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Source: ICSID
Cardiff (Wales) - On behalf of the SEE project partners, Icsid Promotional Member Design Wales is delighted to announce the official launch of the SEE bulletin – the only publication fully dedicated to discussing promotion, support and government policies for design.
Although design has been increasingly recognised as a tool for innovation, it has not, as yet, been effectively incorporated into strategic government policies. The SEE project aims to draft recommendations that will raise the salience of design amongst policy-makers, increase the use of design services in industry and improve understanding of how design can be used to tackle social and economic challenges in Europe. By sharing expertise, setting targets, developing support mechanisms and devising four policy proposal booklets, the SEE partners hope to be able to influence policy at regional and national levels in Europe, fostering the integration of design into innovation policy and also the development and implementation of new dedicated design policies.
The SEE bulletin is one of the tools for achieving this objective. It is a continuation of the series of SEEdesign Bulletins, which were published between 2005 and 2007. This new series of six publications to be released twice a year between 2009 and 2011, will focus on the debate surrounding policies for design and innovation and will be exploring the latest research and best practice in policies and programmes on design and innovation.
This first issue includes a research paper presented by Dr James Moultrie (University of Cambridge), interviews with Mika Takagi (Design Policy Office, Ministry of Economy, Trade & Industry, Japan) and Dr Julio Frias Peña (Design & Innovation Centre, Monterrey Institute of Technology, Mexico), an article on the future of EU innovation policy, a special report on the SEE partners’ study visit to Helsinki, two design policy case studies and a Library of references to related research and policy documents.
The first SEE bulletin has been distributed to 58 countries around the world. An electronic copy is also available to download from the SEE website http://seeproject.org/publications.
About SEE
SEE is a network of eleven European partners sharing knowledge and experience on how design can be integrated into regional and national policies to boost innovation, entrepreneurship, sustainability, social and economic development. The aim of SEE is to pool knowledge, share experiences, stimulate debate, develop new thinking and build rapport and credibility in order to influence policy at regional and national levels.
The project's activities include: opening and closing conferences; thematic workshops involving partners and policy-makers; a study visit; a library of case studies; policy proposals booklets; an internal contacts database and the biannual SEE bulletin.
SEE will operate from September 2008 to June 2011, co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) through the INTERREG IVC programme.
SEE partners include:
1. Design Wales (lead partner), UK
2. Design Flanders, Belgium
3. Danish Design Centre, Denmark
4. Estonian Design Centre, Estonia
5. Designium / University of Art and Design Helsinki TAIK, Finland
6. ARDI Rhone-Alps Design Centre, France
7. Centre for Design Innovation, Ireland
8. Consorzio Casa Toscana, Italy
9. Silesian Castle of Art & Enterprise, Poland
10. BIO / Architecture Museum of Ljubljana, Slovenia
11. Barcelona Design Centre, Spain
For more information visit www.seeproject.org
About Design Wales
Building on the 15 years experience in the delivery of design programmes and of leading networks in the UK and Europe, Design Wales has been restructured as an international centre of expertise for design support and related national & regional policy.
With changes and cuts in the business support infrastructure, the wider economic downturn and the potential for future European and regional policy to at least include significant aspects of design and non-technological innovation these are challenging but exciting times. Design Wales intend to make full use of its past business support experience, policy knowledge and networking capability.
For more information visit www.designwales.org
Contact details
SEE project (Design Wales)
t: +44 (0)29 20 417028
Gisele Raulik-Murphy
e: graulik@designwales.org
Anna Whicher
e: awhicher@designwales.org