Budapest among the top 10 UNESCO Creative Cities

If you’re looking for a creative holiday but cannot decide which city to visit, then the UNESCO Creative Cities selection might be just for you. This year, Howdesign.com has selected Budapest among the ten UNESCO cities for a summer adventure.

UNESCO’s Creative Cities Network focuses on seven creative fields, like Crafts & Folk Art, Design, Film, Gastronomy, Literature, Music and Media Arts, launched in 2004, counting today 116 representative countries.

 “Design is a creative and aesthetic solution, an agent of change and innovation, and a means of identifying new challenges and opportunities. It encompasses a wide range of creative fields that develop new products and services including those that improve social organisation and transformation. UNESCO Creative Cities can not only support people who are innovative, but can also incorporate design into their own thinking and thus into urban development as a powerful catalyst for better cities that are also more sustainable.” – Jyoti Hosagrahar, Director of the Division for Creativity at UNESCO.

The following list includes those UNESCO cities that are important in the field of design. There are altogether 19 cities, and what is common among them is that creative design plays an important role when it comes to city projects, industries, or culture. Helsinki, Shanghai and Singapore are the leading giants, but there are other cities that deserve attention too because of the dedicated artists and professionals working and living there.