UNESCO's Design Cities project is part of the wider Creative Cities Network. The Network launched in 2004, and has member cities in seven creative fields. The other fields are: Crafts and Folk Art, Music, Film, Gastronomy, Literature, and Media Arts.
Criteria for UNESCO Design Cities To be approved as a Design City, cities need to meet a number of criteria set by UNESCO.
Designated UNESCO Design Cities share similar characteristics such as having an established design industry; cultural landscape maintained by design and the built environment (architecture, urban planning, public spaces, monuments, transportation); design schools and design research centers; practicing groups of designers with a continuous activity at a local and national level; experience in hosting fairs, events and exhibits dedicated to design; opportunity for local designers and urban planners to take advantage of local materials and urban/natural conditions; design-driven creative industries such as architecture and interiors, fashion and textiles, jewelry and accessories, interaction design, urban design, sustainable design.
There are 44 Cities of Design: City Country Year of Inscription Asahikawa 2019Ashgabat2023 Baku 2019 Bandung 2015 Bangkok 2019 Beijing 2012 Berlin 2006 Bilbao 2014 Brasília 2017 Budapest 2015 Buenos Aires 2005 Cape Town 2017 Cebu City 2019Cetinje2023Chiang Rai2023Chongqing2023 Curitiba 2014Daugavpils2025 Detroit 2015 Dubai 2018 Dundee 2014 Fortaleza 2019 Geelong 2017Granada2023 Graz 2011 Hanoi 2019 Helsinki 2014 Istanbul 2017 Kaunas 2015 Kobe 2008 Kolding 2017 Kortrijk 2017Kuala Lumpur2025La Spezia2025 Medellín 2018 Mexico City 2017 Montreal 2006 Muharraq 2019 Nagoya 2008 Puebla 2015 Querétaro 2019Riyadh2025 Saint-Etienne 2010 San José 2019 Seoul 2010 Shanghai 2010 Shenzhen 2008 Singapore 2015 Turin 2014Valencia2023 Whanganui 2022 Wuhan 2017
See also
City of Crafts and Folk Arts City of Film City of Gastronomy City of Literature City of Music City of Media Arts
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