I have said this before - on their blog site, in conversations with
DaveM, other places.
I think they are misguided bordering on clueless. It's one thing to
bring together a cabal of policy wonks, academics, and bureaucrats to
create a national design policy; it's another act of hubris to not
even ask for our input before they draft the darn thing and only after
we complain rather loudly about not being included in the discussion
or formulation, to seemingly act like they want our support or rubber
stamp which they will not get.
Most annoying is that the 1 policy decision/direction they could
actually take/recommend that would have a noticeable impact on design
in the US is to recommend the re-funding of art and design in all
public elementary schools across the country - short of that it's
thoroughly useless and some of their recommendations are about as
effective as pissing in the wind.
That's my 2 cents.
~ will
"Where you innovate, how you innovate,
and what you innovate are design problems"
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On Feb 18, 2009, at 12:15 PM, mark schraad wrote:
This effort frustrates me. I really appreciate and applaud the
effort that
went into it. But items 2 and 3, while admirable, really have no
business
being on this list. They are not only political agendas but are highly
charged and likely to sink the entire effort. These two items need,
and are
worthy of, their own platforms and there own initiatives. And while
designers can and should lead such efforts, these are not inherent
issue
regarding design.
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 11:08 AM, Josh Seiden <joshsei...@gmail.com>
wrote:
Folk,
Recently, a group of leaders from various US design organizations
came together to discuss the question of a US National design policy.
This summit meeting resulted in 10 design policy recommendations,
which can be found here:
http://www.designpolicy.org/usdp/policy-proposals.html
(The full report on the summit meeting can be found here:
http://www.designpolicy.org/usdp/summit-report.html)
After the summit meeting, the leaders of this initiative contacted
IxDA to ask for our participation and endorsement. In turn, the Board
has asked me to reach out to you--the community--to help us decide
how
(or if) IxDA should participate.
The Board finds much to support in the 10 policy initiatives. In
particular, the spirit of optimistic patriotism is welcome, and we
certainly support the efforts of those who are motivated by that
spirit. That said, the 10 policy proposals include some items that
the Board strongly disagreed with as well. The Board finds itself
similarly split on whether or not the very idea of design
organizations partnering with government is a good idea.
What do you think? Should IxDA get involved? Are there specific
initiatives that YOU would like to support by working alongside your
IxDA peers? Are there alternative ways you would like to see IxDA
proceed?
For quick reference, here are the the 10 recommendations:
1. Formalize an American Design Council to partner with the U.S.
Government.
2. Set guidelines for legibility, literacy, and accessibility for
all government communications.
3. Target 2030 for carbon neutral buildings.
4. Create an Assistant Secretary for Design and Innovation
position within the Department of Commerce to promote design.
5. Expand national grants to support interdisciplinary community
design assistance programs based on human-centered design
principles.
6. Commission a report to measure and document design's
contribution to the U.S. economy.
7. Revive the Presidential Design Awards to be held every year and
use triple bottom-line criteria (economic, social, and environmental
benefit) for evaluation.
8. Establish national grants for basic design research.
9. Modify the patent process to reflect the types of intellectual
property created by designers.
10. Encourage direct government investment in design innovation.
What do you think? How do you see IxDA's role relating to this?
Thanks,
Josh Seiden
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