US-Mexico Border Cities Aim To Host The "Olympics" Of Design And Innovation

Separated by an international border but bonded through culture and history, San Diego and Tijuana have taken the unprecedented step of partnering to pursue designation as the 2024 World Design Capital.

San Diego-Tijuana Named to Shortlist for World Design Capital 2024

The San Diego-Tijuana region has been selected as one of two shortlisted finalists that will move on to the next round of evaluation in the bid to become the World Design Capital (WDC) in 2024. The World Design Organization (WDO) announced that San Diego-Tijuana was chosen based on its approach to human-centered design, its use of design as a vehicle for improved quality of life, and commitment to cross-border collaboration.

Can San Diego-Tijuana region be World Design Capital?

San Diego, together with Tijuana, has placed a bid to be designated the 2024 World Design Capital ,a selection that will be finalized this October.

Selected every two years, the World Design Capital involves a year-long promotion program that showcases the accomplishments of cities that effectively incorporate design across their economic, technological, social, cultural, political and environmental sectors.

San Diego Design Week celebrates creativity and innovation

San Diego Design Week celebrates creativity and innovation

San Diego Design week kicks off Wednesday, Sept. 9, and will feature talks, tours and workshops, including conversations about midcentury-modern architecture, such as the Lloyd Ruocco-designed building at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

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