Dear Colleagues,

On Thursday, I posted a research request on national design policies.

Here follows the original query and a collection of responses. I have
edited out any personal notes and email addresses of third parties.

Thanks to all of you who sent notes and information.

I will welcome any further notes or resources.

Best regards,

Ken Friedman


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Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2002 13:26:10 +0200
To: <[log in to unmask]>
From: Ken Friedman <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Do you have references on national design policy initiatives ?

Dear Colleague,

Do you have a bibliography of national design policy initiatives ? I
have been asked on short notice to take part in a seminar, and I must
read up rapidly.

If you have references to national design policy initiatives in any
country that you can share with me, I would be most grateful

This includes references to issues and topics that contribute to such
studies, such as articles on how different industrial sectors do or
don't use design, histories of past initiatives and projects, links
to nation design web sites and other related resources.

I will gather and summarize the information I receive and post it to
at the end of the month to everyone who shares information.

Thanks.

Ken

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Ken Friedman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Leadership and Strategic Design
Department of Leadership and Organization
Norwegian School of Management

Visiting Professor
Advanced Research Institute
School of Art and Design
Staffordshire University

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From: Enno Hyttrek <[log in to unmask]>

hello,

don't know if this goes in the direction your request is aiming for:
in may 2002 german gouvernment issued a law to support handicapped
people being treated more equal and fair...

one main objective of the law is to reduce barriers for the
handicapped in everday life. this directly influences the design of
websites and other means of electronic communication. mainly official
websites (but consequently all others too) are now by law required to
be designed in a way that for example blind people can easily access
the content.

you find the full text of the law and some comments on its importance
here (only in german, I'm afraid):

http://www.behindertenbeauftragter.de/bundesgleich.stm

if this is a subject you are interested in, let me know, as I will
observe the consequences of this law on the design policy in official
and corporate information design in the course of a project I am
working on at the moment.

cheers,

Enno Hyttrek

Enno Hyttrek

Lecturer of Mediadesign

Institute of Electronic Business
University of the Arts Berlin
Chausseestraße 8
D-10115 Berlin, Germany
www.ieb.net

phone +49 (0)30 - 726 29 83 - 48
fax +49 (0)30 - 726 29 83 - 9
mobile +49.(0)179 - 498 59 24
mail [log in to unmask]

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From: Christopher Nemeth <[log in to unmask]>

Ken--Good to hear from you. I recall that John Heskett has been involved
in studies having to do with national design policy.

All the best,

Chris

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From: "Miller, Hugh" <[log in to unmask]>
To: 'Ken Friedman' <[log in to unmask]>

Dear Ken,

You probably know this already, but... The Design Council in the UK
was set upas a government-sponsored agency to promote design, and has
gone through a vary varied history as different governments have had
different ideas about what that means, who design should be promoted
to, and what the benefits of promoting design might be - so it might
be quite a rich case study.

Their Web-site is at

http://www.design-council.org/design/

and they produced Design magazine in the UK for years, which
disappeared for a while and they now produce a magazine mainly aimed
at (non-design?) industry, which doesn't seem to have a title at the
moment, just the DCouncil logo on the cover, though I think the first
versions had a different title.

Apologies if this is unnecessary, but it does no harm to pass on
redundant information.

Best wishes,

Hugh

Hugh Miller
Department of Social Sciences
Nottingham Trent University
Burton Street, Nottingham NG1 4BU
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+44 (0)115 848 5550
http://ess.ntu.ac.uk/miller

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From: "John McKay" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "Ken Friedman" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Research Request ----> Studies in National Design Policy
Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2002 12:56:30 +0100
X-Priority: 3 (Normal)



Hi Ken

Not exactly a design policy, but Scotland's cultural strategy document -

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/nationalculturalstrategy/docs/cult-00.asp

includes design, and one of the case studies is "The Glasgow
Collection: Product Design in Practice" -

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/nationalculturalstrategy/docs/cult-05.asp

All the best

John

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From: Henriette Louise Jakobsen <[log in to unmask]>

Dear Ken Friedman!

Maybe this can be useful to your project.

This rapport is a couple of years old and as you perhaps know we now
have a new government in Denmark. Besides that I don't even know if
you are able to read danish?!

http://www.kum.dk/kum.asp?lang=1&color=34&file=/dk/34_PUB_1860.asp

Best regards

Henriette Jakobsen
Danmarks Designskoles Bibliotek
Strandboulevarden 47
2100 Copenhagen East

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From: <[log in to unmask]>

Dear Ken,

thank you for your activity in sending information about design
related issues. This latest request is one where I might be able to
help you...

In Finland we have a National Design Policy, called Muotoilu 2005!
(Design 2005) in Finnish. I am sitting in the follow-up group of the
program and therefore at least have a fair idea of everything it
involves. The entire program, as well as the abbreviation thereof, is
available on the web-pages of the Finnish Ministry of Education and
Culture, but to my great surprise only in Finnish! I spoke with the
Ministry and they have now promised to send one of the printed
versions in English for you and to put the electronical version of
the English text on the web as soon as possible. The address is

http://www.minedu.fi/minedu/publications/index.html

but knowing the speed with which public institutions work I wouldn't
expect it to be there immediately ;)

What address would you want the publication to be sent to?

