The Independent Design Community was established in 2001 as an independent organization supported by the Academy of Design and it is a network of talented professionals and excellent organizations worldwide selected to represent the most promising resources for the design system.
The ID Community operates as :
- a talent scouting centre for talented designers and youths assessed from numerous countries;
- a place for the cultural debate among different cultures, expertises and generations around the theme of the design project;
- an educational centre for its members to acquire the most innovative knowledges generated by the research and a training competences centre;
- a consulting network for all the entreprises and the professionals that face with the design innovation project
The ID Community is also a social hub and a cultural network where the members meet other members but also experts, researchers, professors, journalists and critics that operates in the fileds of design and art, fashion and architecture but also in all the fields that are related to this one.
The ID is the voice of the most excellent design professionals and talents. It carries out its goal through consulting, information, and community.
Each year the ID Community:
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sponsors continuing education experiences
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conduct and publish researches that provides to its members
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offer consulting support to the members
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publishes online articles
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hosts the annual convention
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promotes design excellence through the award design programme
