| Belgium |
 Union des Designers en Belgique
 www.udb.org
| UDB is the official national association of Belgium that groups interior designers, graphic designers and product developers together and ensures a permanent link between consumers, corporate life, government institutions and its members. |
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| Bosnia |
Association of Applied Artists and Designers of Bosnia and Herzegovina
www.ulupubih.com.ba (in Bosnian) |
| Brazil |
Associacao dos Designers Graficos
www.adg.org.br (in Portuguese) |
| Canada |
Association of Canadian Industrial Designers
www.designcanada.org
| ACID represents the interests of its corporate and professional members to government and other international associations and promotes the use and value of industrial design to industry and the public. |
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Society of Graphic Designers of Canada
www.gdc.net
| GDC, a member of the Icograda, is Canada's national graphic design association providing members with the opportunity for
international recognition, professional development and a global perspective on graphic design. |
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Societe de Designers Graphiques du Quebec Inc.
www.sdgq.ca (in French) |
| Chile |
Chilean Design Association
www.qvid.cl (in Spanish) |
Colegio Disenadores Profesionales de Chile
www.colegiodisenadores.cl (in Spanish) |
| China |
China Industrial Design Association
www.chinadesign.cn (in Chinese) |
Industrial Design Institution of Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society
| CIDS is national industrial design academic organization that promotes the development of industrial design and the growth of technological innovation talents. |
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Capital Corporation Image Institution
www.ccii.com.cn (in Chinese) |
Shanghai Industrial Design Association
www.sida.org.cn
| SIDA takes the Shanghai Industry System as the main body in product industry design to voluntarily compose a multi-industry, professional and non-profitable social organization. |
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Tianjin Industrial Design Association
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Qingdao Industrial Design Association
www.qida.org (in Chinese) |
Shanghai Packing Technology Association
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Macau Designers Association
www.adm.org.mo (in Chinese) |
| Croatia |
Croatian Designer's Society |
Croatian Association of Applied Arts Artists /Hrvatska udruga likovnih
umjetnika primijenjenih umjetnosti
www.ulupuh.hr/hr/onama.asp
| ULUPUH is comprised of seventeen different art sections, organizes various exhibitions and collaborates internationally in the areas of arts and culture. |
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| Cuba |
Comite Prografica Cubana
www.prografica.cult.cu
| A nonprofit organization that works to promote the cultural values of Graphic Design, the Comite Prografica Cubana is sponsored by the National Plastic Arts Council of the Ministry of Culture of Cuba. |
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| Czech Republic |
Asociace Uzite Grafiky a Grafickeho Designu Praha
www.augdesign.cz (in Czech) |
Brno Biennale Association
www.sbb-bienalebrno.cz
| This association is a professional organization of visual communication design that propagates graphic design as a modern artistic medium of contemporary visual communication. |
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Typo Design Club
www.typodesignclub.cz
| TDC was created as an independent and selective association of professional graphic designers specializing in typeface design and typography. |
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| Denmark |
Danske Designere - Danish Designers
www.danishdesigners.dk
| Danske Designere is a multidisciplinary professional organization that promotes design as a cultural bearer by playing an active role in cultural politics and current cultural debate. |
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| Finland |
Finnish Association of Designers (ORNAMO)
www.ornamo.fi
| Ornamo is an association of professionals in areas such as industrial design, fashion, textile and furniture design, and interior architecture to aim at developing the aesthetic, ethical and functional qualities of our immediate surroundings. |
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Grafia ry Finnish Association of Graphic Design
www.grafia.fi
| Grafia is a national association of graphic designers that reinforces the status of Finnish graphic design in industrial and cultural sectors and promotes the professional and cultural know-how of professionals in visual communication. |
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| Germany |
Bund Deutscher Grafik Designer
www.bdg-designer.de (in German) |
Internationales Design Zentrum Berlin e. V
www.idz.de
| IDZ is a service centre, a consulting office and an intermediary for design that provides companies and individuals a professional network and forum for idea exchange. |
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Verband Deutscher Industrie-Designe
www.germandesign.de (in German) |
| Greece |
Greek Graphic Design Association
www.gda.gr (in Greek) |
| Hong Kong |
Industrial Designers Society of Hong Kong
www.idshk.org
| IDSHK aims to promote higher levels of professionalism and boost the status of Hong Kong's industrial designs by organizing I.D. seminars, knowledge-sharing forums, mentor workshops and trips to the international I.D. Expo & Forum of China. |
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| Hungary |
Association of Hungarian Fine Artists |
| Iceland |
Association of Icelandic Graphic Designers (FIT)
www.loremipsum.is (in Icelandic) |
| Iran |
Iran Graphic Designers Society
www.graphiciran.com |
| Ireland |
Institute of Designers in Ireland
www.idi-design.com
| IDI is a professional organization representing the interests of Irish designers. It promotes high standards of design to foster professionalism and to emphasize designers' responsibility to society, to the client and to each other. |
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| Israel |
Graphic Designers Association of Israel
www.gdai.org.il
| GDAI was founded by the graphic designer community to represent the professional interests of the Association's members and to advance the visual communications field in Israel. |
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| Italy |
Associazione Italiana Progettazione per la Communicazione Visiva
www.aiap.it (in Italian) |
| Japan |
Japan Industrial Designers' Association
www.jida.or.jp
| JIDA is the sole national organization of industrial designers in Japan. |
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Japan Graphic Designers Association Inc.
