| 12/17/2008: departure – The Austrian way of promoting creative industries | |
| In 2003 departure was established as Austria’s first independent business development and service center for companies of the creative industries. Today it is considered a successful example for innov...... Read Announcement... |
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| 8/22/2008: Successful fashion week in Stockholm | |
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Despite Sweden being on the edge of a possible recession, the just finished Stockholm Fashion Week has been a success. All shows have been sold-out, probably due to a new concept, where fashion, music...... Read Announcement... |
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| 6/30/2008: Design Special: ARIST Paris and German design | |
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Creation, fashion and design industries play a strategic role for the economy of the Ile-de-France Region (urban agglomeration around Paris): they generate turnover and value added, create employment ...... Read Announcement... |
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| 6/27/2008: Design Special: of design and books | |
| There are conferences, exhibitions, biennials etc. dealing with design. And there are books. Today I would like to introduce two publications: the first one precise and intellectual, the second one of...... Read Announcement... |
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| 6/27/2008: Design Special: Fashion to become the first Danish 'experience-zone' | |
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The experience economy, as mentioned here on January 21st 2008, has been slated by the Danish government to become a main ecomomic driver. A program, set to develop four socalled 'experience-zones' is...... Read Announcement... |
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| 6/16/2008: Design Special: Design Indaba South Africa | |
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Design Indaba is an association of designers in South Africa that was founded in 1995, shortly after Independence. The name derives from the Zulu word for a meeting of elders to discuss and sort out p...... Read Announcement... |
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| 6/6/2008: Design Special: Fashion summit for the Nordic region in Riga | |
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For the first time ever, the fashion councils of the five Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden) are co-operating in a project to show the strengths of the Nordic fashion scen...... Read Announcement... |
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| 6/2/2008: Design Special: a new design and fashion space for the French capital | |
| Docks en Seine is the name of the new space for fashion, design, arts and creativity, which is currently being finalized on the Seine bank in Paris and is set to open in autumn 2008. The centre is loc...... Read Announcement... |
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| 5/26/2008: Austria: festival key dates for spring/summer 2008 | |
| Every year Austria hosts 70 festivals with all in all 2.000 events attracting an average of 1.6 million visitors. Most of the festivals take place during summer; top events are the Festivals of Salzbu...... Read Announcement... |
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| 5/26/2008: 8 festival for fashion & photography in Vienna | |
| This year’s festival for fashion & photography, Vienna’s international fashion hub, initiated and organized by Unit F büro für mode, will take place from 28 May to 6 June 2008. For the past eight year...... Read Announcement... |
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| 5/26/2008: Austria – creating and promoting fashion | |
| The fashion and textile design sector represents approximately 3% of the total Austrian design enterprises and therewith constitutes the smallest design sector. Half of the fashion design enterprises ...... Read Announcement... |
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| 2/11/2008: Dutch design online | |
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Launched in autumn 2007, www.design.nl is the first international online guide for people interested in the Netherlands’ world of design. The site features product news, interviews with designers, an ...... Read Announcement... |
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| 2/1/2008: Swedish fashion export - a growing success | |
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Swedish fashion, eh? H&M, yes, but is there more than that? Oh yes, and the Swedish clothing export are growing rapidly. Tiger of Sweden, Acne, Whyred, Carin Rodebjer, Odd Molly and Filippa K are all ...... Read Announcement... |
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| 1/21/2008: New Danish focus on culture- and experience-economy. | |
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The Danish government has launched a new initiative to boost the national culture- and experience-economy. 90 mil. Danish Kroner – app. € 12 mil. – have been allocated for the purpose of strengthening...... Read Announcement... |
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| 9/12/2007: Conference on cultural and creative industries in Europe - Recapitatulation of the panel results | |
| European conference during the German EC-presidency
“Cultural and creative industries in Europe – coherent policy in a globalised world”
400 participants from 27 EU member states gathered in Berli...... Read Announcement... |
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