The IDA Congress is the primary event for dialogue between designers and non-design stakeholders in a summit format.
The aim of the IDA Congress is to bring together the unified voice of designers around the world in a themed framework to advance the vision and mission of the IDA by engaging with government leaders (commerce, trade, culture, etc.), INGO’s, business, science and technology, education, the social sciences (ethnography, sociology, etc.).
The IDA’s primary objectives for the congress are: • to promote the value of design-based collaboration between designers and non-design stakeholders; • to provide an engaging and educational experience for the memberships of the IDA Partners and to promote interaction among the memberships; • to position the IDA as the global voice of design and an enabler of innovation.
The IDA leadership selected "Design at the Edges"as the theme of the 2011 IDA Congress. This theme has three applications, as described by the Taipei team: The edge between the design practices and other fields having a stake in design, including: science, technology,...
The International Design Alliance (IDA) is a strategic venture between the international organisations representing design. The alliance was created by founding partners Icsid and Icograda and ratified by their respective General Assemblies in September 2003. In September 2008, the IDA welcomed the International Federation of Interior Architects/Designers (IFI) to the alliance as the third partner. The alliance is based on the desire of its partners to 'do together what they cannot do alone,' concentrating on opportunities arising from multidisciplinary collaboration.
The IDA Congress is the primary event for dialogue between designers and non-design stakeholders in a summit format. The 2011 IDA Congress marks the alliance's inaugural event since its establishment in 2005. Taipei was selected as the host city after an international competitive bid process.