The Power of Design: A Journey through the 11 UNESCO Cities of Design

Front Matter....Pages 1-5
Introduction....Pages 7-10
Front Matter....Pages 12-14
Berlin — The City of Creative People....Pages 15-20
DMY International Design Festival Berlin — Design is about Change....Pages 21-29
Front Matter....Pages 30-32
Saint-Etienne — The City of Militant Design Activists....Pages 33-38
From Weapons Manufacturing to Cité du design ....Pages 39-47
Front Matter....Pages 48-50
Buenos Aires — The First City of Design....Pages 51-56
Palermo — The Power of Entrepreneurial Ecosystems....Pages 57-65
Front Matter....Pages 66-68
Montreal — Developing the City through Design....Pages 69-74
The Design Montreal Open House ....Pages 75-85
Front Matter....Pages 86-88
Nagoya — The City of the Design City Declaration ....Pages 89-96
The City of Monozukuri: the Art of Making Things....Pages 97-105
Front Matter....Pages 106-108
Kobe — Aiming to be a Design City....Pages 109-114
The Design Creative Center Kobe....Pages 115-125
Front Matter....Pages 126-128
Seoul — The Mecca of World Design....Pages 129-134
Design Seoul — Design Caring for Citizens....Pages 135-145
Front Matter....Pages 146-148
Shanghai — The City of Transrapid Progress....Pages 149-156
Creative City Parks....Pages 157-167
Front Matter....Pages 168-170
Beijing — a City of Design with World Heritage Sites....Pages 171-176
798 Gongchang....Pages 177-185
Front Matter....Pages 186-188
Shenzhen — From 30,000 to 12 Million in 30 Years....Pages 189-194
Front Matter....Pages 186-188
Visiting Two Cultural Industrial Clusters....Pages 195-207
Front Matter....Pages 208-210
Graz — On the Way to being a Creative City....Pages 211-216
The Graz T — A tactile Ground Guidance System for Visually Impaired People....Pages 217-224
Back Matter....Pages 226-234