China: design a “national priority.”
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I've been following the development for a few years and I think there will be interesting changes within the next decade.
There has been a rapid explosion in design education and investment.
I don't have recent stats but this article from 2005 shows the sudden and rapid rise
"China has some 400 schools offering design classes that together graduate some 10,000 industrial designers annually, up from just 1,500 or so five years ago. "Design schools are popping up like bamboo shoots," marvels Yan Yang, chairman of Tsinghua's industrial design department.
Design is even seeping ever deeper into Chinese society. Beijing has introduced into the national curriculum a new course called Technology and Design in which students learn about the history of design and what constitutes good design. "Traditionally, Chinese people are very good at design," says He Renke, dean of Hunan University's design school, who helped develop the curriculum. "Now we need a renaissance.""
- i'm not saying it's a bad thing, just different...lowimpakt