Again there is an interesting competition – details can be found on the website of »Stiftung HfG Ulm«. But here already some details:

Title: Designing Politics – the Politics of Design
Host: IFG Ulm GmbH a company of HfG Ulm foundation
Subject: Design
Aim: Encouraging the political, cultural, social and human responsibilities of designers
Funds: 50,000 Euro
Eligibility: Applicants from the fields of: Design, Architecture, Communication, Town Planning and Urban Development, Human and Social Sciences, Politics, and others.
Submission: Deadline for submission is 10th May 2008.

Competition details: Ulm has set itself the task of conducting a discourse on the social responsibility of designers to promote the democratic quality of design.

More on the website of Stiftung HfG Ulm.

The Kyoto Design Declaration was signed in Kyoto on the 28th of March 2008 by the Executive Board of Cumulus, President Christian Guellerin, Past President Yrjö Sotamaa, Rector Kan Shimamoto, Kyoto Seika University, and Industrial Designer Takuo Hirano from Japan, representing the 124 global members of Cumulus. The Declaration received support from ICSID, BEDA, AIGA and EIDD.

By signing the Kyoto Design Declaration, the members of Cumulus committed to sharing global responsibility for building sustainable, human-centred and creative societies. The whole declaration can be read on the homepage of Cumulus.