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Design Cities (UNESCO)

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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

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To be approved as a Design City, cities need to meet a number of criteria set by UNESCO.[1]

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 BERJAYA Japan 2019[2]
Ashgabat BERJAYA Turkmenistan 2023[3]
Baku BERJAYA Azerbaijan 2019[4]
Bandung BERJAYA Indonesia 2015[5]
Bangkok BERJAYA Thailand 2019[6]
Beijing BERJAYA China 2012[7]
Berlin BERJAYA Germany 2006[8]
Bilbao BERJAYA Spain 2014[9]
Brasília BERJAYA Brazil 2017[10]
Budapest BERJAYA Hungary 2015[11]
Buenos Aires BERJAYA Argentina 2005[12]
Cape Town BERJAYA South Africa 2017[13]
Cebu City BERJAYA Philippines 2019[14]
Cetinje BERJAYA Montenegro 2023[3]
Chiang Rai BERJAYA Thailand 2023[3]
Chongqing BERJAYA China 2023[3]
Curitiba BERJAYA Brazil 2014[15]
Daugavpils BERJAYA Latvia 2025[16]
Detroit BERJAYA United States 2015[17]
Dubai BERJAYA United Arab Emirates 2018[18]
Dundee BERJAYA United Kingdom 2014[19]
Fortaleza BERJAYA Brazil 2019[20]
Geelong BERJAYA Australia 2017[21]
Granada BERJAYA Nicaragua 2023[3]
Graz BERJAYA Austria 2011[22]
Hanoi BERJAYA Vietnam 2019[23]
Helsinki BERJAYA Finland 2014[24]
Istanbul BERJAYA Turkey 2017[25]
Kaunas BERJAYA Lithuania 2015[26]
Kobe BERJAYA Japan 2008[27]
Kolding BERJAYA Denmark 2017[28]
Kortrijk BERJAYA Belgium 2017[29]
Kuala Lumpur BERJAYA Malaysia 2025[16]
La Spezia BERJAYA Italy 2025[16]
Medellín BERJAYA Colombia 2018[30]
Mexico City BERJAYA Mexico 2017[31]
Montreal BERJAYA Canada 2006[32]
Muharraq BERJAYA Bahrain 2019[33]
Nagoya BERJAYA Japan 2008[34]
Puebla BERJAYA Mexico 2015[35]
Querétaro BERJAYA Mexico 2019[36]
Riyadh BERJAYA Saudi Arabia 2025[16]
Saint-Etienne BERJAYA France 2010[37]
San José BERJAYA Costa Rica 2019[38]
Seoul BERJAYA South Korea 2010[39]
Shanghai BERJAYA China 2010[40]
Shenzhen BERJAYA China 2008[41]
Singapore BERJAYA Singapore 2015[42]
Turin BERJAYA Italy 2014[43]
Valencia BERJAYA Spain 2023[3]
Whanganui BERJAYA New Zealand 2022[44][45]
Wuhan BERJAYA China 2017[46]

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ "The Creative Cities Network - A Global Platform for Local Endeavour" (PDF). UNESCO. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2013-11-02.
  2. ↑ "Asahikawa". 30 October 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "55 new cities join the UNESCO Creative Cities Network on World Cities Day". Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  4. ↑ "Baku". 30 October 2019.
  5. ↑ "Bandung". Archived from the original on 2017-04-03.
  6. ↑ "Bangkok". 30 October 2019.
  7. ↑ "Beijing".
  8. ↑ "Berlin".
  9. ↑ "Bilbao".
  10. ↑ "Brasilia". January 2018.
  11. ↑ "Budapest". 14 December 2015.
  12. ↑ "Buenos Aires".
  13. ↑ "Cape Town".
  14. ↑ "Cebu City". 30 October 2019.
  15. ↑ "Curitiba".
  16. 1 2 3 4 "On World Cities Day 2025, the UNESCO Creative Cities Network welcomes 58 new member cities". UNESCO. 30 October 2025. Archived from the original on 5 November 2025. Retrieved 5 November 2025.
  17. ↑ "Detroit".
  18. ↑ "Dubai".
  19. ↑ "Dundee".
  20. ↑ "Fortaleza". 30 October 2019.
  21. ↑ "Geelong". Archived from the original on 2019-03-01.
  22. ↑ "Graz".
  23. ↑ "Hanoi". 30 October 2019.
  24. ↑ "Helsinki".
  25. ↑ "Istanbul". Archived from the original on 2020-08-11. Retrieved 2019-11-08.
  26. ↑ "Kaunas".
  27. ↑ "Kobe".
  28. ↑ "Kolding".
  29. ↑ "Kortrijk".
  30. ↑ "Medellín, la ciudad que se transformó | Casa & Diseño".
  31. ↑ "Mexico".
  32. ↑ "Montreal".
  33. ↑ "Muharraq". 30 October 2019.
  34. ↑ "Nagoya".
  35. ↑ "Puebla". Archived from the original on 2020-08-04. Retrieved 2019-11-08.
  36. ↑ "Querétaro". 30 October 2019.
  37. ↑ "Saint-Etienne".
  38. ↑ "San José".
  39. ↑ "Seoul".
  40. ↑ "Shanghai".
  41. ↑ "Shenzhen".
  42. ↑ "Singapore".
  43. ↑ "Torino". Archived from the original on 2019-07-23.
  44. ↑ "Whanganui".[permanent dead link]
  45. ↑ "Whanganui becomes NZ's only UNESCO City of Design". RNZ. 9 November 2021.
  46. ↑ "Wuhan".
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