The Kyoto Design Declaration: Building a Sustainable Future

Yrjö Sotamaa has worked throughout his career towards creating a better understanding of the importance of art, design, and design thinking in developing sustainable creative societies. He is the past president of the University of Art and Design Helsinki (1986–2008) and past President of CUMULUS, the International Association of Universities and Colleges of Art, Design and Media (2001–2007). Yrjö is Visiting Professor at Nottingham Trent University and Guest Professor at Tongji University, CAUP, Shanghai. He is also a member of the International Board of Artistic Research in Austria, the Steering Group of the Danish Center of Design Research, and Chairman of the International Advisory Board of the College of Design Innovation D&I at Tongji.