Design management websites

ADG-FAD (Spanish Graphic Designers and Art Directors Association)

Advanced Mfg. Institute
The Advanced Manufacturing Institute provides an array of resources to advance technologies, people and companies through collaborative engineering and business partnerships.

Aiga, The Professional Association For Design
AIGA, the professional association for design, is committed to advancing designing as a professional craft, strategic tool and global cultural force.

Allworth Press
We publish business and self-help books for artists, designers, photographers, writers, and film and performing artists, as well as books about business, law, and personal finance for the general public.

Applied Arts Magazine
For 20 years, Applied Arts has been Canada’s premier magazine of visual communications.

Architec
A global architectural magazine.

Beroepsorganisatie Nederlandse Ontwerpers (BNO)
Represents design agencies in the Netherlands to further the interests of members, promote the design industry, oversee adherence to a professional code of conduct and advance the further professionalization of the industry.

Better by Design
A Government-funded NZTE initiative to build New Zealand's awareness of and expertise in design-led business. Developed to help companies make world-class design a bigger differentiator for their products and services in export markets.

British Council
The British Council, registered in England as a charity, is Britain's international network for education, culture and development.

Caulder Moore

Centro Português de Design

Centro de Design do Parana
Non for profit organization, created in 1999, with the mission of disseminate the design thinking in Brazil and among its companies. It also coordinates the web site www.designbrasil.org.br on behalf of the National Design Program.

Centro de Design do Paraná

Corporate Design Foundation
Corporate Design Foundation is a non-profit educational institution that believes both individual and organizational interests can be served through the effective use of design disciplines.

Creative Business
The business resource for creative firm principals and freelancers. Dedicated to helping you be more successful.

DMC Villa Tosca
The VillaTosca Design Management Centre was officially inaugurated in Milan on April 20, 1993.

Danish Designers
Founded in 1995 as The Association of Danish Designers as one strong organization with the mandate to speak on behalf of a united design profession in Denmark.

Design & Technology Council, PRIDCO

Design Business Association (DBA)
The Design Business Association exists to promote professional excellence through productive partnerships between commerce and the design industry to champion effective design which improves the quality of people's lives.

Design Council
Design Council is the national strategic body for design.We promote the use of design in the UK and demonstrate that design can play a vital role in strengthening British economy and improving our society.

Design Directorate (Northern Ireland)
The Design Directorate has been set-up within the Industrial Research and Technology Unit, (IRTU), an agency within the Department of Economic Development, to develop and enhance the design capability of Northern Ireland Industry.

Design Exchange
The Design Exchange, or DX, is a non-profit, educational organization committed to promoting an understanding of design by business and the general public.

Design Flanders
Design Flanders promotes modern design to people and companies. It promotes contemporary design, it publishes Kwintessens, it issues the Henry van de Velde Awards, it promotes design in companies and provides advice.

Design Institute South Africa
South Africa's national organization committed to the promotion of design excellence and the benefits of good design.

Design Institute of Australia
Founded in 1958, the Design Institute of Australia is the only multi-disciplinary organisation of designers within Australia. Through its international affiliations, the Institute links its members with designers in over 40 countries.

Design Terminal Kht.
Non-profit organisation, commissioned to promote national design culture and to facilitate the commercial utilization of design.

Design and Applied Arts Index (DAAI)
The CD-ROM contains over 100,000 annotated references to articles from over 350 design and design-related journals, including an index to Design Management Journal since the first issue.

DesignScout.com
DesignScout.com is an independent, neutral service provided free of charge to companies seeking information about design agencies anywhere in the world, which meet their specific criteria.

Drexel University / Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
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European Academy of Design
Formed to promote the publication and dissemination of research in design through the establishment of conferences hosted by different educational institutions in Europe and publication of proceedings, newsletters and a journal.

Fundacion BCD
BCD is a private non-profit foundation, which was set up in 1973. Our mission is to promote design as a key factor for company innovation and competitiveness, as well as a discipline improving our life standards.

