Xiaomi Corp / The New York Times / Johnson & Johnson / Nike / Beijing Xiaomi Technology Co Ltd. / Sony / Oreal / London Docklands Development Corporation / Isetan / Understanding Creative Industries / /
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Europe / /
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Thailand / Malaysia / Japan / United States / United Kingdom / China / /
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CNY / /
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Earnings Announcement / Analyst Recommendation / Person Travel / /
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Design Museum / London City Airport / Canary Wharf / University of Lancaster / New York University / London Design Museum / Museum of Modern Art New York / Northern University of Malaysia / Tongji University’s Sino Finnish Center / University School / /
IndustryTerm
mobile internet / retail / internet / mobile phones / Internet phone / consumer products / real estate developers / e - commerce / manufacturing / online activity / /
NaturalFeature
Red Ocean / Thames / river Thames / /
Organization
Yale School of Design / New York University / Department of Urban Regeneration Taipei / Work Foundation / TEDxShanghai / Department of Innovation of City of Taipei / Foundation of Terence Conran / Columbia University School of Architecture / Northern University of Malaysia / University of Lancaster / Tongji University’s Sino Finnish Center / London School of Economics / Thatcher government / Helen Hamlyn Research Centre / Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation / United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization / /
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Terence Conran / Victor / Helen Hamlyn / Bruno Latour / Sharon Zukin / Michael KEANE / Margaret Thatcher / Richard Hsu / Lei Jun / Richard Florida / Thomas Marshall-Potter / /
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driver / Prime Minister / chief curator / Head / ambassador / entrepreneur / design critic and campaigner / author / city governments Prime Minister / CEO / professor of history / China Co-founder and Vice President / leader in creative industries policy / lecturer / Liu De Vice President / economic geographer / model of creative economy / /
Alternative and Emerging Economies of Design: Social Imperative of Design Before I go on to discuss how we might view contemporary design now as a driver of innovation within the city it is important to briefly outline t