Every year, June 29 is celebrated throughout the world as World Industrial Design Day (WIDD). It was initiated by the World Design Organization (WDO) in 2007 in celebration of its 50th anniversary. The WIDD is an annual affair which increases awareness about the profession of industrial design and champions the power of design to strengthen economic, social, cultural and environmental development.
This year’s theme for World Industrial Design Day, 2017 is “Thinking Outside The Box”, which aims at focusing on United Nations Sustainable Development Goal: A manifesto for Responsible Consumption and Production, based on contributions received from participants during World Industrial Design Day 2016.
Last year, in the WIDD 2016, young designers highlighted that one of the ways in which industrial design can make a positive difference in the world is through sustainable design.
The main objective of The World Industrial Design Day 2017:
- Celebrate the contributions of designers who are integrating sustainable design elements in their practices by applying new technologies and choosing recycled or sustainable materials to create more environmentally responsible products, and “thinking out of the box” by looking at the a design more holistically.
- Raise awareness of Industrial design and its role in influencing the behavior and choices of consumers with larger consequences for the whole world.
New Year | NEW Recognition | New Look
The international Council of Societies of Industrial Design (ICSID) recently in their 29th General Assembly in South Korea, announced that they will no longer be known as ICSID, instead they are re-branding themselves as The World Design Organization (WDO) effective from 2016. ICSID/WDO expects the re-branding to be completed by 2017, to celebrate their 60th anniversary.
As a part of the transition from the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (ICSID) to the World Design Organization (WDO), a brand new logo for the World Industrial Design Day has been revealed.
A design by FEED (a design firm located in Montreal, Canada)
This logo, inspired by a sectional cut of a turbine engine commonly found in the wing of an airplane. Representing technical perfection in industrial and engineering design, the logo serves as a metaphor for “Ideas Taking Flight” on the occasion of World Industrial Design Day which is celebrated annually around the globe.
WIDD 2017 EVENTS
INDIA: The Bengaluru Chapter of Association of Designers of India (ADI) is hosting an Industry event on the occasion of World Industrial Design Day from June 29 to July 1, 2017. The World Industrial Design Day 2017, powered by titan, aims to connect design ecosystem in Bengaluru.
CANADA: The Association des Designers Industriels du Quebec (ADIQ) is holding a networking cocktail during World Industrial Design Day on June 29, to meet and greet the winner and finalists of incubADIQ, ADIQ’s first creative incubator.
SPAIN: The Association des Ingenieros en Diseno Industrial (AIDI) will be holding an exciting four day event from June 28 to July 1, 2017 in celebration of World Industrial Design Day. Surrounded by some of the best professionals in the field of industrial design in the Madrid community.
TURKEY: The Industrial Designers Association of Turkey (ETMK) will be hosting an event on June 29, 2017 at the Koletif House Levent.