Hong Kong Design Centre
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Hong Kong Designers Association
First of its kind in Hong Kong, a design body that advocates public interest in design, and higher professional status for practicing designers and for full-time, part-time teachers and administrators on the academic side of design.

Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
The Society's mission is to promote the discovery and exchange of knowledge concerning the characteristics of human beings that are applicable to the design of systems and devices of all kinds.

Icograda
The International Council on Graphic Design Associations

Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA)
IDSA holds the prestigious annual Industrial Design Excellence Awards (IDEA), publishes 2 print magazines and one online newsletter and holds district & national conferences & trade shows.

International Design Center NAGOYA Inc.
The IdcN conducts a wide variety of activities ranging from communication exchanges, to research and development seminars, to designer and design business venture training workshops, to planning and production sessions.

International Interior Design Association (IIDA)
A professional networking and educational association committed to enhancing the quality of life through excellence in interior design and advancing interior design through knowledge.

Korea Institute of Industrial Design Promotion (KIDP)
Korea Institute of Design Promotion

Moscow Union of Designers
Welcome to the Web Site of the Moscow Union of Designers which has more than 1200 members representing all types of Design.

NYC Design-Production Link
Design-Production Link is a program of the Industrial Technology Assistance Corporation (ITAC), a member of the New York State Manufacturing Extension Partnership.

Netherlands Design Institute
A 'think-and-do tank' which identifies new ways by which design may contribute to the economic and cultural vitality of the community; it develops scenarios about the future, and undertakes research projects to test them.

Norwegian Design Council
Our purpose is to promote the use of design as a strategic tool for innovation to achieve greater competitiveness and profitability in Norwegian business and industry.

OAMI

Pearson Learning Group
Pearson Learning Group publishes supplemental educational materials in a wide range of ability levels for grades pre-K-12.

Planetpoint
Planetpoint is the on-line resource of creative talent for advertising, marketing, corporate communications, film, television, and the arts.

Premsela, Dutch Design Foundation
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RATP (Paris Transportation Company)
For the RATP, the main transport operator in the Paris region, design must satisfy the daily customer experience while meeting economic and industrial logics. Its design management team coordinates all the outsourced creative missions

Seoul Design Center
The Seoul Design Center is a design promotion agency of the Metropolitan City of Seoul established to acquire organic support system for design related infrastructures and to develop sustainable design promotion system.

Seoul Metropolitan Government

Sociedad Estatal para el Desarrollo del Diseño y la Innovación
ddi is the Spanish State Agency for the promotion of design and innovation. Linked to the Ministry of Industry, its mission is to inform and implement a design policy leading to the improvement of competitiveness in Spanish businesses.

Society for Environmental Graphic Design (SEGD)
SEGD is an interdisciplinary design association, founded in 1973 to promote the professional development and understanding of environmental graphic design.

Structural Insulated Panel Association
A nonprofit trade association representing the fastest growing engineered wood product in North America. Their web page is geared toward the Design/Construction Professional in need of information or contacts from the industry itself.

Swedish Industrial Design Foundation
The Swedish Industrial Design Foundation (SVID) is commissioned by the Ministry of Industry and Trade to help develop and deepen an understanding of industrial design in Swedish industry.

Tekes
Tekes funds innovative research and development projects in companies, universities and research institutes. Tekes is a gateway to the best technology partners in Finland.

The American Institute of Architects
The American Institute of Architects, founded in 1857, is the voice of the profession and the key resource for architects in service to their clients and communities.

The Art of Self Promotion
The Web site for the quarterly newsletter published by Ilise Benun, Director of the Creative Marketing & Management consulting firm.

The Danish Design Centre
The Danish Design Centre strives to increase the use of design for innovation in Danish businesses, branding Danish design internationally and increasing public interest in design.

The Directory of Design Consultants
The Directory of Design Consultants was formed in 1995 with the aim of providing a comprehensive Directory of Design Consultants.

The Finnish Association of Designers Ornamo

World Studio Foundation
World Studio Foundation is a nonprofit organization formed for the purpose of providing opportunities for creative professionals to deepen their involvement in broader social concerns.

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