Daegu (Korea) - Speakers, workshops and schedules have been announced for the Icograda Design Week in Daegu 2008! Register now to attend this inspiring event, from 4-10 July 2008.

Accra (Ghana) - "The Creative Economy Report 2008 - The challenge of assessing the creative economy towards informed policy-making" is the first comprehensive study to present the United Nations perspective on this emerging topic. It includes significant statements on how design is reshaping the international world markets for creative goods and services.

Melbourne (Australia) – An international programme that provides a platform for indigenous design entitled Indigo was launched last night in Melbourne by Icograda, the world body for professional communication design, in partnership with Australia’s National Design Centre.

Sydney (Australia) - On 28 April, the latest edition of Creative Waves went live. COLLABOR8 is an online education non-profit initiative to establish a basis for collaborative online art and design projects between universities in Australia and China.

Montreal (Canada) - Montréal designers welcome you on 3-4 May as they showcase their most recent creations and the various facets of their professions as part of the second annual Design Montréal Open House.

Troy, New York (United States) - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) present The 1st Biennial Design Web Conference, a conference with presentations streamed live 22 October 2008.

Montreal (Canada) - There is less than one week left to submit an abstract for the International Federation on Ageing's 9th Global Conference and Expo Ageing & Design - shape the conference!

Toronto (Canada) - The Applied Arts Design & Advertising awards are open to anyone in the Design and Advertising industry who has produced work that was published, broadcast or displayed between April 2007 and May 2008.

Ljubljana (Slovenia) - On 20-21 May, 2008, at the Garni Hotel in Ljublijana, Slovenia, Carin Goldberg (Carin Goldberg Design), James Biber (Pentagram) and Gail Anderson (SpotCo) will be speaking about their various experiences and projects in the design industry.

International - "Ideas that Matter" is an annual campaign encouraging creative marketing and advertising professionals from Europe, North America and South Africa to create printed communication campaigns and designs around important social or environmental issues.