In the lead up to 29 June, WDO encouraged designers from around the world to celebrate World Industrial Design Day by embracing the power of emotion in design. Daily polls were shared across the organization’s social media platforms to explore the community’s feelings across a range of topics.
Objects of emotion
Country: Australia
Hosted by IDX SYD, in collaboration with Good Design Australia, Objects of Emotions members of Sydney’s design community came together to celebrate WIDD through an exhibition curating objects that made them emotional.
QUT World Industrial Design Day 2024 Panel Discussion
Country: Australia
Alongside industry experts, Queensland University of Technology hosted a panel discussion exploring this year’s World Industrial Design Day theme. Topics included: designing for emotional experiences, thinking about emotional intelligence as a key aspect of a designers attribute and how to better understand user emotions through research.
Let’s Get Emotional
Country: Canada
The Association of Chartered Industrial Designers of Ontario (ACIDO) celebrated World Industrial Design Day at an event in Toronto that gathered local designers and creatives for an evening of networking, discussion and stories under the banner of let’s get emotional.
La Journée Mondiale du Design Industriel 2024
Country: Canada
Members of Quebec’s design community gathered in Montreal to recognize World Industrial Design Day with an event hosted by WDO, in partnership with WDO Corporate Member Bombardier Recreational Products Inc. and Association des Designers Industriels du Québec (ADIQ).
DesignMeets Podcast
Country: Canada
In a nod to World Industrial Design Day, the new podcast from Toronto-based DesignMeets dedicated their first episode to discussing the changing definition of industrial design, especially as it moves to include a broader range of design disciplines.
Let’s Get Emotional
Country: Chile
Duoc UC marked World Industrial Design Day 2024 on 28 June with a day-long workshop event that featured conversations from leading industrial designers in the region.
Better Design Award
Country: China
Shenzhen Industrial Design Profession Association celebrated World Industrial Design with a launch event for their Better Design Award. Speakers explored how the link between emotion and design innovation and new technologies.
Industrial Design for the Future
Country: China
To celebrate the World Industrial Design Day, Tsinghua University welcomed Professor Jiang Hongbin from the Department of Industrial Design on 21 June to give a themed lecture on the topic of Industrial Design for the Future.
World Industrial Design Day 2024
Country: France
To mark 29 June, Dassault Systèmes VP of Design Innovation and former WDO Board Member Anne Asensio shared a video highlighting the importance of empathy-driven design for the future.
World Industrial Design Day with Werkbund
Country: Germany
On 26 June, Deutscher Werkbund Hessen and Denzinger Gestaltung, in collaboration with World Design Capital Frankfurt RheinMain 2026 organized Shifting Paradigms? Design in Motion at Frankfurt’s Museum Angewandte Kunst. The event featured presentations exploring the relevance, values and roles of design in the world today.
Exploring the Future at Invent India
Country: India
Association of Designers of India marked World Industrial Design Day with a guided tour to Invent India’s facilities. A group of 25 participants were able to delve into the company’s intricate creative process and enjoy a series of design-led presentations.
Humanizing Data through Emotional Design
Country: India
To celebrate World Industrial Design Day, the design team at CivicDataLab conducted a fun and immersive exercise for their team called Humanizing Data through Emotional Design.
Carnival by Desmania
Country: India
Featuring a keynote from WDO President-Elect Pradyumna Vyas, this event hosted hosted by Desmania celebrated World Industrial Design Day with a series of conversations exploring this year’s theme.
Spread Design
Country: India
Spread Design celebrated this year’s theme of let’s get emotional through a social series showcasing designers and their emotional objects – from umbrellas to cameras and pens.
Let’s Get Emotional Webinar
Country: India
CMRU School of Design hosted an online discussion exploring how design influences emotions in sports. Featured speakers included design leaders from across India.
Let’s Get Emotional
Country: India
Karnavati University’s Industrial Design Department, alongside Unitedworld Institute of Design celebrated 29 June with inspiring talks exploring let’s get emotional from various disciplines. Esteemed guests included Amit Gulati, Executive Director of Incubis.
Reiteration is Reinterpretation
Country: Indonesia
Interdisciplinary creative studio Place in Place hosted a webinar exploring how designers’ familiarity with the emotion of empowerment are necessary to expand clarity and reach a new common universal understanding. Diverse creatives joined the event to showcase their perspectives and work.
