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Dutch Design in Development (DDiD) acts as a matchmaker between Dutch designers and small, medium enterprises in developing countries.

Together with local designers and local craftsmanship, Dutch designers develop products which are fine tuned to the European market. DDiD offers Dutch designers the possibility to gain new inspiration and to work in other circumstances with other materials and techniques.

DDiD works by order of Dutch importers to stimulate the sales in Europe of sustainable produced products from developing countries.
DDiD works by order of small and medium enterprises from developing countries who would like to develop new products and/or who would like to receive training in product development for the European market.

Products and services from emerging markets in developing countries are often insufficiently suited to the needs of European consumers. In order to give small-and-medium-sized businesses from these countries a better chance on the European market, Dutch Design in Development facilitates exchanges of expertise between designers, marketing- and communication-specialist from the Netherlands and businesses in developing countries. At the other hand their specific expertise and experience can help companies in developing countries improve their products and get access to new markets.

DDiD mainly focuses on projects with design questions for exporting products and services to the European market. The projects deal with product design, graphic design, packaging, spatial design, interactive design or brand design. Depending on the question, a designer will visit the company-site for a minimum of two weeks and a maximum of four months.

Clients

DDiD works by order of Dutch importers

DDiD works by order of small and medium enterprises from developing countries

If your business has a design-question for one of your products or services, please contact us. We find you a Dutch designer who will assist you with designing or re-designing your product or teach your own designers how to design for European customers. Depending on your problem or question, we will find a designer who can assist you for a period from two weeks till four months at your own company.

Businesses and co-operatives in developing countries can approach us if they have a design questions for which they request assistance or advice from a Dutch designer. Design schools in developing countries, offering vocational training, are also welcome to send in requests for workshops or guest-lectures.

Criteria

The criteria for businesses and co-operatives are:
* local ownership
* exporting to Europe or planning to do so

DDiD works in:

* Africa
* South America (except the Caribbean offshore banking islands)
* Asia (except China, Singapore, Australia, Japan, New Zealand and Birma)
* East and Central Europe (except EU countries, Russia and countries that will become part of the European community before 2008)
* Middle East (except Emirates, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia)

What we don’t do:

We do not get involved in projects that are linked to trading arms or pornography.
We do not work together with companies which have poor social- and environmental conditions, unless the project will clearly contribute to the improvement of these conditions.