2024-04-27T13:56:40-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150017231/lille-france-and-sydney-australia-named-as-world-design-capital-2020-finalists Anastasia Tokmakova 2017-07-12T14:59:00-04:00 >2017-07-12T14:59:32-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/qo/qoei1rwdajmalo4l.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>The World Design Organization today announced that Lille, France and Sydney, Australia have made the shortlist to become&nbsp;<a href="http://archinect.com/news/tag/317703/world-design-capital" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">World Design Capital 2020</a>, for their effective use of design to drive economic, social, cultural, and environmental development in their cities.&nbsp;City visits will be conducted prior to final WDC 2020 selection, to better assess the scope and capacity of each of the cities&rsquo; proposed programs. The winner will be announced on 14 October 2017 in Torino, Italy during WDO&rsquo;s 30th General Assembly.&nbsp;</p> <p>"Once an industrial center facing economic upheaval,&nbsp;<strong>Lille</strong>&nbsp;aims to engage its 2.1 million inhabitants (including companies, local authorities, research and training centers, cultural destinations and civic spaces) in collaborative design-driven projects. Under the theme,&nbsp;<em>Eldorado: the greatest design experiment</em>, it places design at the heart of its economic, societal and environmental transformation. &nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><a href="http://archinect.com/news/tag/124638/sydney" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sydney</a></strong>,&nbsp;in collaboration with Parramatta and other surrounding suburbs,&nbsp;wil...</p> https://archinect.com/news/article/78847884/city-of-taipei-takes-the-first-hurdle-towards-becoming-the-next-world-design-capital-in-2016 Alexander Walter 2013-08-06T18:40:00-04:00 >2013-11-19T20:35:43-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/yj/yjylc9eatusetpfy.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Taipei has high hopes of becoming the next World Design Capital (WDC) designated city in 2016, and so far, it's looking pretty good: The International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (Icsid) announced from its Montreal headquarters today that "members of the selection committee identified the City of Taipei as the only municipality to move on to the next phase in the process towards becoming the WDC 2016."</p></em><br /><br /><p> Past cities to hold the designation include Torino (Italy) in 2008, Seoul (South Korea) in 2010 and Helsinki (Finland) in 2102 whilst preparations for Cape Town (South Africa) are underway for 2014.</p> <p> UPDATE: <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/86934207/city-of-taipei-announced-as-world-design-capital-2016" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">City of Taipei announced as World Design Capital 2016</a></p>