Usually hosted by an ICSID Member Society, an ICSID Interdesign is a forum in which mid-career designers from different countries and cultures work together with local experts for an intensive two-week period, exploring design issues of national, regional and global importance.

Interdesign workshops focus on subjects of international significance, aiming to provide innovative and appropriate solutions intended for implementation.

The first Interdesign in Minsk, USSR looked at the comparatively rigid and product-oriented subjects of bread-making, its associated delivery systems and the social structures in which this commodity was bought and sold (from urban planning to market furnishings). Since then 35 Interdesigns have been presented in 18 countries.

Over the years, workshops have covered a broad range of themes, including design for the environment, specific user groups, specific materials, product development strategies and legislative guidelines.