随着全球社会文化经济的动态发展，以及联合国可持续发展目标的进一步推动，世界“设计之都”也正在形成其新时期的环球新格局。作为第一个被联合国授予“设计之都”的中国城市，深圳也正处于新阶段的发力期。因此，深圳以及世界各设计之都如何肩负新时期的使命、发挥独特定位以打造可持续发展的城市品牌也是本系列研究的重点研究目标。
本项目是“世界设计之都可持续发展系列研究”的一部分，在前期系列研究的基础上（包括2023年出版发布的全球首部《城市设计周可持续发展报告》、2024年发布的《世界设计之都新格局与可持续发展研究报告》、及将于2025年出版的中国首部《世界设计之都创新发展蓝皮书》），本年度研究重点为世界设计之都的“产业创新”大设计策略，并推出此专题报告。
项目组前期对世界设计之都相关的多网络间的基础案例研究工作发现，“设计+产业创新”在各网络城市的运营及未来发展策略中都扮演着至关重要的角色，同时，研究还发现，近 3-5年申请加入、及已加入设计之都网络的新成员以两大目标为主：1. 以“设计”为战略为城市原本的支柱型产业转型发展带来新机遇的城市；2.以“设计”为手段全效维度扩大城市品牌的国际影响力的城市。
因此，本年度研究关注“产业创新”与“可持续发展”的互动关系，这既是世界设计之都等国际网络一直关注的议题、也是产业创新型城市更需要着重强调的话题。以打消世界声音中对于强调产业创新速度的城市对全球生命共同体可持续发展的影响所存在的部分“偏见”。本研究也是为深圳在产业创新加速进程上做好城市品牌的国际形象公关后盾，是深圳推动产业创新进程中城市建设的使命及深圳价值主张的持续发声。
项目在联合国教科文组织创意城市网络（UCCN）“设计之都”、世界设计组织“设计之都”网络（WDC）、及世界设计周城市网络（WDW）三大国际设计城市网络的基础上进行拓展，基于前期研究在对全球范围内五十余个代表性案例在申都策略、建设策略、及未来发展策略上所取得的关键研究基础成果，实时扩充跟进最新数据，并采用开源大数据挖掘的方法，将各城市“设计”“产业”“创新”“可持续发展”等关键词进行综合挖掘处理及比较分析，得出了本部“产业创新篇”案例报告。
报告将全球具有代表性的五十余个设计之都城市在设计驱动城市产业创新及可持续发展的纬度总结了四大策略方向（即本报告的四个篇章），并基于此逻辑构建了相应城市发展策略、政策、措施及亮点项目的案例数据库。望以此为窗，与全球创新城市持续开展交流对话，共同探索“以设计为名、以设计为器、以设计为本”的城市创新发展方向。
《世界设计之都可持续发展》系列研究项目组
韩晗博士及其研究团队
2025年春
With the dynamic development of global socio-cultural and economic landscapes and the further advancement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, the world's "Cities of Design" are shaping a new global pattern in this new era. As the first Chinese city to be awarded the title of "City of Design" by the United Nations, Shenzhen is also entering a new phase of development. Therefore, how Shenzhen, along with other Cities of Design worldwide, can shoulder the mission of this new era, leverage their unique positions, and build sustainable city brands is a key focus of this series of research projects.
This project is part of the "Sustainable Development Research Series for the World Design Cities" conducted by Dr. Han Han and her Team. Building on the foundation of previous series research (including the world's first “Sustainable Development Report for World City Design Weeks” published in 2023, the “Sustainable Development Report of the World Design Cities” released in 2024, and China's first “Blue Book of World Design Cities” to be published in 2025), this year's research focuses on the "industrial innovation" strategy within the broader design framework of the World Design Cities, culminating in this thematic report.
Preliminary case studies conducted by the research team across multiple networks related to the World Design Cities have revealed that "design + industrial innovation" plays a crucial role in the operational and future development strategies of cities within the World Design Cities networks. Additionally, the research found that over the past 3-5 years, new members applying to join or having joined the Design Cities networks have primarily pursued two main objectives: 1) cities seeking to use "design" as a strategic tool to bring new opportunities for the transformation and development of their traditional pillar industries, and 2) cities aiming to use "design" as a means to comprehensively expand their international influence and city branding.
Therefore, this year's research focuses on the interactive relationship between "industrial innovation" and "sustainable development", a topic that has long been of interest to international networks such as the World Design Cities and is particularly emphasized by cities that prioritize industrial innovation. Expanding on the three major international design city networks—the UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN) "City of Design," the World Design Organization's (WDO) "World Design Capitals" (WDC), and the World Design Week city network (WDW)—this project builds on the key research findings from over 50 representative cases worldwide in terms of application strategies, construction strategies, and future development strategies. By continuously updating and incorporating the latest data and employing open-source big data mining methods, the research team has conducted comprehensive analysis and comparative studies on keywords such as "design" "industry" "innovation" and "sustainable development" across these cities, resulting in this "Industrial Innovation" case report.
The report summarizes four strategic directions (corresponding to the four chapters of this report) for driving urban industrial innovation and sustainable development through design in over 50 representative Design Cities worldwide. Based on this framework, a case database of city development strategies, policies, actions and practices, and highlight projects has been constructed. It is hoped that through this series research projects and reports, ongoing exchanges and dialogues with the Design Cities worldwide will continue, jointly exploring innovative development directions and approaches for a sustainable future with the global community. Here we are exploring experience, sharing visions, to build creative cities, with design engines.
Sustainable Development of the World Design Cities Series Research Team
Hosted by Dr. Han Han and conducted by the team
Spring, 2025
