The Power of Design
A Journey through the 11 UNESCO Cities of Design
1st Edition
Published on 13. March 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
236 pages
978-3-99043-548-9 (ISBN)
Description
The Power of Design provides a compact introduction to the current eleven UNESCO Cities of Design. Each individual city is briefly portrayed with important statistical information and detailed facts relating to its development of design. The highly varied approaches of the individual cities in their use of design as an engine for current and future development are then described in more detail through concrete and well illustrated examples. In addition, there are interviews with designers, activists, organizers and critical observers, which the author conducted either during his travels or through extensive correspondence. The result is a richly illustrated and handy book which combines hard facts with personal impressions and points of view.
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Person
Karl Stocker, PhD., is a historian, and the head of the Departments of Exhibition Design and Information Design at the FH JOANNEUM - University of Applied Sciences in Graz. He is also a professor at the University of Graz (since 1988) and Kassel University (1996/97), lecturer at the Danube University Krems, Berlin University of the Arts and Yildiz Technical University in Istanbul. Stocker also founded Bisdato Exhibition & Museum Design, where he serves as director (since 1990). He is the author/editor of books and contributions to scientific journals, and has managed scientific research projects and directed exhibitions. Karl Stocker is also a member of the Graz UNESCO City of Design board.
Content
Introduction.- Berlin.- Berlin - the City of Creative People.- DMY International Design Festival Berlin - Design is about Change.- Saint-Etienne.- Saint-Etienne - the City of Militant Design Activists.- From Weapons Manufacturing to Cité du Design.- Buenos Aires.- Buenos Aires - the First City of Design.- Palermo - the Power of Entrepreneurial Ecosystems.- Montreal.- Montreal - Developing the City through Design.- The Design Montreal Open House.- Nagoya.- Nagoya - the City of the Design City Declaration.- The City of Monozukuri: the Art of Making Things.- Kobe.- Kobe - Aiming to be a Design City.- The Design Creative Center Kobe.- Seoul.- Seoul - The Mecca of World Design.- Design Seoul - Design Caring for Citizens.- Shanghai.- Shanghai - the City of Transrapid Progress.- Shanghai - Creative City Parks.- Beijing.- Beijing - a City of Design with World Heritage Sites.- 798 Gongchang.- Shenzhen.- Shenzhen - from 30,000 to 12 Million in 30 Years.- Visiting Two Cultural Industrial Clusters.- Graz.- Graz - on the Way to being a Creative City.- The Graz T - a Tactile Ground Guidance System for Visually Impaired People.- References.- Bibliography.- Credits.