www.jagda.org
| JAGDA is an organization of professional graphic designers that aims to promote the enhancement of graphic design and to contribute to the betterment of cultural life through graphic design. |
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Kansai Design Office Union
www.kdou.or.jp (in Japanese)
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| Korea |
Korea Federation of Design Associations (Established in 1995)
www.kfda.or.kr
| KFDA is an organization that promotes designers to share information and strategy, and further more, to contribute to the development of the design industry in Korea. |
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Communication Design Association of Korea (Established in 1999)
www.cdak.or.kr
| CDAK was established to make the best of studies and research to help designers bring Communication Design up to date and globalize. |
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Korea Society of Public Design(Established in 2005)
www.publicdesign.or.kr
| This society focuses on design meaning, cultural value, and on studying public restoration, and improvement in lifestyles. |
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Korea Jewelry Design Association (Established in 1992)
www.koreajewelrydesign.com
| This association was established to promote international relationships and support the jewelry industry through creative design activities and product development. |
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Korea Designer's Council (Established in 1972)
| KDC is organized by visual, craft, industrial, and environmental design associations to promote a community where members can share and contribute their research and studies. |
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Korea Design Firms Association(Established in 1994)
www.kodfa.org
| KODFA aims to advance the nation's industry and economy through creative studies and quality elevation of the design industry. |
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Korea Digital Design Council(Established in 1995)
www.digitaldesign.or.kr
| The Council was organized to promote the popularization of digital design and usage. |
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Digitalmedia Professional Association of Korea (Established in 1999)
www.multimedia.or.kr
| DPAK spreads and develops the digital media industry to improve technical knowledge and share studies among members. |
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Korea Brand Management Association
www.brands.or.kr
| KBMA serves to create and manage brand value, raise brand manpower and conduct research on brand studies by creating a shared community among members. |
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Korea Association of Industrial Designers (Established in 1972)
www.kaid.or.kr
| KAID contributes to the nation's industrial development and cultural elevation through collaboration of information and creative research on Industrial Design in conjunction with professional members. |
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Visual Information Design Association of Korea (Established in 1994)
www.vidak.or.kr
| VIDAK promotes visual designers to cooperate and contribute information to add value to life and culture, and further more, to the nation's industrial competitive power. |
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Korean Society of Interior Architects Designers (Established in 1979)
www.kosid.or.kr
| KOSID was organized with the object of contributing to the development of interior architecture by improving designers' positions and quality, enhancing mutual friendships, and promoting international exchange. |
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Korea Textile Design Association (Established in 1992)
www.ktda.or.kr
| KTDA promotes designers by providing international relationships and contributions with members with the aim of developing the nation's textile industry. |
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| Latvia |
Latvian Designer's Society
www.design.lv
| LDS is a professional creative organization, which unites specialists of various designing areas in order to promote growth and enhancement of creative capabilities on the basis of common interests. |
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| Lebanon |
Syndicate of the Professional Graphic Designers and Illustrators of Lebanon.
