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Having been crowned the "World Design Capital" for 2008, the city of Turin, Italy is promoting the Torino Geodesign Project, a competition for designers, architects, and artists who are interested in collaborating with local communities and companies to design and develop objects, utensils, and services.

A high level of experimentation, the creation of a network of highly interactive relations and an intense exchange of knowledge and experience are the project's fundamental characteristics. Once the designers have been chosen, they will be called to Torino to participate in workshops that will elaborate and construct the prototypes by the end of 2007.

In April 2008, during the same period as Milan's Salone del Mobile, the entire project will participate in a large exhibit in the Porta Palazzo area, illustrating the entire process of dialog, design and prototype production.