Best Regards,

Anna Valtonen

(Design Manager, Global, for Nokia Ventures Organisation and slowly
writing on my doctorate "Specialisation in the Profession of
Industrial Design in Finland" for Åbo Akademi University)

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From: Victor Margolin <[log in to unmask]>

Dear Ken:

John Heskett knows a lot about national design policies. He may not
be on the lists you sent your message to.

Best,

Victor

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From: Terence Love <[log in to unmask]>

Hi Ken,

How are you going? Not sure if following is the sort of thing you are
looking for. Try Google search on "Design Council" UK and download
publications. Technopolis website has some useful stuff - especially
executive report on Thailand (vol1 only) and the Norwegian reports.
The design initiative in Korea (search google korea design) is
particularly fascinating becasue Korea has set their economic future
on a design foundation. John Langrish (Z) has more detailed info
through his Korean PhD students. I've attached a recent draft paper
that might have some more bits (yes I know I haven't referred by page
numbers! Please accept my apologies). If you get any other good
material I'd appreciate a pointer to it cos I'm trying to do some
work in this area and it looks like a good possibility for applying
for national research funding.

On a conceptual note, I've been using the term 'design
infrastructure' to refer to all that national support for economic
and social development that relates to designing (education,
organisations, government policy, design skills in particular areas
etc). I welcome your thoughts.

Hope things are going well for you. Will you be at Common Ground?

All the best

Terry

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From: Sulfikar Amir <[log in to unmask]>

Dear Ken and others,

I have gathered some website information and references for doing my
research on design policies all captured in this link:

http://www.rpi.edu/~amirs3/designpolicies.html

I hope it is useful. Sorry for taking so long to make this available.

best regards,

sulfikar


Troy, NY 12180
http://www.rpi.edu/~amirs3
Department of Science and Technology Studies
Sulfikar Amir
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Ph. 518-276-2711 (Fax.2659)
Russell Sage Lab 5705

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NOTE:

Sulfikar Amir has compiled a very useful page. It has good
information and it is rich with links. A copy follows:


Design Policy Studies

Reference

"Design and National Policy: Assessing Government's Options in Design
Management" Design Management Journal, Volume 4, Number 3, Summer 1993

"Design and the National Agenda" Design Management Journal, Volume 7,
Number 3, Summer 1996

Amir, Sulfikar (2002) "Industrial Design in Indonesia: Education,
Industry, and Policy," Design Issues, Vol.18 (1) pp. 36-48 (pdf.file)

Ghose, Rajeshwari (Ed.) (1990) "Design and Development in South and
Southeast Asia," Hong Kong: Center of Asian Studies University of
Hong Kong

Er, H. Alpay (1997). Development Patterns of Industrial Design in the
Third World: A Conceptual Model for Newly Industrialized Countries'
Journal of Design History. Vol.10, n.3, pp. 293-307

Chung, Kyung Won (1998) "Strategies for Promoting Korean Design
Excellence" Design Issues 14(2) pp. 3-15.

Linblom, Charles and Ned Woodhouse (1993) Policy-Making Process,
Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice-Hall

Munshi, K (2002) Design As a State Policy: Imperatives for India and
other Developing Countries, IDC-IIT Bombay

Institution

International Council of Societies of Industrial Design

http://www.icsid.org

Design Institute of Australia

http://www.dia.org.au

Design Austria

http://www.designaustria.at

Design Center Brazil

http://www.designcenter.com.br

Institute of Design Montreal

http://www.idm.qc.ca

Artesanías de Colombia

http://www.arteseniasdecolombia.com.co/

Design Centrum of the Czech Republic

http://www.designcentrum.cz/

Danish Design Council/Danish Design Centre

http://www.ddc.dk/

Design Forum Finland

http://www.designforum.fi/

Agence pour la Promotion de la Création Industrielle (France)

http://www.apci.asso.fr/

German Design Council

http://www.german-design-council.de/

National Institute of Design (India)

http://www.nid.edu

Japan Industrial Design Promotion Organization

http://www.jidpo.or.jp/

National Design Center (Indonesia)

http://idkm.dprin.go.id/pdn/index_i.htm

Korea Institute of Design Promotion

http://www.kidp.or.kr

Malaysia Design Council

http://www.malaysiadesigncouncil.gov.my/

Mexico Design Promotion Center

http://www.centrodiseno.com/

European Design Centre

http://www.edc.nl/

Product Development and Design Center (Phillipines)

http://www2.mozcom.com/~pddcp/

Scientific and Research Institute for Technic and Aestetique (Russian
Federation)

http://www.advtech.ru/

Slovak Design Centre

http://www.sdc.sk/

Design Institute (South Africa)

http://www.sabs.co.za/design

Barcelona Design Center

http://www.bcd.es/

The Swedish Industrial Design Foundation

http://www.svid.se/

Design Promotion Centre (Taiwan)

http://www.cetra.org.tw/

Design Council (UK)

http://www.designcouncil.org.uk/

British Design Council Archive

http://www.dhrc.brighton.ac.uk/dca_web_site/default.htm

Design Management Institute (US)

http://www.dmi.org

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Norway's report on "Design as an engine of Norwegian business"

