What is the WDC?

• History
• Vision and mission
• WDC Signature Events
  • Signing Ceremony
  • New Year’s Eve of design
  • Design Gala
  • Design conference
  • International Design House
  • Design Week Forum
  • Convocation ceremony

World Design Capitals

• Future Capital: Cape Town
• Past capital: Helsinki
• Past capital: Seoul
• Past capital: Torino
  • Why Torino
  • Visual identity
  • A year in numbers
  • Evaluating the results
  • Beyond 2008

Becoming a WDC

• Benefits
• Who can apply
• Project cycle
• Fees
• Key dates
• Submission process
• Selection committee
  • Past committees

Sponsorship

About

• About Icsid
• About Organising Committee
• About the WDC logo
• About WDC Founding Chair
• Contact us

Design Success Stories

• Circa on Jellicoe: encourages walkability
• Subte: a visual signage system of information, identity and stimulation
• NYC Visitors Information Center: an interactive guide for the 21st century traveller
• Bhikaiji Cama Place
• Urbikes: Optimised bike sharing system

Press Releases

• With the submission phase now closed, bidding cities for World Design Capital® move on to the evaluation round
• Helsinki achieved multiple goals as the WDC 2012
• Four themes shine spotlight on African creativity in 2014
• City of Cape Town announces appointment of World Design Capital Chief Executive Officer
• Call to design-driven cities for World Design Capital 2016 applications

In the News

• In The News