Japan Institute of Design Promotion
March 4, 2022

Japan Institute of Design Promotion to hostthe 33rd World Design Assembly in 2023
Theme will be “Design Beyond – Renaissance for Convivial Society”

The Japan Institute of Design Promotion (JDP), Japan’s only organization dedicated to thecomprehensive promotion of design, announced that the 33rd World Design Assembly will be held inTokyo from October 26-28, 2023. The JDP will be the primary organizer for the event, acting as
Executive Secretariat.
The World Design Assembly (WDA) is a three-day event that takes place every two years. It brings
together WDO members and related parties from around the world, including the Research andEducation Forum and International Design Conference, with speakers from various countries. In 2019,the conference was held in Hyderabad, India, and in 2021, in Shunde, China. It has not been held inJapan since Nagoya in 1989. Japan also hosted the 1973 conference in Kyoto.
“Upon careful consideration, the board of WDO directors foundthe theme presented by Tokyo Team, ‘Design Beyond –Renaissance for Convivial Society,’ extremely pertinent ascollectively,” stated WDO President Srini Srinivasan. “We looktowards the future and to new ways in which design will present
an effective method to realize post-pandemic changes. We lookforward to engaging our membership and the global designcommunity in such conversations and working together over thenext term to prepare an outstanding programme in Tokyo, where
our membership will no doubt be enthused to experience
Japanese design and hospitality.”“The Covid-19 pandemic has divided the world, and separated
people from each other. The world is now rapidly digitizing, andthis is changing our way of life. We have also realized how
important values such as emotional satisfaction and humanconnection are,” said Kazuo Tanaka, the Chairman of Executive
Committee, 33rd World Design Assembly Tokyo 2023. “Designis continuously solving diverse problems and creating newbusiness through innovation. I believe that the goal of the 33rd
World Design Assembly Tokyo 2023, Renaissance forConviviality, is to create a new society through design.”
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“Currently, we are faced with the urgent need to overcome thepandemic, while addressing global problems and achieving
sustainable development. To accomplish this, innovation andreshaping our society are required. Design has the power tobring ideas to life by incorporating different elements, talents andpassions, and is an important driver of innovation. I hope the33rd World Design Assembly Tokyo 2023 will be an opportunity
to recognize that design is an essential pillar of innovation andthat it plays an important role in solving global problems,” said
Hiroyuki Fukano, President of JDP.
Theme for the 33rd World Design Assembly Tokyo 2023:
Design Beyond – Renaissance for Conviviality
After experiencing the pandemic, we will reaffirm theimportance of design as a methodology for realizing humanlife in a human way. This is a place to rethink the design ofthe past, which has focused on innovation, solutions, andproductivity improvement, and to think about what design can
do beyond that to achieve true enrichment of the mind.
Executive Secretariat of the 33rd World Design Assembly Tokyo (Tentative)
Japan Institute of Design Promotion : https://www.jidp.or.jp/en/
Japan Industrial Design Association : https://www.jida.or.jp/
Chiba University: https://www.chiba-u.ac.jp/e/index.html
Musashino Art University: https://www.musabi.ac.jp/english/
Tama Art University: https://www.tamabi.ac.jp/
About the World Design Organization
The World Design Organization (WDO) is an international design organization dedicated to "Designfor a Better World". As a special advisory body to the Economic and Social Council of the United
Nations, WDO's mission is to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through design. It
was founded in 1957 as the International Council of Societies of Industrial Designers (icsid) topromote the importance of industrial design, and changed its name to the World Design
Organization in 2017. Currently, about 180 organizations, educational institutions, and companies
from about 40 countries and regions are members of the organization.
About the Japan Institute of Design Promotion
The Japan Institute of Design Promotion (JDP) is Japan’s only organization for comprehensive
design promotion. In addition to hosting the Good Design Award, widely known as one of the mosthighly regarded awards in Japan, it holds various events and organizes design-oriented projects incollaboration with municipalities, private corporations, educational organizations and various media.
Furthermore, by capitalizing on the project achievement in Japan, a developed country facing manydifferent challenges, JDP has been building mutually beneficial relationships all over the world.