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| Lithuania |
Lithuanian Graphic Design Association
www.lgda.lt
| LGDA is an independent organization formed through the cooperation of professional visual design creators that supports designers’ creative activities and coordinates organizations participating in design process. |
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| Malaysia |
Graphic Design Association of Malaysia
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| Mexico |
Mexican Association of Graphic Design Schools
www.encuadre.org (in Espanol) |
| Norway |
Norwegian Industrial Designers(Norske Industridesignere)
www.nid.no
| NID is an association for professional industrial designers in Norway working in product design, public and transportation design, graphic and packaging design, communication and new media design, and furniture and textile design. |
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Grafill (Norsk Organization for Visual Communication)
www.grafill.no (in Norwegian) |
| Netherlands |
Dutch Design Foundation Premsela
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| Poland |
Stowarzyszenie Projektantow Form Przemyslowych
www.spfp.diz.pl
| SPFP was established to promote knowledge about industrial design and concern for a high professional and ethical standard of industrial design. |
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| Russia |
International Association Society of Designers
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| Singapore |
Designers Association of Singapore
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| Slovania |
Designer's Society of Slovenia
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| Spain |
Art Directors & Graphic Designers Association
www.adg-fad.org
| ADG is a national association of visual communication professionals bringing together graphic designers and art directors to promote and represent national design on an international level. |
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Associacion de Disseny Industrial del Foment de les Arts Decoratives
www.adifad.org
| ADIFAD is a non-profit institution which promotes and develops industrial design on a social, institutional and corporate level. |
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Asociacion Espanola de Profesionales del Diseno
www.aepd.es (in Espanol) |
| Sweden |
The Association of Swedish Illustrators
(FST - Sweden Foreningen Svenska Tecknare)
| FST organizes Sweden’s professional illustrators and graphical designers to further the professional interests of its members within a legal, financial, and idealistic framework. |
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The Society of Swedish Industrial Designers
www.spfp.diz.pl |
| Switzerland |
Swiss Design Association
www.swiss-design-association.ch (in German) |
Swiss Graphic Designers
www.sgd.ch (in German) |
| Taiwan |
China Industrial Design Association
www.cida.org.tw (in Chinese)
| CIDA is the only state organization involved in China’s industrial design. |
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| Graphic Design Association of Taiwan
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| Kaohsiung Creators Association, Taiwan
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| Taiwan Graphic Design Association
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| Taiwan Poster Design Association
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| Thailand |
Industrial Designers Society of Thailand
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| Turkey |
Turkish Society of Graphic Designers
www.gmk.org.tr (in Turkish) |
| Ukrainia |
Ukrainian Association of Graphic Designers
| '4th Block' was established on the initiative of the Honorary Artist of Ukraine Oleg Veklenko as a public institution uniting Ukrainian graphic designers who care about social problems, environmental conditions and ecology and are interested in the development of Ukrainian graphic design. |
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| USA |
American Institute of Graphic Arts
www.aiga.org
| AIGA, a professional association for design, promotes the exchange of ideas and information, participates in critical analysis and research, and advances education and ethical practices. |
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Graphic Artists Guild Inc.
www.gag.org
| GAG is a national union of illustrators, designers, web creators, production artists, and surface designers who share their experiences, raise industry standards, and improve the ability of visual creators to achieve satisfying and rewarding careers. |
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University & College Designers Association
| UCDA exists to promote excellence in visual communications for educational institutions. |
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| Yugoslavia |
Association of Aplied Arts Artists and Designers of Vojvodina
www.upidiv.org.yu (in Yugoslavian) |
| Zimbabwe |
Graphics Association of Zimbabwe
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| International |
International Council of Societies of Industrial Design
www.icsid.org
| ICSID is an organization that contributes to the development of the profession of industrial design. |
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International Council of Graphic Design Associations
www.icograda.org
| Icograda is an organization of professional graphic design and visual communication. It is a voluntary assembly of associations concerned with graphic design, visual communication, design management, design promotion and design education. |
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International Federation of Interior Architects/Designers)
www.ifiworld.org
| IFI, representing interior designers around the world, contributes to the interior/architecture design professional society through exchanging and developing knowledge and experience in education, practice and fellowship. |
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