The World Design Exhibition 1989 (Japanese: 世界デザイン博覧会), also abbreviated "Design-Haku", was an event held at the Nagoya Congress Center July 15 - November 26, 1989. It was hosted by the World Design Organization. Other venues included

Nagoya Castle is a Japanese castle located in Nagoya, Japan. Nagoya Castle was constructed by the Owari Domain in 1612 during the Edo period on the site of an earlier castle of the Oda clan in the Sengoku period. Nagoya Castle was the heart of one of the ...

and

Nagoya Port The , located in Ise Bay, is the largest and busiest trading port in Japan, accounting for about 10% of the total trade value of Japan. Notably, this port is the largest exporter of cars in Japan and where the Toyota Motor Corporation exports most ...

. It was visited by over 15 million people. The congress of the host organisation was also held there in the same year. Following the expo the International Design Centre Nagoya was established in 1992 and opened in 1996.

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;Shirotori venue *Theme Pavilion *White Museum - Fuji Baking,

Chunichi Shimbun The is a Japanese daily "broadsheet" newspaper published in mostly Aichi Prefecture and neighboring regions by Based in Nagoya, one of the three major Japanese metropolitan areas, it boasts the third highest circulation after the group newspa ...

and Tokai-TV shared the same building space. *NTT Challenge Pavilion *Hikari Theater - Chubu Electric Power. *

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Pavilion * Matsushita Pavilion *Third Planet Pavilion - Morimura Group. *

NEC is a Japanese multinational information technology and electronics corporation, headquartered at the NEC Supertower in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. It provides IT and network solutions, including cloud computing, artificial intelligence (AI), Inte ...

C&C Pavilion *

Sumitomo The is a Japanese corporate group and '' keiretsu'' that traces its roots to the ''zaibatsu'' groups that were dissolved after World War II. Unlike the ''zaibatsu'' of the pre-war period, there is no controlling company with regulatory power. I ...

Pavilion *

Mitsubishi The is a group of autonomous Japanese multinational companies in a variety of industries. Founded by Yatarō Iwasaki in 1870, the Mitsubishi Group traces its origins to the Mitsubishi zaibatsu, a unified company that existed from 1870 to 194 ...

Future Pavilion *

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Group Pavilion *

Toho Gas , commonly written as 東邦ガス, is a Japanese gas company based in Nagoya, Japan. It supplies gas to the Tōkai region, especially the Chūkyō metropolitan area. It is also one of Nagoya's "four influential companies" along with Meitetsu, Mat ...

Fantasy World *Interior Pavilion- Karimoku and Sangetsu shared the same building space. * Fujitsu Pavilion 3DCG Theater *

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Group Pavilion *Meitec&Chunichi Shimbun&

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Pavilion *Aichi 21st Century Pavilion *Yume Shugo Σ21 *Ovarseas Exhibitors Pavilion *Shirotori Stage ;Nagoya Castle venue *Water Fantasy Palace -

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Group. *Gaudi Castle *Creative Factory

Tokai Bank The Tokai Bank was a leading commercial bank in Japan, based in Nagoya. In the second half of the 20th century, it was the dominant bank in the Chūkyō metropolitan area of central Japan, the home of Toyota and other manufacturing firms. Tokai Ba ...

Pavilion *Karakuri Wonder Land Nagoya City Pavilion *Chubu no Takumi Pavilion *Pachinko Pachislot Omoshiro Design Pavilion *Rinnai Honmaru Stage ;Nagoya Port venue *Uny Group Pavilion *Tokimeki City Pavilion - Aichi Bank and Chukyo Bank shared the same building space. * JR Tokai Linear Station *

Nippon Sharyo , formed in 1896, is a major rolling stock, Heavy equipment, heavy equipment, Diesel generator, generator, Special-purpose entity, special purpose vehicle and bridge manufacturer based in Nagoya, Japan. In 1996, it abbreviated its ...

Pavilion Los Angeles Square *Design Eye Arena

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& Menicon Pavilion *Port Gallery *Port Stage

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