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World Design Capital Frankfurt RheinMain 2026

Frankfurt RheinMain designated World Design Capital 2026

World Design Protopolis with city of Bengaluru in the background

WDO LAUNCHES NEW GLOBAL PROGRAMME WORLD DESIGN PROTOPOLIS IN BENGALURU, INDIA

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World Design Organization (WDO)® is a globally recognized non-governmental organization that aims to promote and advance the discipline of industrial design and its power to enhance economic, social, cultural and environmental quality of life. Founded in 1957, WDO services over 180 member organizations around the world, engaging thousands of individual designers through our innovative programming and initiatives that champion ‘design for a better world’.

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Together, with our member organizations from around the world, we have embraced the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a framework for action that has the potential to simultaneously offer positive social and environmental impact as well as financial return and brand value. We do this by engaging our community in collaborative efforts and by carrying out our international programming.

Our programmes are designed to enable collaborations among the global industrial design community, to identify challenges and opportunities and to address some of the world’s most significant economic, social and environmental challenges, from a design perspective.

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