WDO recently welcomed four new members to its growing community! Take a moment to get to know each institution and company below and learn more about how they are leveraging design in their respective sectors and countries.
5% Design Action
Taiwan
Pillar: Promotional
5% Design Action is an international design platform that encourages everyone to invest 5% of their free time to contribute their expertise and skills to social innovation projects.
Africa Design Academy
Morocco
Pillar: Corporate
Africa Design Academy is the first network of African design schools based in Morocco.
Architecture and Design Commission
Saudi Arabia
Pillar: Promotional
Established in 2020 as one of 11 commissions under Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Culture, the Commission’s key objective is to support and empower the country’s design and architecture sectors.
Burnham Center for Community Advancement
United States
Pillar: Associate
Based in San Diego, Burnham Center for Community Advancement is a think-and-do tank bringing their community together across the binational region to identify needs, find innovative solutions and bring big ideas to life.
Chang Gung University
Taiwan
Pillar: Educational
Established in 1987, Chang Gung University is a private university in Taoyuan City, Taiwan.
Chitkara University
India
Pillar: Educational
Established in 2010, Chitkara University is a private university located in Rajpura, Punjab, India. The university’s Design School empowers students to test ideas, nurture talents, sharpen their minds and envision better collective futures.
IMS Design & Innovation Academy
India
Pillar: Educational
IMS Design & Innovation Academy was established in 2005 with a vision of nurturing and training design professionals with the right calibre, expertise, attitude and creative thinking skills.
International Balkan University
North Macedonia
Pillar: Educational
Established in 2006, the International Balkan University’s Faculty of Art and Design focuses their programming on diverse and design-led community projects.
Medical Design Association
Taiwan
Pillar: Promotional
Established in 2008, the Medical Design Association (MDA) is non-profit organization based in Taiwan committed to solving social and science-based challenges in the medical field through design thinking and scientific knowledge.
The Ohio State University
United States
Pillar: Educational
The Ohio State University’s Department of Design is dedicated to purposeful, systematic, and creative activity where designers give form to products, spaces and messages.
Palette69
India
Pillar: Corporate
Palette69 is a Mmlti-dimensional design studio which works on the development of brand graphics and identity, as well as videos, products and events.
With over 180 members around the world, WDO’s diverse membership represents a global network that collaborates to support the profession of industrial design and promote its contribution to economic, social, cultural, and environmental development.
Interested in becoming a WDO member? We invite you to contact office@wdo.org for more information.
