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DEVELOPMENT GATEWAY
The Development Gateway Foundation is a not-for-profit organization. Its core objectives are to reduce poverty and support sustainable development through the use of information and communication technologies.

COMMUNICATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA
An interesting site filled with useful material and a host of articles on different aspects of design research.

JISCmail
A site to facilitate discussion, collaboration and communication within the academic community, including art and design and design research.

DESIGN AND APPLIED ARTS INDEX
The principle source of trends in design and the applied arts.

NATIONAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION
The objective of the National Research Foundation (NRF) is to support and promote research through funding, human resource development and the provision of the necessary research facilities, in order to facilitate the creation of knowledge, innovation and development in all fields of the natural and social sciences, humanities and technology.

DISPLAYS
Displays is the international journal covering the research, development and application of displays technology and its effective presentation of visual information.

DESIGN RESEARCH SOCIETY
Multi-disciplinary society for the design research community worldwide.

ICOGRADA
International Council of Graphic Design Associations is the world body for professional graphic design and visual communication..

ICSID
The International Council of Societies of Industrial Design is a global not-for-profit organisation that promotes better design around the world.

THE GERMAN DESIGN COUNCILl
(Rat für Formgebung was founded as an initiative of the German Federal Parliament in 1953 to meet the growing need of the business world for information about design. Today, the German Design Council is one of the world's leading competence centres for communication and know-how transfer in the design field.

DESIGN SOUTH AFRICA
the recognised association representing a voice for professional designers in South Africa.

THINK
The South African Graphic Design Council was established in 2001 to serve the needs of the design professional in South Africa . It is the only organisation in this country specifically catering for the graphic design community.