On Sunday, December 14, 2003, at 01:18 pm, David Sless wrote: > Who do we serve and why? Do we have any purpose beyond our clients > needs? > These are questions that I think have escaped our collective > attention. If they have not, and I have missed it, my apologies. You've missed it! ;-) My interpretation of the report is that it deals with the academy<>business links (but is a little too close and restricting for my liking). Surely the main thrust of the report moves beyond this anyway, in dealing with a range of other intellectual, political and cultural issues for the 'new' design? (another) David ARi_____________________________________________ Dr David Durling Director, Advanced Research Institute Staffordshire University Stoke on Trent, ST4 2XN, UK tel: +44 (0)1782 294556 (direct) tel: +44 (0)1782 294602 (ARi office) fax: +44 (0)1782 294530 email: [log in to unmask] web: http://www.ari.staffs.ac.uk ________________________________________________