Growing design? : challenges and constraints facing design consultancies in three English city-regions
There is some debate as to whether creative industries can thrive in second-tier industrial city-regions, as well as in leading global cities. This paper uses the results of firm interviews with design consultancies to examine their experiences in three industrial cities in the United Kingdom: Manch...
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| description | There is some debate as to whether creative industries can thrive in second-tier industrial city-regions, as well as in leading global cities. This paper uses the results of firm interviews with design consultancies to examine their experiences in three industrial cities in the United Kingdom: Manchester; Newcastle and Birmingham. It highlights the major constraints on growth in each city and it emphasizes the quantity and quality of demand and the availability of skilled labour. It considers the effects of design and cultural policy initiatives and finds that most measures are perceived to have had only ambiguous and minor supportive impacts. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:09167d7c-5fb0-498d-9b3d-2b788f5689382022-03-26T09:16:23ZGrowing design? : challenges and constraints facing design consultancies in three English city-regionsJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:09167d7c-5fb0-498d-9b3d-2b788f568938Transport Studies UnitRoutledge2010Sunley, PPinch, SMacmillen, JThere is some debate as to whether creative industries can thrive in second-tier industrial city-regions, as well as in leading global cities. This paper uses the results of firm interviews with design consultancies to examine their experiences in three industrial cities in the United Kingdom: Manchester; Newcastle and Birmingham. It highlights the major constraints on growth in each city and it emphasizes the quantity and quality of demand and the availability of skilled labour. It considers the effects of design and cultural policy initiatives and finds that most measures are perceived to have had only ambiguous and minor supportive impacts. |
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| title | Growing design? : challenges and constraints facing design consultancies in three English city-regions |
| title_full | Growing design? : challenges and constraints facing design consultancies in three English city-regions |
| title_fullStr | Growing design? : challenges and constraints facing design consultancies in three English city-regions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Growing design? : challenges and constraints facing design consultancies in three English city-regions |
| title_short | Growing design? : challenges and constraints facing design consultancies in three English city-regions |
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