible designers for the greater good of humanity. Our mission is to promote: - innovation and critical thinking in the design process - sustainable design, responsible design, and design for social development - an optimal environment for teaching and learning - the use and production of research GDC ensures that the learning environment is one where creativity, expertise, participation and a desire for continual learning is nurtured and rewarded in order to maximize the potential of staff and students. GDC values international relations, and in addition to its membership with Ico-D, it is also a member of the Cumulus Association and International Federation of Interior Designers/Architects. GDC encourages both student and staff exchanges to cross cultural boundaries in design. GDC hosts an annual community engagement design initiative (www.10percent.co.za) where our vision is practiced and where international participation is encouraged. GDC is fully accredited by the South African Council on Higher Education with its undergraduate and postgraduate programmes registered on the National Qualifications Framework.

Academy of Design and Photography offers a 3-year BA degree in Applied Design (Specialising in Graphic Design and Photography). The course is filled with practical and theoretical subjects, focused on equipping students with the competencies needed to succeed and excel in the fields of graphic design and photography, as well as related careers.

The African Institute of the Interior Design Professions (IID) is the only professional body representing the Design Industry in Africa. The IID is dedicated to establishing, promoting and maintaining expertise, professionalism, sound business practice and high standards throughout the industry.

Design Council Busan (formerly Design Center Busan) was established to promote competitiveness of enterprises and economic revitalization by fostering design industry of Busan-Ulsan-Gyeongsangnam-do region (Industrial Design Promotion Act Establishment of Design Center Busan and Management Support Ordinance, Busan metro city) Design Center Busan (DCB) leads the promotion of the various design businesses such as small and medium-sized company design support, design job creation support, Urban design business and civic experience design. DCB is contributing to the development of Metro Busan and the happiness of citizens.

Korea Crafts and Design Foundation(KCDF) as a promotional institution of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, is carrying forward various businesses including research and publishing, education, exhibition and domestic/overseas cooperation to establish the policies and develop public design culture. We know well the value of crafts handed down for a long time along with our culture. In addition, the design of Korea is now being acknowledged to the world. At this time,if we strengthen the cultural value of our precious crafts and the public characteristics of design, our cultural competence shall be diversified and be able to cope with the world.

Korea Ensemble of Contemporary Design (KECD) was established in 1969 and contributed to develop Design culture in Korea for over 50 years. In accordance with changing design paradigm, we started anew as Korea Ensemble of Contemporary Design to better involve in local community through quality improvement of visual design so more people would have clear understanding of our ultimate goal, Design for Culture over ordinary industrial design that will make Korean designers to reach out globally. As a member of ico-D, Korean Ensemble of Contemporary continues to pursue global communication.

Madrid Designers' Association () is a non-profit organisation which develops its activities within the Madrid Autonomous Region, even if many of those activities have an international scope. It was set up with the main purpose of becoming a strategic tool of reference for the promotion, projection and dissemination of design culture having society at large as its end target. is the bridge between businesspeople, public bodies, Design Training Centres and practitioners and it claims both the leading role Madrid is currently playing in Spanish design and the huge potential of the region as a centre of urban culture and economic activity. DIMAD is an association that conceives design as a meeting point between culture and the economy. Mostly made up of designers, it particularly seeks to bring together students and young designers and other practitioners and people linked to or interested in developing and enhancing design culture: architects, teachers, reporters, art directors, etc. DIMAD articulates around its Board of Directors: currently made up of twenty people, graphic and product designers, teachers and researchers. Its chairman is Manuel Estrada, its 5 honorary members Felix Beltrán Juan Gamboa and Pepe Cruz Novillo, and among its members are the most important designers in Madrid. DIMAD was founded in 2005 by 17 designers and currently has 374 members (227 professionals, 108 students, 11 volunteers and 28 friends), practitioners of the different branches of design (graphic, product, interior, fashion design), students at the various design schools and professional collaborators linked to the world of communication, teaching or design. Moreover, 12 training institutions and 10 companies related to design culture are collaborating members of DIMAD. Among the members of DIMAD are the most reputable, heavy-weight practitioners in Madrid. In May 2006, an Agreement was signed between Madrid City Council and DIMAD to set up the Central de Diseño at Matadero Madrid. Thanks to the decisive support from the Art Sector of Madrid City Council and its mayor, Mr Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón, the wish cherished by the whole designer sector of Madrid has been realised. With the aim to raise financial resources more easily and to better adapt itself to the management of the Central de Diseño Matadero Madrid, DIMAD set up Madrid Design Foundation which acronym is also DIMAD, initially established with funds from the Association itself.

