ICOGRADA | IDA Congress

L-R: Ms. Ece Ariburun, Instructor, Faculty of Architecture, Department of Industrial Product Design, Istanbul Technical University; Mr. Russell Kennedy, Icograda President; Prof. Alpay Er, Head of Department, Department of Industrial Product Design, Istanbul Technical University; Ms. Shashi Caan, IFI President, Dr. Mark Breitenberg, Icsid President; Ms. Pınar Ceyhun, FIGUR, Professional Conference Organiser; Ms. Berrak Karaca Şalgamcıoğlu, Research Assistant, Faculty of Architecture, Department of Industrial Product Design, Istanbul Technical University. Photo: Rafael Mayor-Mora

IDA Congress

The biennial IDA Congress is the primary event for dialogue between designers and stakeholders of design in a summit format.

The aim of the IDA Congress is to bring together the unified voice of designers around the world in a themed framework to advance the vision and mission of the IDA, by exploring and realising the benefits of design in a variety of fields with a stake in design, such as government (commerce, trade, culture etc.), INGOs, business, science and technology, education or social sciences (ethnography, sociology etc.)

The IDA's primary objectives for the Congress are:

to promote the value of design-based collaboration between the IDA disciplines, to highlight their similarities as well as their unique attributes;
to emphasise the value of design-based collaborations with other fields that have a stake in design;
to provide an engaging and educational experience for the memberships of the IDA and the global congress audience;
to promote interaction among the memberships of the IDA and stakeholders of the congress;
to position the IDA as the global voice of design and an enabler of innovation;
to platform the host city, country and region for their commitment and contribution to design globally;
to attract and influence government action to the importance of design.

2011 IDA Congress