David,
Thank you for drawing this to our attention. I know you have a
longstanding connection with Coventry, but as I'm quite new to the
region, this wasn't yet on my radar (and unfortunately I wasn't able
to attend the launch dinner either). A report has been published, and
is available for download at: htttp://www.designintobusiness.co.uk.
This scheme is, as I understand it, an initiative led by Prof. Clive
Richards of Coventry University to bring the region's universities
together to better apply their design research power to local
industries (from what I see Clive isn't on this list so it hasn't been
announced here). The West Midlands is one of the UK's principal
manufacturing areas.
As it's early days, the database is still a bit thin at the moment.
I'm sure Coventry University has more staff than are shown as being
available in the database, and BIAD similarly. I said to Terry earlier
that the collection of BIAD services to business - which form part of
this initiative - are collected together at: http://biadbusiness.com
No doubt this regional list of expertise will be developed over the
next few months.
David
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Professor David Durling
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BIAD
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On 2 Aug 2009, at 5:43 pm, David Sless wrote:
> Hi Terry,
>
> Have a look at Design Into Business
> www.designintobusiness.co.uk
>
> David
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