The Montreal Design Declaration was a milestone marking the launch of a collaborative effort to utilise the potential of design for all, and concludes: “All people deserve to live in a well-designed world.”
The Declaration defines the Value of Design through 8 bold propositions:
- Design is a driver of innovation and competition, growth and development, efficiency and prosperity.
- Design is an agent for sustainable solutions.
- Design expresses culture.
- Design adds value to technology.
- Design facilitates change.
- Design introduces intelligence to cities.
- Design addresses resiliency and manages risk.
- Design fosters development.
