Mission
While taking into account and celebrating institutional, cultural and social differences throughout the world, ico-D serves the worldwide community by:
being an international non-partisan and non-governmental representative voice for design;
representing the interests of professional designers in a responsible manner;
defining and increasing awareness of professional standards and best practices governing design practice;
advocating for design as an effective way of advancing the best interests of humanity and the environment;
fostering recognition and respect of design by individuals and society at large (practitioners and clients included) as a valued and vital profession;
facilitating knowledge management and exchange;
facilitating cooperation amongst organisations of designers and allied institutions; and
supporting the development of design education (practice, theory and research).
The Council's vision, mission and core values are manifested through initiatives that promote and represent design as a medium for progressive change.
