Friends,
The varieties of crucial issues involved in design policy are far broader than the conversation here might suggest.
Economic development -- including sustainable development in a world where people must work and eat -- are among the issues worth considering.
Without going into detail, I want to point out a very important aspect of design policy in the framework of seeking right livelihood for different kinds of contexts.
In this regard, the pioneering work of Prof. M P Ranjan from India's National Institute of Design is a terrific case in point. Prof. Ranjan has been developing contemporary craft-based industries around bamboo. This can be considered in several frames -- economic development, innovation policy, or design policy.
That's it for the moment, but I want to say that one cannot simply dismiss design policy as a potentially vital resource for human development, and human development is at the heart of human-centered design.
Best regards,
Ken
Ken Friedman, PhD, DSc (hc), FDRS
Professor
Dean
Swinburne Design
Swinburne University of Technology
Melbourne, Australia
Telephone +61 3 9214 6755
www.swinburne.edu.au/design
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