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ACIDO
Association of Chartered Industrial Designers of Ontario
ACM SIGGRAPH Online!
The organization for computer graphics, info on their conferences
and workshops, large calendar of events
ADHOC Group
The ADHOC Group is an interdisciplinary association of designers
committed to the exhibition of new work. With the San Francisco
Bay Area as our locus, we promote and exhibit innovatiive work by
emerging and experimental designers.
ADI - Argentine Industrial
Designers
Argentine I.D. site. news, calendar, links, expo and forum.
Alias
Design Users
The exchange of information among all users of Alias|Studio software
developed by Alias|Wavefront a Canadien society based in Toronto.
American Center for
Design
The American Center for Design identifies and addresses issues across
design disciplines through publications and conferences.
American Institute
of Graphic Arts
The U.S. Graphic Design site
Architectural
Association of Ireland
The AAI was founded in 1896 'to promote and afford facilities for
the study of architecture and the allied sciences and arts, and
to provide a medium of friendly communication between members and
others interested in the progress of architecture'. It sponsors
a public lecture series and annual awards.
ASDIG / Guadalajara Industrial
Design Association.
Mexico Association for Culture Design development in occidental
region of Mexico. Promotion of designers works,provision of technical
assistance, professional devolopment including ethics,promotion
of new designers.contact camalen@vianet.com.
Association of Professional
Design Firms
Dedicated to elevating the performance & business practices of design
consulting firms.
Association
of Profesional Modelmakers
Association of profesional modelmakers from around the world.Covers
every discipline in profesional modelmaking from Product,Architectual,automotive
and special efects.Web site has a chat group, and a conference is
held every year.
Association
of Women Industrial Designers
Australian Graphic
Design Association
The Australian Graphic Design Association (AGDA) is the national
association for professional graphic designers. It was founded in
1988 to facilitate the advancement of the graphic design profession
in Australia.
Australian
Design Awards
The Australian Design Awards is looking for the best manufactured
products which have been designed in Australia.
Australian
INfront
Australian artists and designers seek GLOBAL RESPECT.
BCID
British Columbia Industrial Design Association. (BCID) A design
association for industrial designers of British Columbia Canada.
British European Design
Group
Site of a non profit making organisation promoting British design
and design services worldwide.
Centre du Design
Rhone Alpes
The Centre for Design Rhone Alpes CDRA is a French regional association,
which has its charge to advocate the industrial design towards the
firms. The Centre also assists firms in their invitation to tender
for their design projects (design directory, design specifications...)
ICSID member, the CDRA is also the coordinator for Design France,
the French network of design centers.
Chicago Athenaeum:
Museum of Architecture and Design
Chicago Furniture
Designers Association
Chicago Furniture Designers educate our community by teaching about
design.
Corporate Design Foundation
Corporate Design Foundation is dedicated to improving the quality
of life and effectiveness of organizations through design. The Foundation
conducts research in all areas of design and creates educational
resources such as @Issue, case studies, course development and conferences.
Danish Design
A guide to Danish and international design and designers.
Design France
Design France is the French network for the design centers. Its
aim it to coordinate its members' actions, and organizes international
meetings for design associations
design
management forum
A place to learn about and discuss this increasingly important field
Design Management Institute
An institute dedicated to promoting the importance of design to
business success. Conferences, Journal, newsletter, etc.
Design
Research Society
Design Resource
Institute
Located in Seattle, WA, is a non-profit organization dedicated to
promoting ecologically sustainable design in products and buildings.
Designer's Association
of Singapore
Designers Institute
of New Zealand
Official site of DINZ - worth a look.
Diseno
en Chile
A "CORE type" guide about Chilean design with articles, student
and professional designers lists and links, services, forums, personal
projects, etc.
ETMK (Society
of Turkish Industrial Designers)
Finnish Design
on the Net
The most important information about and services offered by Finnish
Design are now available on the Internet. The network services are
jointly produced by Design Forum Finland, the Finnish Association
of Designers ORNAMO, the University of Art and Design Helsinki and
the Design Museum Finland.
Graphic Artists Guild
Lobbies for the right of Graphic artists, photographers, illustrators,
and more. One of the best Organizations you can join for the money
to ensure the furture of our industry and its wages.
Graphic Designers of
Canada
IDSA
Chicago Chapter Site
Organization devoted to promoting and education design in and around
the Chicago area.
IDSA Materials
and Processes Site
The official site of the IDSA Materials and Processes (M&P;) Section.
IDSA
Midwest District
Link to midwest district of IDSA. chapter and conference information,
contacts, and links.
IDSA National Web
Site
Industrial Designers Society of America.
IDSA-LA, California
Chapter
Organization devoted to promoting and education of design in and
around the LA/SoCal area.
Illuminating Engineering
Society of North America
The IESNA site has standard organization info, including a fairly
good calendar and a store with lighting books.