Design som drivkraft for norsk næringsliv

Rapport fra Utvalget for Næringsrettet Design, 18. juni 2001

Innholdsfortegnelse

Kapitteloversikt

Forside
1 Innledning
2 Visjon og mål
3 Næringsrettet design som drivkraft for verdiskaping og utvikling
4 Nåsituasjon i Norge
5 Ønsket situasjon i Norge
6 Strategi - hvordan oppnå ønsket situasjon?
7 Handlingsprogram
8 Konklusjon
9 Vedlegg

http://odin.dep.no/nhd/norsk/publ/rapporter/024091-220004/index-dok000-b-n-a.html

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From: Vinicius Marini <[log in to unmask]>


Mr. Friedman,

Here goes the brazilian situation:

Presidental Decree, in November 9th, 1995

Creates the Brazilian Design Program and its Orientation Executive
Comitee, and takes other providences.

The President of the Federative Republic of Brazil in the use of its
assignment, given by the article #84, proposition IV of the National
Constitution, decrees

Art. 1st Be created the Brazilian Design Program (Programa Brasileiro
do Design - PBD), structured by the means of general subprograms,
with the goal of promoting the brazilian design, foreseeing the
improvement the competitiveness of products and services produced in
Brazil.

Art. 2nd Be created the Strategic Orientation Executive Comitee, composed by:

I - one person for each Ministry indicated below:

a) of Industry, Commerce and Tourism, to be the president of the council;
b) of Work;
c) of Planning and Budget;
d) of Education and Sporting;
e) of External Affairs;
f) of Science and Technology;

II - one person for the National Confederation of the Industry - CNI;

III - one person for the Intersindicalist Department for Statistics
and Social-Economic Studies - DIEESE.

Unique Paragraph. The members of the Comitee and respective
substitutives will be indicated by the persons in charge of the
organizations and institutes represented and chosen by the Industry,
Commerce and Tourism Ministry.

Art. 3rd To be made by the president of the Comitee:

I - to constitute subcomitees for coordinating and verifying
subprograms, choosing their respective coordinators and members;

II - to constitute temporary commissions, by subject, to help the
Executive Comitee;

III - to invite other authorities and representing leaders of the
society, to participate of the Comitee's meetings;

IV - to decree the needed acts in order to detail, execution,
verification and evaluation of the program.

Art. 4th The support activities to the Executive Comitee will be done
by the Executive Secretariat of the Industry, Commerce and Tourism
Ministry.

Art. 5th This decree is to be applied since its publication.
Brasília, november 9th,1995; 174th from the independence and 107th of
the Republic.

FERNANDO HENRIQUE CARDOSO
Luiz Felipe Lampréia
Paulo Renato Souza
Paulo Paiva
Dorothea Werneck
José Serra
José Israel Vargas

Inside this program, some initiatives are taken:

- design competitions are promoted;
- presentation events are also supported and even sponsored;
- incentive programs are offered to companies and other design institutions;
- development institutes on industrial design are created and supported;

more details in the following site:

http://www.design.mdic.gov.br

- in portuguese

also, you can send an e-mail to:

[log in to unmask]

This applies only to industrial design.

A strange thing, Mr. Friedman, is that as there were not a specific
word in portuguese for denotating design - ''desenho" is used with
the meaning of "drawing" and "projeto" is used then to denotate
"design". The word "design" itself is used here to denotate both
industrial design ("design de produto") and graphic design ("design
gráfico"). I guess it occurs in Portugal also.

I hope it will help on your study.

Good luck, and with the best regards,

Vinicius Marini

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From: Victor Margolin <[log in to unmask]>

Dear Ken:

We also published an article in Design Issues recently on design
policy in Indonesia. The author's last name was Amin [NOTE: This was
Sulfikar Amir, and the article is available on his Web site as a .pdf
download.. KF] but I don't
remember what issue it was.

Lastly Alpay Er in Istanbul knows a lot about design policy.

Best,

Victor

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From: John Jay Miller <[log in to unmask]>

Ken,

interesting request, wish I had data for you
but I suspect that in the US there is _no_ policy

am going to respond to your request for views on the IDSA research
issue when I get from under a couple of papers and remember to wear
my pc hat

... the real issue in the US is there is no funding for systematic
design research - period. and until the major design schools get
together corner their congresspeople, hit up the corporations who
make billions with good design and set up a quasi-governmental design
research foundation ... there won't be any funding and therefore no
sustained real design research in the US

... my god, there were people at the IDSA meeting saying 'but my
clients won't pay for research, so i cant do research' they didn't
even know designers always do some amount of background research and
if you don't you are probably not designing ... systematic research
programs are another issue but I don't think the professionals from
IDSA get it yet
...

I know a little about this because I just got a gold idea award from
idsa for some anthropmetric research but can not find a bit of
federal funding ... and idsa lists it as 'explorations' not research
on their web site


such is life

best

- john miller