Conference Report

International Design Alliance Congress 2011: There is no way that design can sustain its current trajectory

  • Fatima Cassim
  • Jacques Lange
Keywords: International Council of Societies of Industrial Design

Abstract

The multidisciplinary design sector has evolved dynamically over the past decade and one of the most critical results has been the formal formation of the International Design Alliance (IDA) in 2005. The IDA is a strategic venture between international organisations representing design. The alliance was created by two founding partners – the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (Icsid) and the International Council of Graphic Design Associations (Icograda).1 In 2008, the IDA added the International Federation of Interior Architects/Designers (IFI) to the alliance as the third partner. The alliance is based on the desire of its partners to ‘do together what they cannot do alone’, concentrating on opportunities arising from multidisciplinary collaboration (Icograda 2011a).

Published
2019-12-09
Issue
No 18 (2011): Image and Text
Section
Articles