BEDA Press Release Please direct any queries about BEDA to Ann De Greef by email to [email protected] or telephone (+32) 2 212 94 29 BEDA: The Bureau of European Design Associations. Koloniënstraat 56, 7° 1000 Brussels Belgium tel: (+32) 2 212 94 29 fax: (+32) 2 212 94 28 email: [email protected] web: www.beda.org 25 March 2014 For Immediate release BEDA elects new Board Members for 2014-16 and accepts eight new Members At the 2014 General Assembly for BEDA, the Bureau of European Design Associations, in Vienna, BEDA members attending from twenty European countries elected the new Board for the term 2014-16 and ratifed eight new members. Returning Board members: • Severin Filek, Design Austria, Austria • Kitty De Jong, BNO, Holland • Michal Stefanowski, SPFP, Poland • Anna Whicher, Design Wales, UK Newly • • • • • elected Board members: Deborah Dawton, Design Business Association, UK (Secretary) John Mathers, Design Council, UK Jan Stavik, Norwegian Design Council, Norway (Treasurer) Judit Varhelyi, Hungarian Design Council, Hungary Isabelle Vérilhac, Cité du Design, France The eight new Members of BEDA are: • Estonian Design Centre, Estonia • CLICKNL, Holland • German Design Council, Germany • International Design Center Berlin, Germany • RRA LUR, Slovenia • SEMEK, Cyprus • Surgenia Technological Centre of Andalusian Design, Spain • Wallonie-Bruxelles Design Mode, Belgium Isabel Roig (Barcelona Centre de Disseny, Spain) will complete her term as BEDA President in June 2015, at which point Vice President, Robin Edman of the Swedish Industrial Design Foundation (SVID), Sweden, will become President. Isabel Roig said of the new members, “BEDA is growing as design takes on more relevance in political agendas at local, national and European level, and its contribution to economic and social value is becoming more widely recognised by different stakeholders.” ‐ ENDS BEDA: The Bureau of European Design Associations. Koloniënstraat 56, 7° 1000 Brussels Belgium tel: (+32) 2 212 94 29 fax: (+32) 2 212 94 28 email: [email protected] web: www.beda.org Notes to Editors: 1. For more information please contact Ann de Greef, BEDA Administrator: email: [email protected] tel: (+32) 2 212 94 29 website: beda.org 2. The Bureau of European Design Associations (BEDA) BEDA exists to ensure permanent liaison between its Members and the authorities of the European Union in order to communicate and promote the value of design and innovation to the European economy. BEDA was founded in 1969 when there was little knowledge and poor awareness of the impact that designers could have in business. Today, BEDA boasts 45 members from 24 member states in Europe. Members can be design promotion centres and other publicly funded organisations that promote design nationally or regionally as well as professional and trade associations for designers from across Europe. BEDA: The Bureau of European Design Associations. Koloniënstraat 56, 7° 1000 Brussels Belgium tel: (+32) 2 212 94 29 fax: (+32) 2 212 94 28 email: [email protected] web: www.beda.org
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