CULTURAKobe, Japan
Kobe was named UNESCO city of Design in October 2008.
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Kobe has a unique creative and open-minded culture in part due to its active introduction of foreign cultures since the 1860s, when Japan opened its ports to the world. Kobe, one of the five ports, has ever since willed itself as a gateway to Japan. The citizens of Kobe participate in the creative life of their city. This was clearly seen after the 1995 earthquake that destroyed great parts of Kobe, when the citizens actively participated in rebuilding their city.
Kobe’s unique lifestyle, in which design is blended into the people’s daily lives, has resulted in a culture with diversified views of all aspects of design that has influenced greatly the economic and social development of the city.
More Information
- City Profile: Kobe, UNESCO City of Design (PDF)
- 10 things to know about Kobe, UNESCO City of Design (PDF)
External links:
- Kobe Design Hub website
- City of Kobe official website
- IthinKobe
- KOBE Biennale
- Kobe Designer's Net
- WAT_Kobe 2009
Eventos
Creative Asia Forum in KOBE - What Can Design Do NOW? -
The Kobe City pursues “City of Design KOBE” as the Creative City Strategy, which aims to create a new attraction and energy of the city and enrich people’s life through applying the design into creative solution to various social problems of the local community and development of the city’s attraction.
This forum aims to suggest “what design can do” from Kobe through introducing and discussing about the social design projects in cities inside and outside of Japan, including member cities of the UNESCO Creative Design Cities Network in Asia.
These projects will introduce how local communities facing various social problems can find creative solutions through design.
Date: March 21, 2011 (Monday)
Time: Forum 13:00- 18:00 / Panel Exhibit: 12:00 – 19:00
Venue: Kobe International Conference Center International Conference Room 301
Registration prior to the event is required. Please register by e-mail (entry@cafkobe.jp).
Contact: “Creative Asia Forum in Kobe” office (Studio-L Corporation). E-mail info@cafkobe.jp;TEL / FAX 06-4965-4717
Design City Promotion Office, City of KOBE
TEL: 078- 322- 6570 / FAX: 078- 322-6051
Visit the forum website on http://cafkobe.jp
© 2008 - UNESCO