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Design promotion internationally
Better by Design aims to help New Zealand companies increase their exports and profits through the better use of design in their products and services.
The Danish Design Centre is an independent institution under the Ministry of Economic and Business Affairs, which strives to enhance the use of design in the Danish business world, brand Danish design worldwide and increase the interest for design in the general public.
Design Centrum of Czech Republic
The Design Council is the national strategic body for design in the UK. Their site features comprehensive articles on design disciplines and compelling data regarding the impact of design on business.
Design Flanders promotes designers and their designs and stimulates companies and the public to use design.
Design Wales provides design support for individual Welsh businesses and undertakes a wide range of activities to encourage and develop the use of design in Welsh industry and education.
Korean Institute of Design Promotion
The vision for a Design-Oriented Korea has been adopted with a view to advancing the sophistication of design in Korea in such a way as to harmonize the off-line and on-line activities, as well as analogue and digital technologies.
Le Centre du Design Rhône-Alpes (France)
The Centre is an association of more than 160 members, companies, design agencies, consultants, schools.. Created in 1991, it is the principal center of Design resources for business innovation in France.
State Agency for the Development of Design and Innovation – D·Di (Spain)
D·Di carries out activities to promote and spread public awareness on design and innovation, and also works to increase understanding about the strategic role that design and innovation can play in boosting the competitiveness of small and medium enterprises.
Swedish Industrial Design Foundation – SVID
SVID, The Swedish Industrial Design Foundation aims to improve the awareness within the private and public sectors of the importance of design as a competitive tool and to encourage the integration of design methodology into their activities.