Board of Directors Our Directors are experienced professionals
representing the international design community and the different design disciplines.
They define the objectives and strategy of the organisation and promote its activities.
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KENJI EKUAN, Chairman (Japan)
• Chairman of GK Design Group
• Senator (Past President) of International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (ICSID)
• Chairman of Japan Institute of Design
• Board Member of the Japan Design Foundation
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ANDRÉ RICARD, President (Switzerland)
• Member of Barcelona Economical Promotion Council
• Founder of the Spanish Design Society
• Former Vice President of Barcelona Design Centre
• Former Vice President of International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (ICSID)
• Past President of Spanish Association of Industrial Designers (ADI/FAD)
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ROBERT L.PETERS, Vice-President (Canada)
• President of International Council of Graphic Design Associations (ICOGRADA)
• Founder and Principal of CIRCLE, Winnipeg, Canada
• Founding President of the Society of Graphic Designers of Canada, Manitoba Chapter (GDC/MB)
• Design policy advisor, designer, consultant, lecturer, juror, writer
• Fellow of GDC
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MAI FELIP, Vice-President (Spain)
• Former Deputy Chair Person, Executive Board of Barcelona Design Foundation
• Senator (Past President) of International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (ICSID)
• Member of the Advisory Board of Forum 2004 Barcelona
• Business Area Manager of Amat-3
• Past President of the Spanish Association of Industrial Designers (ADI/FAD)
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JORDI MONTAÑA, Treasurer (Spain)
• Doctor in Engineering, Masters of Business Administration, ESADE University, Barcelona, Spain
• Professor at the Escuela Superior de Administración y Dirección de Empresas (ESADE)
• Member of the Executive Committee of BCD Foundation
• Past President of Spanish Association of Industrial Designers (ADI/FAD)
• Former Director of The Society for Development of Industrial Design (Sociedad Estatal para el Desarrollo del Diseño Industrial) (DDI)
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ROBERT BLAICH, Board Member (United States of America)
• Principal Consultant of Blaich Associates
• Senator (Past President) of International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (ICSID)
• Former Senior Managing Director of Corporate Design for Phillips Electronics
• Former Vice President of Design and Corporate Communications for Herman Miller Inc
• Chairman Teague Design
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PETER BUTENSCHON, Board Member (Norway)
• President of International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (ICSID)
• Special Advisor to the Minister for Culture on design and architecture
• Associate Professor at the Oslo School of Architecture
• Director of Norsk Form Centre for Design, Architecture and the Built Environment, Oslo
• Founder and Executive Director, Institute for Urban Development, Oslo
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OLLE ANDERSON, Board member (Sweden)
• President of International Federation of Interior Designers/Architects (IFI)
• Artistic leader and Chairman of White Design, an interdisciplinary design study in Gothenburg, Sweden
• Senior partner of White Architects
• Part time professor at the National Design School in Oslo
• Guest professor at Chalmers University of Technology
• Experience with numerous initiatives concerning social design, design for disabilities and design for all
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MARIANNE FRANDSEN, Board Member (Denmark)
• Board Member of International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (ICSID)
• Past President of International Federation of Interior Designers/Architects (IFI)
• Vice President of Multidisciplined Design Association of Designers, Denmark
• Former appointed member of the Committee to promote use of design, Danish Ministry of Industry and Trade
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DAVID GROSSMAN, Board Member (Israel)
• Past President of International Council of Graphic Design Associations (ICOGRADA)
• Founder Tel-Aviv environmental graphic design office
• Co-founder and Director of Vital Tel-Aviv Centre for Design Studies, Israel
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ALEXANDER MANU, Board Member (Canada)
• Founder of Axis Group design consultancy
• Former President of the Association of Chartered Industrial Designers of Ontario
• Former Board Member of International Council of Societies of Industrial Design
• Former consultant on design strategy for the Canadian Ministry of Culture and Communications
• Former Director of the Association of Canadian Industrial Designers
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MERVYN KURLANSKY, Board Member (Denmark)
• President Elect of International Council of Graphic Design Associations (ICOGRADA)
• Designer, consultant, author, lecturer, juror
• Co-Founder of Pentagram, a multi-disciplinary design firm
• Member of Alliance Graphique International and Fellow of different professional design societies
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