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From the World's First Design Policy to the World's Best Design Policy
Author(s) -
Scherfig Christian,
Brunander Merete,
Melander Christina
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
design management review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1948-7169
pISSN - 1557-0614
DOI - 10.1111/j.1948-7169.2010.00089.x
Subject(s) - work (physics) , public policy , welfare , center (category theory) , public sector , national policy , public administration , engineering , political science , economics , economic growth , economy , mechanical engineering , law , chemistry , crystallography
Denmark's first national design policy was created in 1997, and there have been two more iterations since then. Currently, user‐centered design is taking center stage in the country's business life, and the Danes—always conscious of national public welfare—have been putting design to work in the public sector.