
BCD, Barcelona Design Centre, promotes design as a strategic element and a key factor in the business world, and as a discipline that can improve people's quality of life.
The internationalization actions, the business growth, the creative entrepreneurship and events such as the BCN Design Week or the Barcelona Design Festival have made possible an increase of the 81% from the year 2010 in the number of companies involved in projects and services of BCD.
BCD launched Let 's Do Business!, a program addressed to international companies with commercial or investment interests in the city of Barcelona that offers services such as matchmaking with local businesses, contact with public administration, tailor-made counselling sessions or organization of networking activities, amongst others.
BCD Barcelona Design Centre gather over 150 entrepreneurs, companies, investors and industry players to create business opportunities from projects related to ICT and design. The first edition of this initiative helped participants to access to potential investors and enterprises with investment of over 5 million euros.
One of the most innovative activities of the Barcelona Design Festival is the BCN Design Tour and its new application for smart phones. Through the application bcndesigntour available for iPhone, Android and Blackberry, or visiting the project website, users can find and view points of interest nearby, know how to get there, and share themon social networks.