Sentence examples for design capital from inspiring English sources

So far, Seoul's realignment has been impressive enough to garner the prestigious appellation of World Design Capital 2010, a designation conferred by the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design to the city that best exemplifies "design-led development".

It's the country's design capital, the place where every aspiring young designer heads in hopes of becoming a powerhouse.

But London is the design capital of the world.

I was invited because Helsinki is the World Design Capital 2012.

What's more, it was named this year's World Design Capital by an international design alliance.

It's more evidence that Seoul is emerging as a design capital".

Not to be outdone by the other stars of Pan-Nordic design (Finland's capital Helsinki, for example, is World Design Capital for 2012), Copenhagen has been making strides to position itself as Scandinavia's thought leader in cutting-edge design.

It looked effortless and fun – and exactly what you'd expect to see at a foundation that brings together contemporary Finnish artists and designers, in a city so infused by design it was recently awarded World Design Capital status for 2012.

Helsinki, named World Design Capital for 2012, is renowned for its design – at a price.

On the World Design Capital WDCC) website, Cape Town presents some remarkable shack design projects aimed to solve a nationwide slum problem.

Head to the design district, which made the city the World Design Capital in 2012, or experience modern Finnish art at the Kiasma and older art at the Ateneum then relax in a sauna.