International Council of Graphic Design Associations (Icograda) was founded in London in 1963. Icograda is the world body for professional communication design and visual communication. Icograda network members include professional organisations, design promotion bodies, design media and design education institutions. Design media are affiliated through the International Design Media Network. Individuals are affiliated through the Icograda Friends Network.

The Icograda Education Network (IEN) brings together the worldwide community of design educational institutions. The IEN was inaugurated at a meeting in Brno, Czech Republic, in June 2002 attended by 73 delegates from 28 countries.

International affiliations

Icograda coordinates international best practices for communication design. It maintains affiliations with other international organisations such as ECOSOC, UNESCO

UNESCO

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations...

, UNIDO

United Nations Industrial Development Organization

The United Nations Industrial Development Organization , French/Spanish acronym ONUDI, is a specialized agency in the United Nations system, headquartered in Vienna, Austria...

, ISO and IFFRO and WIPO. Partner of International Design Alliance (IDA).

Events

Icograda and its members organise Design Weeks around the globe. Icograda's biennial General Assembly is hosted in conjunction with the IDA Congress, an initiative of the International Design Alliance (IDA). The inaugural IDA Congress is being organised by the Taiwan Design Centre (TDC) in Taipei, Taiwan (Chinese Taipei).

Executive Board 2011-2013

Icograda's Executive Board consists of individuals who are duly nominated and elected by Icograda Member organisations at the biennial Icograda General Assembly. Members of the Executive Board serve in a volunteer position and donate their time and expertise to further Icograda's mandate. Board meetings are typically held four times a year in different locations around the world, usually in conjunction with regional meetings, seminars or other scheduled design events.

Leimei Julia Chiu, President - (Tokyo, Japan)

Russell Kennedy, Past President - (Melbourne, Australia)

Omar Vulpinari, President Elect - (Treviso, Italy)

Iva Babaja, Secretary General - (Zagreb, Croatia)

Gitte Just, Treasurer - (Denmark, Copenhagen)

Vesna Brekalo, Vice President - (Ljubljana, Slovenia)

Gaby de Abreu, Vice President - (Johannesburg, South Africa)

Yesim Demir, Vice President - (Istanbul, Turkey)

Sophia Shih, Vice President - (Taipei, Taiwan - Chinese Taipei)

Lawrence Zeegen, Vice President - (London, United Kingdom)

Secretariat

Since March 2005, the Secretariat for Icograda has been headquartered in Montreal

Montreal

Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...

's International Quartier district (Quebec

Quebec

Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

).

Brenda Sanderson, Managing Director (Montreal, Canada)

Fareed Ramezani, Project Manager, Event Production (Montreal, Canada)

Diala Lada, Project Manager (Montreal, Canada)

Gabriel Gosselin, Communications Manager (Montreal, Canada)

Sergio Figueredo, Membership Coordinator (Montreal, Canada)

Rose Wu, Administrative Assistant (Montreal, Canada)

Rita Gomes, Design Intern (Montreal, Canada)

Facts: (Source: Icograda)

External links

• Icograda website
• IFRRO website