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Kyoto Design Declaration 2008From the 28th to the 31st of March the International Design Conference Cumulus Kyoto 2008 held by Cumulus and by Kyoto Seika University will take place.
Cumulus is an international association of Universities and Colleges of Art, Design and Media.
At this occasion, the 124 members will sign together the Kyoto Design Declaration.
The signature will take place the 28th of March, in the Kyoto International Conference Centre.
The Kyoto International Conference Centre is highly symbolic place as it is precisely where in 1997 the Kyoto Protocol for the reduction of Greenhouse gas emissions was signed.
By signing the Kyoto Design Declaration, the members of Cumulus commit to sharing the global responsibility for building sustainable, human-centred and creative societies.
In doing so, Cumulus also obtained the noteworthy support of the Bureau of European Design Associations (BEDA) and of the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (ICSID).
The signature of the Kyoto Design Declaration will be the highlight of the Conference whose theme is [Cu:]"emptiness" Resetting Design - A New Beginning.
Inspired by the Eastern concept of [Cu:] meaning "emptiness" the aim of the conference is to restructure the meaning of design towards a new future.
Specialist educators and experts on current state-of-the-art design will review the role of contemporary design and present various alternative perceptions of future possibili
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