Dulles, VA — San Francisco will host thousands of industrial designers from around the world when CONNECTING'07, the Icsid/IDSA World Design Congress, comes to town October 17-20, 2007.
As the largest and most influential gathering of industrial designers to date, CONNECTING'07 will fill three major Nob Hill sites with prominent speakers, exhibits and events. Related activities will also spill into the surrounding city, with many of San Francisco's design studios, companies, museums, design schools and stores holding receptions, open houses and tours. Already representatives from nearly 500 internationally-renowned corporations, design firms, government entities and higher education institutions, spanning more than 35 countries across the world have made arrangements to attend.
Every two years, The International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (Icsid) holds a Congress in collaboration with a member organization in a host country. CONNECTING'07 will mark the first time since 1985 the event has been held in the United States. In the intervening years, the Bay Area has emerged as a hub of the global design community. Silicon Valley has become synonymous with progress and innovation. CONNECTING'07 offers an unprecedented opportunity to celebrate and build on these accomplishments on both a local and international scale.
"Industrial design plays a vital role in all of our lives - from the cars we drive and the furniture in our homes, to the tools we use in our homes and offices and the buildings where we work and play," says Bill Moggridge, co-founder of IDEO and chair of CONNECTING'07. "The World Design Congress will set the stage for industrial design in the decades to come. This single event will impact the entire planet."
"Connecting" will serve as the Congress' overarching theme as well as its name. Participants will explore the implications of an evermore connected world, and the ways in which designers can positively influence connections between business, brands, services, technology and populations. More than 220 speakers - including designers, educators, business leaders, innovators and scientists - will take the stage over the course of three days. Two Design Galleries—located in the Masonic Center and the Fairmont Hotel-will show off some of the hottest new products, technologies and techniques on the market, as well as winners of the 2007 International Design Excellence Awards co-sponsored by BusinessWeek and IDSA.
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