Design infrastructure: Australian developments

The paper reports preliminary findings from research into Australia's design infrastructure. Design infrastructure comprises the systems, institutions and expertise that enables design activity to be undertaken. Design activity is an essential aspect of the innovation and knowledge processes ce...

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Main Author: Love, Terence
Format: Conference Paper
Published: International Association of Societies of Design Research 2005
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description The paper reports preliminary findings from research into Australia's design infrastructure. Design infrastructure comprises the systems, institutions and expertise that enables design activity to be undertaken. Design activity is an essential aspect of the innovation and knowledge processes central to national and local economic and social development.The research indicated that there exist significant weaknesses in Australia's design infrastructure. By implication and observation, these weaknesses compromise Australian investments in innovation, research, education and business process change.The paper maps out several dimensions of these weaknesses and their causes and implications. It concludes with suggestions for organisational and funding initiatives to improve Australia's design infrastructure in ways that will enable Australia to realise and advance national and local programs for economic and social development.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-446092017-01-30T15:15:07Z Design infrastructure: Australian developments Love, Terence design infrastructure knowledge economy strategy Australia innovation The paper reports preliminary findings from research into Australia's design infrastructure. Design infrastructure comprises the systems, institutions and expertise that enables design activity to be undertaken. Design activity is an essential aspect of the innovation and knowledge processes central to national and local economic and social development.The research indicated that there exist significant weaknesses in Australia's design infrastructure. By implication and observation, these weaknesses compromise Australian investments in innovation, research, education and business process change.The paper maps out several dimensions of these weaknesses and their causes and implications. It concludes with suggestions for organisational and funding initiatives to improve Australia's design infrastructure in ways that will enable Australia to realise and advance national and local programs for economic and social development. 2005 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/44609 http://www.iasdr.org/ http://www.love.com.au/PublicationsTLminisite/2005/au_des_infrastructure.htm International Association of Societies of Design Research fulltext
spellingShingle design infrastructure
knowledge economy
strategy
Australia
innovation
Love, Terence
Design infrastructure: Australian developments
title Design infrastructure: Australian developments
title_full Design infrastructure: Australian developments
title_fullStr Design infrastructure: Australian developments
title_full_unstemmed Design infrastructure: Australian developments
title_short Design infrastructure: Australian developments
title_sort design infrastructure: australian developments
topic design infrastructure
knowledge economy
strategy
Australia
innovation
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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/44609