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Saint-Étienne and Nagoya, both Creative Cities of Design, have undertaken in June 2015 an inter-city project for two textile designers to meet: Maki Takahashi from Nagoya and Hélène Jospé from Saint-Étienne.
This encounter between the two artists has led to a true friendship, an artistic understanding, as well as a fruitful exchange of know-how. Thus, returned to Nagoya, Maki Takahashi has given the opportunity to cooperate with the cultural organisation « Arts Bridge Cities » (ABC) in the framework of a residency...
In spring 2015, Soichiro Kimura, director of the Japanese association of Nagoya “Arts Bridge Cities” (ABC), initiates the project “Utopia in the Cloud” thanks to the UNESCO Creative Cities Network.
As a result of collaboration between Nagoya and Saint-Étienne, both Creatives Cities of Design, the project aims to set up an ephemeral artistic creation on the belvedere of Nagoya’s television tower. To this end, a call for projects has been launched to students from Saint-Étienne’s “École Supérieure d...
Following the IX UCCN Annual Meeting in Kanazawa (Japan), the city of Nagoya hosts a UCCN’s Sub-Network of Design meeting in the framework of an International Design Forum. Held at the city’s International Design Center on 29-31 May 2015, this forum offers a unique opportunity to discuss how Cities of Design, with their various cultural and historical backgrounds and differing social fabrics, can build integrative and inclusive relations with and for their citizens. Representatives from UNESCO Creative Cities of Design and...