(L-R) Top: de Mozota, da Costa, Hinrichsen, Oh, Sudjc. Bottom: Chaimparino, Lange, Newson, Urquiola, Zec
Past committees
The following individuals participated in the selection of the previous World Design Capitals:
2012 Selection Committee
- Brigitte Borja de Mozota, Director of Research at Parsons Paris School of Art & Design (France)
- Guto Indio da Costa, Industrial Designer, Director of Indio da Costa Design, (Brazil)
- Carlos Hinrichsen, 2007-2009 Icsid President and Director of the School of Design, Instituto Profesional DuocUC of the Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile (Chile)
- Se-hoon Oh, Mayor of the City of Seoul (South Korea)
- Deyan Sudjic, Director of the Design Museum (United Kingdom)
2010 Selection Committee
- Sergio Chiamparino, Former Mayor of Torino, 2001-2011 (Italy)
- Jacques Lange, Past President of Icograda 2005-2007 (South Africa)
- Marc Newson, Designer (Australia)
- Patricia Urquiola, Designer (Spain)
- Prof. Dr. Peter Zec, Icsid Senator, President of Icsid from 2005-2007 and is the Founding Chair of the World Design Capital project and President of Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen (Germany)



