Since June 2018, the Spanish Ministry of
Science, Innovation and Universities is responsible for innovation and design.
However, some aspects of intellectual property rights are the responsibility of
the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Commerce.
Initiatives in this area include the 2013 Fashion
Table,in which the Ministries of
Economy, Industry and Competitiveness and of Education, Culture and Sport
participated with the main representatives of the fashion and design industries
and with manufactures and distributors of products. The Fashion Table seeks to boost the growth and the external image of
the sector; it joins forces to take advantage of the potential and the
importance acquired by these industries both nationally and internationally.
As a result, the National Fashion Awards were founded in 2013, aimed at
rewarding and recognising the sector in the form of different kind of prizes.
Other awards in this area are the National Awards of Innovation and Design
which celebrated its 25th edition in 2018. They seek to promote the
culture of design and innovation in Spain, both in the business world and in
the whole society.
The Ministry of Culture and Sport also
participates in the Madrid Design Festival (MDF) the first specific festival
dedicated to design in Madrid. Among its events are exhibitions, interventions
in public spaces, lessons and lectures by renowned international designers and
programs for the dissemination of design in its various disciplines:
industrial, interior, graphic, etc. In Barcelona, the OFFF Festival, after 18
years, has become the largest showcase and window of contemporary digital
creativity in Spain.
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