FEATURED: GET INSPIRED! - SWISS DESIGN AWARD EXHIBIT: NORTH AMERICA TOUR

Every two years the world gets to enjoy the best of the Swiss design’s renowned style and creativity, as the winners of the Design Preis Schweiz (Swiss Design Award) take their victory tour around the world. Judged by an international panel of design greats, the winners of the Swiss Design Award represent some of the most prominent companies and innovative individual designers working in Switzerland today.

The prize is awarded every other year by the Design Center Langenthal in categories such as communications, textiles, products, furniture and fashion. This year the exhibit will visit Geneva, Shanghai, Tokyo, Oslo and Vancouver. Starting in August and running through February 2011, the exhibit will also visit U.S. cities: Chicago, Miami, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Washington D.C.

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QUOTE OF THE WEEK:

"The ThinkSwiss program was one of the best experiences of my life, and I still keep in touch with many of my Swiss friends." Katherine Stainken, ThinkSwiss Research Scholarship Recipient