Melbourne (Australia) - agIdeas is working in collaboration with Icograda to solicit papers for the agIdeas 2011 International Design Research Lab. Design researchers are invited to submit abstracts that address the brief, "Where is design practice at today?" by 1 February 2011. Selected papers will be published on Iridescent: Icograda Journal of Design Research.

Cieszyn (Poland) - On 4 December, EIDD Design for All Europe inaugurated the Michal Ozmin Design for All Archive and Research Centre, hosted in the Silesian Castle of Art and Enterprise in Cieszyn.

Geneva (Switzerland) - Early evidence indicates that demand for some "creative industry" products remained stable during the global recession. This economic sector, especially if supported by enlightened government policies, may help national economies, including those of developing countries, to recover from the downturn, contends the Creative Economy Report 2010 (CER 10).

Melbourne (Australia) - The Design Institute of Australia (DIA) has announced industrial designer Oliver Kratzer FDIA as its new President.

Ottawa (Canada) - The Society of Graphic Designers of Canada (GDC) together with Ottawa-based market research firm, Harris/Decima have now polled Canadian business owners and decision makers to better understand business perceptions of the design industry.

San Jose (United States) - Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced the call for entries for the eleventh annual Adobe® Design Achievement Awards (ADAA), expanding its global reach to 15 languages and adding new categories for faculty and students.

Prague (Czech Republic) - The sixteenth year of the international competition aimed at young designers from all over the world has just been announced. Once again, Young Package introduces two additional themes.

Saint-Étienne (France) - The city of Saint-Étienne, France, has joined the UNESCO Creative Cities Network as a City of Design. The announcement was made at the opening of the Jacques Cartier Conference on 23 November 2010.

Toronto (Canada) - The design awards winners for the 2010 edition of Applied Arts Awards have been announced. Among the professionals from around the world selected in this competition is Rethink Communications for its design of the Design Currency:Icograda Design Week in Vancouver 2010 identity.

International - Today, the Interaction Design Association (IxDA) announced the launch of the IxDA Interaction Awards, a first-of-its-kind awards program dedicated to celebrating global excellence in the discipline of Interaction Design.