Industrial Design
Centre Bombay, India
The Industrial Design Centre Bombay is actively involved in product
design & graphic design
Industrial Designers
Society Thailand
Thailand industrial designers society homepage.
Institute of Design
A pretty good design school page (Umea, sweden) with studentwork
and information about how to apply...
Institute of Destination
Architects and Designers
Association of destination Design, Research, Development Professionals
and Theme park designers/set designers/Resort Architects
INTAD
Industrial Technology and Design Teachers
International Council
of Societies of Industrial Design (ICSID)
ICSID is a world body of national and international professional,
promotional and educational institutions working to advance the
profession of industrial design at the global level. ICSID, based
in Helsinki, Finland, currently has 150 member societies in 53 countries
worldwide.
International
Design Network Foundation
The International Design Resource Awards (IDRA) is an annual international
design competition to encourage the use of post-consumer recycled,
and reprocessed and sustainably harvested materials in new product
designs and buildings. It also sends a box of samples of recycled/renewable
sheet materials to entrants, and provide other leads to green materials.
Internetcenter
for Danish Design and Creativity
Danish design website with all Danish art, crafts and design on
WWW, designer-index, reading, conference, links, education, organisations
and more.
ioN (industrieel
ontwerpen Nederland)
ioN (industrial design the Netherlands) is a platform of Dutch companies,
agencies and other organisations with a link to the field of industrial
design.
ISD-up Association
Students's association of ISD (Institut Supérieur de Design
-- France)
italian idea
Every things around Italian desin, designers, factory and associations.
JIDPO
Japan Industrial Design Promotion Oraganization(JIDPO) was founded
in 1969 as a non-profit organizartion anthorized by the Ministry
of International Trade and Industry (MITI). Its purpose is to promote
industrial design in both consumer goods and capital goods, and
thus contribute to create a better quality of life of the people.
Website is in Japanese and English.
Korea Institute
of Industrial Design Promotion
KIDP will host the ICOGRADA 2000 and ICSID 2001 Korea.
Les designautes
Association created by french designers : news, articles, forum,
events...
national institute
of design
Deals in industrial,communication , textile, apparel and exhibition
design.
Nizhny Novgorod Society
of Designers
Russian organization of professional designers.
O2 Global Network
O2 Global Network is an international volunteer network of
ecological designers, rooted in a range of local O2 groups, O2 liaisons
and large number of individuals.
Organization
of Black Designers
QFD Institute
A nonprofit educational and research organization that promotes
the dissemination and advancement of Quality Function Deployment,
a quality focused method for designing products and services that
generate increased customer satisfaction and value.
SEGDOnline
The SEGD (Society for Environmental Graphic Design) web site, SEGDOnline,
is now live at www.SEGD.org. The site is intended to be useful for
anyone involved in EGD and I hope you will visit us. It features
a gallery of the annual Design Awards Program winners, a Guest Chat
room, a regularly updated Job Bank and a Marketplace section with
information on products and Services. As well as finding out the
latest information on the annual conference and expo, you can also
register for both events online. In the Membership section, current
members can renew and new members can join directly from the site.
SID
Association of Swiss Industrial Designers.
SingaporeDesigner.Com
Endorsed by the Designers Association Singapore, Trade Development
Board of Singapore and many assoications and schools in Singapore
- SingaporeDesigner.Com, is the ultimate destination for all about
the Design Scene in Singapore
Swedish Industrial
Design Foundation
Taiwan-
Cetra Design Center
The design promation center which is under the semi-official trade
organization, CETRA, in Taiwan, showcases the awardiwinning product
design in Taiwan.
The Barcelona
Design Website
It has two areas, one presenting specific information about this
year's Design in Spring events in Barcelona, another one (BCN Design)
offering general design-related information. This includes a Search
Engine cataloguing online design resources and websites. It is a
gateway to design exhibitions, databases, research sources and utilities.
The British
Design Initiative
The British Design Initiative provides Advisory and Recommendation
Services, a Design News Service, PR, promotional, research and marketing
services.
The Design Exchange
The Design Exchange (DX) is Canadas national not-for-profit
design research, education and exhibition centre. It delivers design-led
programs, which include exhibitions, competitions, lectures, courses,
publications and advisory services. WEBSITE:
www.dx.org
The Design Information
and Documentation Service of the Barcelona Design Center
the Design
Zentrum
Germany‚s largest and most renowned design-institution and home
to the international red dot design competition awards
The Ergonomics
Society
The United Nations
Environment Programme (UNEP)
The UNEP Working Group on Sustainable Product has several networking
and research projects underway.
Tokyo
Designers Block
Our purpose is for the enrichment of design in Tokyo through vast
connections and links with Tokyo Designer's Week.
U.K.
Design Council
UK Chartered Society
of Designers
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