BEDA boasts over 50 members from more than 25 countries across Europe. Members include publicly funded design organisations plus professional and trade associations, all of whom promote pioneering design nationally or regionally.
Ornamo Art and Design Finland and BEDA are placing high importance on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) for all designers and SMEs across Europe and have created video resources to help grasp the concept of IPR and how to use them to your benefit.
In a short video series, Ornamo‘s lawyer Iiris Adenius provides a concise overview of the basic concepts and principles all designers and SMEs should know.
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Position Paper in Short
The position paper points to three crucial themes that need attention and ACTION to unleash the potential of designers, as skills, as a creative capacity, as methods and as approaches to innovation.
Deploy design – including fostering skills and lifelong learning, investing in design research to bridge the science-implementation gap, and strengthening intellectual property rights.
Strengthen democracy by rebuilding trust and citizen engagement with design methods – including engage... read more
Design-as-a-Competitive-Edge (DAACE) is a collaborative project led by Ornamo Art and Design Finland and BEDA that focuses on supporting designers to enhance their capabilities of building sustainable businesses around design. read more
This survey targets European designers and aims to gather their views and knowledge on design protection.
Share your insights by filling in the survey and checking out the informational materials included in the survey about the protection of your design rights.
The survey is anonymous, but participants can provide their contact information to enter a prize draw for a €100 gift card to Finnish Design Shop. This data will be stored separately... read more
On 17 September 2024, the SACCORD project holds its 2nd Consortium Meeting in Amsterdam, during the Creative Skills Week 2024. This meeting marks a significant milestone in the project’s journey to foster creativity, skills development, and innovative partnerships across Europe. The meeting brings together the SACCORD consortium, to assess progress, explore next steps, and enhance collaboration among the participating organisations.
The agenda among organisational questions of the project includes also such... read more
Our vision is clear and ambitious. We want for design to be embraced in Europe as a driver of sustainable growth and prosperity. During the past 55 years we have witnessed a tremendous development in the uptake of design throughout Europe in terms of businesses, public sector, and governments. This goes for both regions, countries as well as the European Commission.
Save the date for an engaging online session that will make you excited about the design protection again!... read more
Host: Christina Melander, BEDA President, Danish Design Center
Topic: Roundtable with the BEDA President read more