The International Council of Societies of Industrial Design has designated Taipei as the 2016 World Design Capital. The Taiwanese capital’s campaign, “Adaptive City—Design in Motion“, highlighted the extensive growth in public transportation, medical systems and cultural infrastructure that has reshaped the city over the past 5 decades. In the wake of its selection Taipei will work closely with the ICSID to implement the program it has planned for 2016. It follows Torino, Seoul, Helsinki, and Capetown as recipients of the biennial award. (Photo: Francisco Diez/Flickr)