The City of Monozukuri: the Art of Making Things
With Nagoya at its center, the Chubu region is the world leader in monozukuri. As a result of technological innovation, local industries which traditionally flourished in the region developed into modern ones, eventually becoming today’s most advanced ind
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Karl Stocker
The Power of Design: A Journey through the 11 UNESCO Cities of Design
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Mike Buller, Berlin · Luciana and Franco Cortonesi, Ville di Corsano · Eriko Esaka, Nagoya · Eduardo Fuhrmann, Buenos Aires · Josyane Franc, Saint-Etienne · Mike Fuisz, Graz Seppo Gründler, Graz · Horst Hrastar, Graz · Stéphanie Jecrois, Montreal · Tristan Jeffrey, Graz · Fukumi Komori, Kobe · Martin Krammer, Zürich/Graz · Marie-Josée Lacroix, Montreal · Kevin McCoy, Kobe · Giulia Messeri, Graz · Kiyofumi Motoyama, Nagoya · Tanja Mühlhans, Berlin · Ritsuko Nagao, Kobe · Maria Nievoll, Graz · Chie Nishibata, Kobe · Michael Otter, Seoul · Huang Ping, Beijing · Karl-Peter Pfeiffer, Graz · Mónica Pujol, Buenos Aires · Günter Riegler, Graz · Catherine Rollier, Wien / Graz · Isabella Schlagintweit, Graz · Brigitte Schlick, Graz Eberhard Schrempf, Graz · Manfred Stoffl, Montreal Barbara Tscherne, Graz · Camille Vilain, Saint-Etienne Yao Zhenghua, Shenzhen
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Content
Introduction 7 • Berlin 12 • Berlin – the City of Creative People 15 • DMY International Design Festival Berlin – Design is about Change 21 Saint-Etienne 30 • Saint-Etienne – the City of Militant Design Activists 33 • From Weapons Manufacturing to Cité du Design 39 • Buenos Aires 48 • Buenos Aires – the First City of Design 51 Palermo – the Power of Entrepreneurial Ecosystems 57 • Montreal 66 • Montreal – Developing the City through Design 69 • The Design Montreal Open House 75 • Nagoya 86 • Nagoya – the City of the Design City Declaration 89 • The City of Monozukuri: the Art of Making Things 97 • Kobe 106 • Kobe – Aiming to be a Design City 109 • The Design Creative Center Kobe 115 Seoul 126 • Seoul – The Mecca of World Design 129 • Design Seoul – Design Caring for Citizens 135 • Shanghai 146 • Shanghai – the City of Transrapid Progress 149 • Shanghai – Creative City Parks 157 • Beijing 190 • Beijing – a City of Design with World Heritage Sites 171 • 798 Gongchang 177 • Shenzhen 186 • Shenzhen – from 30,000 to 12 Million in 30 Years 189 • Visiting Two Cultural Industrial Clusters 195 • Graz 208 • Graz – on the Way to being a Creative City 211 • The Graz T – a Tactile Ground Guidance System for Visually Impaired People 217 • References 226 • Bibliography 228 • Credits 234
Introduction “The Power of Design” can be seen as a compact introduction to the current eleven UNESCO Cities of Design. Each individual city is briefly portrayed with important statistical information and detailed facts relating to its development of design. The highly varied approaches of the individual cities in terms of their use of design as an engine for current and future development are then described in more detail through concrete examples. In addition there are interviews with designers, activists, organizers and critical observers, which I completed either during my travels or via email. The result is a richly illustrated book which combines so-called hard facts with personal impressions and subjective points of view. Since Buenos Aires was designated as the
