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Press Release
SEE bulletin Issue 2
January 2010

The second edition of the SEE bulletin has just been released. The SEE bulletin is the only publication entirely dedicated to exploring matters related to design policies and programmes for design support. It is published by Design Wales, lead partner of the SEE project.

In this issue, the research paper is a contribution from Hong Kong by Professor John Heskett. ‘Aspects of Design Policy in History’ traces the evolution of policy from images of identity to economic intervention across ancient civilisations, political regimes to present-day economic doctrines. The article ‘From 2009 to 2010: EU and Regional Design Policy Developments’ is a review of the current state of play in the EU and regional design policy debate, a continuation from the article published in the previous SEE bulletin. We also explore the imperative of modernising policy-making through comparing two different approaches to drafting policy in the US and Denmark. This edition’s case studies feature ‘Good Design Selection’ from Korea as an integral part of the government’s innovation and procurement strategy; and ‘Better by Design’ from New Zealand, a government initiative to expand the country’s economy through the successful application of design to export businesses. Finally, we present a snapshot of world design policy news through interviews from Argentina, Australia, Canada, Costa Rica, Iceland and Qatar.

SEE is a network of eleven European partners exploring how to integrate design into regional and national innovation policies. The project is co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund through the INTERREG IVC programme.

The SEE bulletin is available to download from seeproject.org/publications.... If you would like to receive SEE bulletins in the future please email info@seeproject.org.

CONTACT:
Gisele Raulik-Murphy, SEE Project Coordinator: graulik@designwales.org
Design Wales, Western Avenue – UWIC, CF5 2YB, Cardiff, UK Tel: 029 20 417028

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European Design Day 2009

As part of the EU Commission’s European Year of Creativity and Innovation, BEDA has elected to celebrate October 1st as European Design Day.

The main thinking behind this is to highlight the importance of design as an important innovation tool for European industry.

Over the past few years, BEDA has worked hard to persuade the European Commission (EC) to include design on the innovation agenda.

The result so far has been an extensive and unique Staff Working Document from EU’s Enterprise Directorate, which was published early this summer for open consultation. The document clearly identifies design as an important tool for innovation. The open consultation generated an impressive number of responses from all over Europe, and even outside Europe.

BEDA president Jan R. Stavik reports: “The European Commission sees design as crucial in bridging the gap between creativity and innovation today. We have achieved a genuine breakthrough for design in Europe, which can boost European competitiveness in the future.”