Re: US National Design Policy Summit Report available

Congratulations to Elizabeth!

Here are some links you might find interesting:

Presentation on the History and Future of Japan's Design Policy
http://www.dexigner.com/product/news-g16760.html

Core77 on US National Design Policy Summit
http://www.core77.com/blog/events/what_would_a_us_national_design_policy_need_to_look_like_11867.asp

The Best Design Policies Are Local: A review of the Shaping the Global  
Design Agenda Conference
http://www.core77.com/blog/events/the_best_design_policies_are_local_a_review_of_the_shaping_the_global_design_agenda_conference_11798.asp

On 22 Jan 2009, at 19:00, Elizabeth Tunstall wrote:

> ***Sorry for Cross Postings***
>
> The final report of the US National Design Policy Summit is  
> available for
> download at http://www.designpolicy.org/usdp/summit-report.html
>
> It covers the rationale and outcomes of the Summit, the process and  
> criteria
> for ranking of the final 62 policy proposals, the list of design  
> policy
> related current activities by invited organizations (not just  
> participants),
> and the raw list of policy proposals.
>
> Table of contents:
>
> Page 04 Executive Summary
> Page 05 List of Summit Participants
> Page 07 Why Does the United States Need A National Design policy?
> Page 09 Design Policy for Economic Competitiveness
> Page 12 Design Policy for Democratic Governance
> Page 16 Scaling the National Impact
> Page 14 What are the proposals resulting from the U.S. National Design
> Policy Summit?
>
> Page 34 Conclusion
> Page 35 Appendix A: Design Policy Summit Program
> Page 37 Appendix B: List of current activities by Summit Invitees by
> organization
> Page 80 Appendix C: List of raw policy proposals
>
> Happy reading,
>
> Dori Tunstall
>
> Organizer, U.S. National Design Policy Initiative
>
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