The biennial Icograda World Design Congress has brought together the international community to explore current trends and thinking that shape the communication design profession.

Since 1981, Icograda has collaborated with Icsid and IFI to organise a joint Congress every six years that unites the design disciplines in shared dialogue.

In 2011, the inaugural IDA Congress replaced the Icograda World Design Congress.

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Congress history

2009 Beijing (China) - Xin
2007 La Habana (Cuba) - Design/Culture
2005 Copenhagen (Denmark) – ERA05 (joint Congress with Icsid and IFI)
2003 Nagoya (Japan) - Visualogue
2001 Johannesburg (South Africa) – joint Congress with IFI
2000 Seoul (Korea) – Millennium Congress
1999 Sydney (Australia) – joint Congress with Icsid and IFI
1997 Punte del Este (Uruguay)
1995 Lisboa/Porto (Portugal)
1993 Glasgow (Scotland) – joint Congress with Icsid and IFI
1991 Montreal (Canada)
1989 Tel Aviv (Israel)
1988 Oslo (Norway) – Icograda 25 anniversary
1987 Amsterdam (The Netherlands) – joint Congress with Icsid and IFI
1985 Nice (France)
1983 Dublin (Ireland)
1981 Helsinki (Finland) – joint Congress with Icsid and IFI
1979 Paris (France)
1977 Zurich/Lausanne (Switzerland)
1974 Krefeld/Dusseldorf (Germany)
1972 London (United Kingdom)
1971 Vienna (Austria)
1968 Eindhoven (The Netherlands)
1966 Bled, Slovenia (Yugoslavia)
1964 Zurich (Switzerland)

For more information, visit our Event Archive.