US National Design Policy Summit outcomes
Above: US National Design Policy Summit participants.
Washington (United States) - In November 2008, leaders representing the major United States professional design organisations, design education accreditation organisations, and Federal government design assembled in Washington, D.C., to develop a blueprint for a United States national design policy.
United by a shared vision of design's integral role in the United States' economic competitiveness and democratic governance, the group developed and ranked proposals by their value to the American people and design communities as well as their operational and political feasibility. Brad McConnell, economic adviser in the Office of United States Senator Dick Durbin, of Illinois, helped the group determine political feasibility within the context of President-elect Barack Obama's incoming administration.
The group concluded the Summit with the proposal of several immediate action steps for developing a United States national design policy.
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