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THE BARCELONA CENTER FOR DESIGN: 20 Years of Design Promotion in Spain
Author(s) -
Hösselbarth Mai Felip
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
design management journal (former series)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1948-7169
pISSN - 1045-7194
DOI - 10.1111/j.1948-7169.1996.tb00495.x
Subject(s) - center (category theory) , promotion (chess) , exhibition , audit , government (linguistics) , service (business) , subsidy , business , management , engineering , engineering management , political science , marketing , economics , accounting , art , visual arts , law , linguistics , chemistry , philosophy , politics , crystallography
WE SEE WITH SOME ENVY that the Barcelona Design Center (BCD) is what happens when business, government, and design professionals mutually recognize and support design as a critical business strategy. King Juan Carlos is honorary president of BCD and bestows its National Design Award. Equally impressive, as recounted in these pages by Mai Felip, are the breadth of BCD activities—a design consultancy referral service, design audits, a design subsidy grant program, awards, exhibitions, an information center, and more.