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US-Mexico Border Cities Aim To Host The "Olympics" Of Design And Innovation

Separated by an international border but bonded through culture and history, San Diego and Tijuana have taken the unprecedented step of partnering to pursue designation as the 2024 World Design Capital.

Can San Diego-Tijuana region be World Design Capital?

San Diego, together with Tijuana, has placed a bid to be designated the 2024 World Design Capital ,a selection that will be finalized this October.

Selected every two years, the World Design Capital involves a year-long promotion program that showcases the accomplishments of cities that effectively incorporate design across their economic, technological, social, cultural, political and environmental sectors.

San Diego Design Week celebrates creativity and innovation

San Diego Design Week celebrates creativity and innovation

San Diego Design week kicks off Wednesday, Sept. 9, and will feature talks, tours and workshops, including conversations about midcentury-modern architecture, such as the Lloyd Ruocco-designed building at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.