Doors of Perception
Doors of Perception (Doors) is an international conference and knowledge network which sets new agendas for design - in particular, the design agenda for information and communication technologies (ICTs). Seven conferences have been organised in Amsterdam since 1993, with an average attendance of about one thousand people. The results of Doors are published on its website, which is visited by more than 300,000 people a year. The result is a worldwide community at the forefront of new thinking on design. Doors in an independent non-profit foundation (partly funded by the Ministry of Culture, and by the City of Amsterdam).
John Thackara http://www.doorsofperception.com

Center for Knowledge Societies (CKS) Bangalore
The Center for Knowledge Societies affords insight into the use of Information and Communications Technologies in non-traditional and emerging market environments. It provides research, design and strategy consultancy services to technology houses, international development agencies, and grassroots organizations. Through usability research, quantitative analysis, and sectoral intelligence, it drives the development and deployment of emerging technologies for the benefit of non-elite and rural users. Since early 2000, it has worked in partnership with Nokia Ventures Organization, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, n-Logue Communications, UNDP, UNICEF, USAID, the Educational Development Center, CSDMS, Jiva.Org and Samuha.Org.
Aditya Dev Sood • http://www.ict4d.info

National Institute of Design
The National Institute of Design (NID), is a main centre of excellence for design knowledge in India. NID’s 400 or so undergraduate and postgraduate students come from all over the country, are generally very bright, and usually end up in influential positions in industry and the private sector. NID has a wide range of connections with government and industry: for example in December 2001 it staged the first India Design Summit in partnership with the Confederation of Indian industry. NID is actively involved in projects and networks involving the Institutes of Technology in Bombay, Delhi and Guwahati. Doors East also has excellent connections with the nationwide Fashion Institutes of Technology (NIFT); the National Institute of Information Technology (NIIT).
Dr. Darlie O Koshy • http://www.nid.edu

Interaction Design Institute Ivrea
Interaction Design Institute Ivrea is a graduate programme and a research lab, that explores the new ways we will interact with each other, using communications, networks and information technology. The initiative is part of Telecom Italia's Progetto Italia. Its mission is to carry out activities directly or indirectly aimed at developing technological and cultural knowledge, managerial training and business initiatives.
Professor Gillian Crampton Smith • http://www.interaction-ivrea.it


Srishti
Srishti is an institute of Art, Design and Technology, offering education in Fine Art, Communication Design [including Interface Design], Furniture & Interiors Design, Textiles Design and Fashion Design. Srishti's chosen area of focus is the intersects of Creativity, Community/Culture and Technology.
It is in this context that Srishti hosted a trans-continental course on "Design That Matters" in collaboration with a group of MIT students, and hosted the workshop/conferences "Sunoh" - exploring new methodologies & paradigms in Social Communication, and "Aagaman" - exploring future directions for traditional crafts. The positive interaction with the MIT led to Srishti co-hosting the second international "Development by Design" conference at Bangalore in 2001.
Currently, Srishti students and faculty are involved in creating a conceptual backdrop on "People and Mobiles" and "People and Shopping", as a lead-up to highly creative and exciting "Studio Labs" in the near future.
The Srishti faculty comprises eminent professionals and maverick educators. Their research interests are varied, but essentially converge around Innovation in Education, Technology for Human Development, Revitalising Craft, Eco-Product Design, and Art & Communities.

Geetha Narayanan • www.srishtiblr.org