International Design Scoreboard: Initial Indicators of International Design Capabilities
April 15, 2009 | Levent OZLER
This report presents findings from a study to develop an International Design Scoreboard.
A framework for ranking nations has been created that considers design at a national level as a system comprising enabling conditions, inputs, outputs and outcomes.
A series of indicators has been identified that collectively enable a picture of national design capability to be considered, in both absolute and relative terms.
The "relative" indicators (e.g. number of design graduates per million population) help to show the relative intensity of design capabilities within a nation.
The "absolute" indicators (e.g. total number of design graduates) show the overall scale of the design capability in each country.
This framework has been used to collate data on 12 countries.
It is evident that Korea is emerging as a new design powerhouse, with other countries in East Asia displaying similar ambitions.
The UK retains leading capabilities in design education, but the design services sector has reduced in size over the past ten years.
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