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The World Design Capital (WDC) is a city promotion project by the World Design Organization (formerly named the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design )to recognize and award accomplishments made by cities around the world in the field of design.The World Design Capital (WDC) programme, designated every two years by the World Design Organization (WDO), recognizes cities for their effective use of design to drive economic, social, cultural, and environmental development. Through a year-long programme of events, the designated city showcases best practices in sustainable design-led urban policy and innovation that improve quality of life. WEB, World Design Capital,weblink 4 June 2021, WDO,

World Design Capitals by year{| class"wikitable"|+

!Year!Location!Source|2008

Italy}} Torino, Italy		PUBLISHER=ICSID	ARCHIVEDATE=4 FEBRUARY 2009,

|2010

South Korea}} Seoul, South Korea		DATE=27 FEBRUARY 2008	NEWSPAPER=BLOOMBERG BUSINESSWEEK	ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20120814070328/HTTP://WWW.BUSINESSWEEK.COM/STORIES/2008-02-27/THE-SEOUL-OF-WORLD-DESIGNBUSINESSWEEK-BUSINESS-NEWS-STOCK-MARKET-AND-FINANCIAL-ADVICE	ARCHIVE-DATE=AUGUST 14, 2012, 12 March 2014,

|2012

Finland}} Helsinki, Finland		URL=HTTP://WWW.WORLDDESIGNCAPITAL.COM/NEWS/RELEASES/MAIN71.HTM	ARCHIVEURL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20091128094939/HTTP://WORLDDESIGNCAPITAL.COM/NEWS/RELEASES/MAIN71.HTM, 28 November 2009,

|2014

South Africa}} Cape Town, South Africa		URL=HTTP://WWW.WORLDDESIGNCAPITAL.COM/PRESS-RELEASES/CITY-OF-CAPE-TOWN-APPOINTED-AS-WORLD-DESIGN-CAPITAL-2014/	PUBLISHER=ICSID	ARCHIVEURL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20140226044449/HTTP://WWW.WORLDDESIGNCAPITAL.COM/PRESS-RELEASES/CITY-OF-CAPE-TOWN-APPOINTED-AS-WORLD-DESIGN-CAPITAL-2014/, 26 February 2014,

|2016

Taiwan}} Taipei, Taiwan		PUBLISHER=ICSID	URL-STATUS=LIVE	ARCHIVEURL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20131203015241/HTTP://WWW.ICSID.ORG/NEWS/YEAR/2013_NEWS/ARTICLES1784.HTM, 3 December 2013,

|2018

Mexico}} Mexico City, Mexico|

|2020

France}} Métropole européenne de Lille, France	weblink

|2022

Spain}} Valencia, Spain|

|2024

United States}} San Diego, United States*{{flag icon|Mexico}} Tijuana, Mexico*	weblink

*transborder collaboration

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