| Nov. |
Japan Design Foundation Established |
| Feb. |
Basic theme and fundamental idea decided for the International Design Festival, Osaka |
| Oct. |
International Design Seminar ('82, '85) |
| Feb. |
International Design Symposium ('83, '85, '86) |
| May |
Screening for the 1st Awards, Osaka (held every other year until the 10th Awards, '01) |
| Aug. |
Final judging for the 1st Competition, Osaka (held every other year until the 10th Competition, '01. From 2002, the Competition was renewed and restarted.) |
| Oct. |
International Design Exhibition, Osaka (held every other year until the 10th Exhibition, '01) |
| Nov. |
Design Forum Osaka ('83, '85) |
| Mar. |
“Design Scene” starts (ended in March '02, #54) |
| Aug. |
International Design Camp, Matsumoto ('84, '86, '88, '90, '92) |
| Oct. |
Visit by the Crown Prince and Princess to the 2nd Design Exhibition |
| May. |
International Design Competition Prize-winning Works Exhibition - Stuttgart, Germany (hereafter, the Exhibition was held in various locations in Japan, '86-'92, and '94-'96) |
| Feb. |
International Design Convention ('87-'93) |
| May. |
Office move from Semba Center Building to present location |
| Aug. |
Designers interaction group visited Pan-Pacific countries ('90-'94) |
| Oct. |
Pan-Pacific Design Forum ('90-'93) |
| Dec. |
Commemorative ceremony and symposium of the 10th anniversary of JDF's founding |
| Feb. |
Singapore Design Fair |
| Dec. |
Asia Pacific Design Network set up
Malaysia Design Fair (Kuala Lumpur) |
| Jul. |
Asia Pacific Design Exchange Missions ('94, '95) |
| Aug. |
JDF Design Forum ('94, '98-'02) |
| Nov. |
Asia Pacific Design Conference ('94-'02)
Exchange Activities for Foreign Design Students ('94-'03) |
| Dec. |
Design Cooperation Promotion Program, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines ('94-'98), Indonesia ('94-'97, '99) |
| Jul. |
Design Policy Advisers for long-term stay dispatched, Indonesia ('95, '96, '97) |
| Feb. |
Asia Pacific Design Exchange Mission ('96, '97, '99-'02) |
| Jul. |
Study on Master Plan for Promotion, Indonesia (to '00)
Asia Design Network Promotion (to '01) |
| Nov. |
Design Cooperation Promotion Program, China ('98-'02) |
| Sep. |
Design Cooperation Promotion Program, Vietnam ('99-'02) |
| Feb. |
Study on the Strengthening of Enterprise Management Capabilities, Jordan (to '02); Workshop ('01) |
| Jun. |
Asia Design Action Plan Program (to '03)
Design Study Mission ('01, '02) |
| Jul. |
Design Promotion Center Development Advisers dispatched, Indonesia ('01, '02), Vietnam |
| Sep. |
Distribution of E-mail Magazine started |
| Sep.-Nov. |
Overseas Design Case Study Seminar ('02, '03) |
| Feb. |
International Design Competition Osaka 2003 (Entries accepted) |
| Oct. |
International Design Business Exchange Conference 2003 |
| Nov. |
Design Cooperation Promotion Program, China, Laos ('03, '04) |
| Jul and Dec. |
Design Management Strategy Forum |
| Sep. |
Asia Design Business Showcase (Shanghai) |
| Oct. |
Region-to-Region Initiative Project (Kansai Fair in Milan, 2004) |
| Nov. |
International Design Competition Osaka 2004 (Entries accepted.)
Asia Design Network Conference (Manila) |
| Sep. |
Start of Storm Consortium Project
Asia Design Network Conference 2005 (Osaka, Japan) |
| Oct. |
International Design Competition Osaka 2005(Entries accepted.) |
| Sep. |
International Design Competition 2006 (Entries accepted.)
Participation in Sanghai Design Biennial 2006 |
| Nov. |
Asia Design Network Conference 2006 (Singapore) |
| Dec. |
Overseas Design Management Seminar |
| Jul. |
[Storm Consortium] New Product development seminar with Design Seminar
[Storm Consortium] Company collaboration & business maching conferance |
| Sep. |
International Design Competition 2007 (Entries accepted.)
Design Coordinator Course |
| Nov. |
The Design Strategy Forum
Asia Design Network Conference 2007 (Malasia) |
| Jan. |
The First “JDF Get-together”
Seminar “DESIGN CULTIVATION - Study on Korea Design-”
(Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya) |
| May. |
Seminar “Design Situation in India” |
| Jul. |
Corporate Management Design Forum |
| Aug. |
International Design Competition Osaka 2008 (Entries accepted.) |
| Sep. |
Design Coordinator Course |
| Oct. |
International Design Seminar |
| Nov. |
Asia Design Network Conference 2008 (Osaka, Japan) |
