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Found on Core77...

"The pace of change has not slowed in the noughties, but what makes it more head-spinning is that the changes are less tangible and more multidimensional. How do we make sense of the rise of design strategy, user-centred methods, celebrity designers, design-art, structural packaging and service design? How do we deal with the challenges of the sustainability agenda, off-shoring and the raised expectations of business and government?"

Hooked? Read on at:

  • http://www.core77.com/reactor/07.07_flux.asp

    Special thanks to Nico MacDonald (http://www.spy.co.uk/) for mentioning the article.


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