Know someone who is doing something awesome to change the world through design? Here's their chance to get some international applause and support. Established by the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (Icsid), the World Design Impact Prize is an innovative and interactive design prize dedicated to recognizing, empowering and stimulating socially responsible design projects and initiatives around the world. The motivation behind the World Design Impact Prize was to develop a framework to honor and encourage industrial design driven projects that use design and/or design thinking to make a positive impact on our social, economic, cultural and/or environmental quality of life with the end goal of helping these initiatives gain much needed support. Icsid President Dr. Mark Breitenberg explains:The World Design Impact Prize is different from other design competitions and awards. It is intended to honor not just a single product, but rather a project or initiative that has made a profound impact on people's lives and has the potential to be implemented worldwide. Although the Prize will be awarded by Icsid, the world council representing industrial design, we aim for the nominations to demonstrate the expanded field of industrial design—the new ways the creative processes of our discipline are applied to the problems that confront our world.
Mirroring the social nature of the Prize, Icsid has instituted a unique and collective process for judging the entries for the World Design Impact Prize. First, projects and/or initiatives will be nominated by an Icsid Member organization, after which every nominated project will be unveiled online at www.worlddesignimpact.org on World Industrial Design Day (29 June) for the public to view, critique and share. This public review round will precede the official voting, which will be done by representatives from all 169 Icsid Member organizations beginning July 29.
While nomination for the World Design Impact Prize can only be done by Icsid Member organizations, Icsid encourages individuals involved in initiatives making a positive impact in the world through design to bring their work to the attention of an Icsid Member organization representative and have it nominated. To view Icsid Member organizations in your area, visit the complete member organization listing here.
Key Dates Call for nominations/submissions: through May 10, 2011 Online project gallery opens: June 29, 2011 Official voting period: July 29 - August 30, 2011
For more information on the World Design Impact Prize, please visit www.worlddesignimpact.org or www.icsid.org.
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