ico-D Releases Open Forum Report
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10.04.2015 News
Following a successful meeting in Johannesburg, ico-D releases the official Open Forum Report
The event was attended by 40 ico-D Member delegates from the professional, educational, and promotional design sectors both local to South Africa and from abroad, as well as non-member design professionals and educators. Together, the forum identified the following core SA design issues:
- A need to harness youth-centered design and improve design education
- Improved government engagement and national design policies
- More international design engagement and access
- Solidarity in leadership through design
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ico-D also follows up the SA Open Forum with five more conversations in video, report and interviews.
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