Product Design Focus Workshop
Country: Indonesia
Product Design Focus hosted Exploring Emotional Design in Indonesia, a workshop whose aim was to foster a deeper understanding around the themes of emotional design and its relevance in everyday life for designers in Indonesia.
Giving a voice to emotions
Country: International (Online)
A collaborative event hosted by 3 WDO Member schools, Besign – The Sustainable Design School, Middle East Technical University and JECRC University, this online event brought together students and faculty from each institution to celebrate the power and impact of emotion on the design journey.
Olat x Young Designers Circle
Country: International (Online)
To mark World Industrial Design Day, Olat Design Consultancy founder Seun Olatunji provided a 60-minute webinar exclusively for participants of WDO’s Young Designers Circle, highlighting practical examples of how designers can use emotions to enhance their design thinking process.
Student Workshop
Country: International (online)
Organized by WDO Members International Balkan University, Chitkara University and Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool, this online student workshop featured a keynote from designer Alex Muspratt-Williams, followed by a discussion about the correlation between design and emotions.
WIDD Iran 2024
Country: Iran
Tehran University Industrial Design Scientific Association and University of Art Industrial Design Scientific Association hosted an event dedicated to World Industrial Design Day that featured lectures, short talks and exhibitions focused on the topic of emotional design.
Capelli Design celebrates WIDD
Country: Italy
Capelli Identity Design celebrated 29 June by sharing a video exploring and collecting the emotions that guided their work.
IBU Panel Discussion
Country: Macedonia (hybrid)
International Balkan University organized a hybrid event that featured remarks from IBU Rector Prof. Dr. Lutfi Sunar and WDO Managing Director Bertrand Derome, before a panel discussion about the correlation between design and emotions was held.
Designing with Heart – Upcyling Workshop
Country: Malaysia
Asia Pacific University’s World Industrial Design Day event took place from 26-27 June. Hara Makers were invited as guests for an upcycling workshop and booth exhibition raising awareness about the importance of sustainable design practices.
World Industrial Design Week 2024: Halikha Na
Country: Malaysia
A weeklong event hosted by Benildean Industrial Designers (BIND) from 1-5 July 2024, Halikha Na featured talks, workshops, and performances celebrating the power of industrial design.
Emotive Design: Connecting Hearts and Minds
Country: Malaysia
Universiti Teknologi Mara hosted Emotive Design: Connecting Hearts and Minds, an in-person event dedicated to exploring and celebrating the profound impact of design on human emotion, sensibility, engagement and empathy.
COLDI.MX celebrates World Industrial Design Day
Country: Mexico
To mark this year’s World Industrial Design Day, COLDI.MX shared a series of video from three Mexican designers to highlight diverse perspectives on emotional design. Contributions included Manuel Alonso, Chief of Design at Helvex, Lilian González González, Industrial Design Coordinator at Universidad Anáhuac Mexico Norte and industrial designer Daphne Hidalgo.
1st Future Design Forum
Country: South Korea
Korea Institute of Design Promotion (KIDP) celebrated World Industrial Design Day this year with the launch of their inaugural Future Design Forum exploring the future of the design industry at large.
Let’s Get Emotional
Country: Taiwan (Chinese Taipei)
Chinese Industrial Design Association (CIDA) joined this year’s WIDD celebration with the association’s annual meeting, the NTUST Design Week and CIDA Junior, and the AI lecture and new exhibition which gathered industrial designers to explore let’s get emotional.
Design makes me feel…
Country: Taiwan (Chinese Taipei)
As part of their June exhibition Connecting Choices: Taiwanese Designers meet Italian Design, Taiwan Design Research Institute (TDRI) connected with local designers to share their insights on how emotions impact their work and more largely, how design makes them feel.
Let’s Get Emotional
Country: Türkiye
Industrial Designers Society of Turkey celebrated World Industrial Design Day with an event featuring student presentations within the framework of this year’s theme: let’s get emotional.
Design is Everything
Country: United States/Mexico
World Design Capital San Diego Tijuana 2024 marked World Industrial Design Day with a video featuring insights from leading designers from the region discussing the power of design to shape our world for the better.
Good Design Award Philippines
Country: The Philippines
Design Center of the Philippines marked World Industrial Design Day with the announcement of the winners of the 2024 Good Design Award Philippines. Highlighting compassion as the foundation for impactful design, the campaign theme It Starts with Malasakit resonated deeply with this year’s WIDD theme.