The association organises Sweden’s pressional and graphic designers and has some 1200 members throughout the country. It was founded in 1955. The office is situated in Stockholm and has six employees working with administration, legal advice and communication. Tecknaren, our magazine for illustrators and graphic designers is published six times annually. Our members work within a broad spectrum of visual communication; illustrations and graphic design in newspapers, books and new media, websites, cartoons, animated films, news graphics, signs, trademarks, information and marketing. The association is first and foremost concerned with safeguarding the intellectual property rights of illustrators and graphic designers and one of the most important of these is copyright. It also concludes financial and social insurance agreements with a variety of parties who commission work or employ its members. The association safeguards freedom of expression and freedom of the press. It is affiliated to several other organisations that protect similar interests and rights of their members, and is a member of the International Council of Graphic Design Associations (ICOGRADA). The association is involved in various forms of international cooperation. An example of this is Nordisk Visuell Kommunikation (Nordic Visual Communication), composed of sister organisations in the Nordic countries. It is also a member of the European Illustrators Forum (EIF), a network for European organisation for illustrators.

Professional association and network of Swiss graphic designers. The SGD represents the interests of Swiss graphic designers and supports them in their everyday professional lives. Our members are qualified professionals in visual communication. Together we shape the development and quality of our profession and its positioning in the economy. Take part in our nationwide network! The commitment to graphics and graphic designers - for us a matter of the heart. Graphic designers make an important contribution to the value chain. The SGD supports them in this, represents their position to the outside world and creates added value for the entire industry. As an active association, we are involved in a number of activities, including publications on specialist topics. We are open and maintain memberships in international associations and contacts with national institutions and authorities. We are also committed to the promotion of young talent, which is why the further development of the graphic design profession «EFZ» (Certificate of proficiency) is of particular concern to us.

The department established in 2007. The aim of this department is to cultivate students into a designer who has creative thinking and highly aware of the advantage of technology. The department of Visual communication started from craft art, applied art, commercial design until recently - graphic design. Thus, this department comprised of various course and different area of design. The coming of digital communication is not only changing the way we live but also the way we communicating. As designer, we also follow this trend. Through all senses, e.g. sounds and body gesture, to observe and comprehend the change of this society. In order to fulfill the change of technology, this department developed some courses such as: basic design, design theory, and media design. We hope those courses can improve students' abilities to learn the art of visual communication and design effective artworks to communicate people in the world.

Established in 1955, the (CPC) was organised by fifty public and private commercial and industrial businesses. CPC has combined innovative concept elements and its own ample business management force to integrate marketing modules and mechanisms with consultation to help Taiwan's creative industry to grow, connect innovative products to the market, promote marketing and to substantiate new business opportunities and profitable operations.

Established in 1962, the Graphic Design Association of Taiwan (GDA-Taiwan) has the longest history among the associations of its kind in Taiwan. The goal of GDA-Taiwan is to integrate graphic designers to promote creativity and technique, and ultimately to enhance the quality of the design industry. GDA-Taiwan has organised many large-scale exhibitions, contests, as well as other numerous events, and produces various publications.

The Amoeba Design Association (ADA) was founded in 1971. It is known as Taiwan Amoeba Design Association (TADA) today. TADA was the first design association founded in Taiwan and was initially consisted of students in the National Taiwan Academy of Arts, now is known as the National Taiwan University of Arts. It is the second oldest design association merely next to the Graphic Design Association of the Republic of China. TADA is the first design association to have interaction with design/artists associations in South Korea and Japan. It successfully introduces the artist association from Japan and the Korea Industrial Artists Association from South Korea to the Graphic Design Association of the Republic of China to hold many associated exhibitions titled "Asian Designers' Exhibition." TADA's frequent exhibitions of arts and design influenced other fine art/design groups tremendously. These avant-garde style of the art and design exhibitions provided different perspectives in such a relatively conservative design atmosphere in Taiwan from 1970 to 1990. In 1990's, TADA hosted and participated in various design exhibitions such as the "Asia Graphic Design Exchange" in 1991 and 1994, the "KOREA and CHINA Graphic Exchange” in 1994 and 1995, the "Icograda International Poster Design Exhibition" in 1997, ...etc. All of these design exhibitions not only provided fruitful design information to general public but also fertilized the field of design in Taiwan. In 2000's, TADA has put efforts to improve its services on the following six areas: the design education, design policy, designers' promotion, design exhibition, design research, and international exchanges. With the fulfilment of the six approaches, TADA hopes make better contributions to serve both national and international design societies. The ultimate goal is to fulfil the implementation of design and everyday life. Visit the TADA Blog: http://amoeba-taiwan.blogspot.com