Emerging Trends of Design Policy in the UK
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Royal College of Art(The)
- Unit of assessment
- 32 - Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory
- Output identifier
- Sun4
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- E - Conference contribution
- DOI
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10.21606/drs.2016.113
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- DRS2016: Future-Focused Thinking
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- 1709
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- ISSN
- 2398-3132
- Open access status
- Compliant
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- Year of publication
- 2016
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https://dl.designresearchsociety.org/drs-conference-papers/drs2016/researchpapers/35/
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Additional information
- This paper reviews design policy in the UK. As the UK does not currently have any written and acknowledged statement of cross-governmental design strategy, this article investigates the key organisations developing and delivering policies that impact design in the UK. Their missions and strategies were reviewed to identify the opportunities, challenges and trends in UK design policy. The paper first reviewed literature in design research, design policy and national innovation policy. It identified 10 key organisations – including administrative departments, public organisations, and trade associations – which influence the development and delivery of design policy in the UK. An analysis framework was developed to examine the national innovation system in the context of design. New insights: By analysing these key organisations based on the framework, the paper has identified five emerging themes in design policy in the UK: 1) The importance of leadership in championing design nationwide; 2) Moving away from a ‘design-centric’ model; 3) A stronger need to integrate design with innovation policy; 4) A substantial and growing interest in design for social and public challenges; 5) A need for an evidence-based approach to inform policy. The research for this paper was supported by the AHRC [AH/L015676/1]. Two related articles were published in Chinese in the Blue Book Series that reports sector trends and is endorsed by the Chinese government. 1) Sun, Q. 2018. A Review of UK Design Policy. In Wang, xiaohong (Ed.), Blue Book: Report on the Development of China's Innovation Design, P159-180, Beijing: People's Publishing House. ISBN: 978-7-01-019450-9; 2) Sun, Q. 2014. Design Policy and National Innovation Systems. In Wang, xiaohong (Ed.), Blue Book: Annual Report of the Development of China’s Industrial Design Sector, P80-88, Beijing: Social Science Academic Press. ISBN: 978-7-5097-6132-8.
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