With this number of our Newsletter we have introduced some new changes in the format and included the monographic "The Design for All in the Enterprise", which we hope you will find interesting. As always, we would appreciate your comments and suggestions to keep improving it. Kind Regards from DfA Foundation team.
Agenda
Opens the call for the 2010 National Design Awards, now, with endowment.
Until April 26th will remain opened the call for the National Design Awards 2010, organized by the Ministry of Science and Innovation, through the State Corporation for the Development of Design and Innovation, ddi, with the collaboration of... read more
What's new
Design for All Foundation Annual Dinner
Last February 26th 2010, the Foundation held its annual dinner, that brought together representatives from companies, administrations and organizations that are part of the Foundation, and was also a chance to talk about the projects the Foundation is working on at pres... read more
'Accessible Portugal', together with the Municipal Chamber of Lousa, Wins National Phase of the European Enterprise Awards 2010.
Accessible Portugal and the Municipal Chamber of Lousa stood as candidates with the project 'Internationalization of Lousã, Accessible Tourist De... read more
Asociacion Retina Navarra, new entity promoting the Foundation’s project ‘Flag of Towns and Cities for All'
La Asociación Retina Navarra signed, last February, the agreement to become associated organization of the Foundation. Their first commitment will consist on being promoters of the international proje... read more
Monographic: The Design for All in the Enterprise
Stimulating economic growth and employment by orienting companies and economic policy towards the Design for All concept
The research project ‘Stimulating economic growth and employment by orienting companies and economic policy towards the Design for All concept’ was jointly undertaken by the International Design Center Berlin (IDZ) and the SIBIS Institute for Social Research and Project Consultancy (S... read more
BCD launches a study on ‘The Economic Impact of Design on Companies in Catalonia’
BCD’s Design and Enterprise Observatory presented the study ‘The Economic Impact of Design on Companies in Catalonia’ recently presented by BCD’s Design and Enterprise Observatory, an analysis o... read more
The Design for All, orphan of quantitative economical studies to back it up.
In general terms we could say that everybody has it clear that applying the Design for All has positive social consequences and that the range of arguments is endless. Professionals, businessmen, politicians and users coincide in the positive aspects that its implementation entails; ... read more
Interview with Francesc Aragall about the project 'Design for All'
Prodintec Foundation has launched the publication which reflects the experience of 9 Asturian companies that have decided to incorporate the principles of Design for All in their processes and products within the... read more
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