The future of design support: what can we learn from design support experience in the UK, Estonia and Turkey?

Gulari, Melehat Nil; Melioranski, Ruth-Helene; Er, Ozlem; Fremantle, Chris

Abstract

This article provides a comparison of design support landscape of three countries: the UK, Estonia and Turkey. The economic and political development patterns and experience of design support within these countries lead to different models of design support. The differences are visible in the levels of support, aims of innovation, available resources and opportunities but also priorities. The way in which these projects/programmes are initiated, operate and sustain themselves vary as well. The article aims to understand the future of design support through looking at the versatile programmes in these countries. It provides a historical background of design support by building on specific programmes in these countries. Based on the knowledge drawn from comparison of histories of support, the paper not only makes suggestions for the development of future of design support models.

Citation

GULARI, M.N., MELIORANSKI, R.-H., ER, O. and FREMANTLE, C. 2017. The future of design support: what can we learn from design support experience in the UK, Estonia and Turkey? Design journal [online], 20(Supplement 1): proceedings of the 12th European Academy of Design conference (EAD12): design for next, 12-14 April 2017, Rome, Italy, pages S669-S680. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/14606925.2017.1353013

• Journal Article Type: Conference Paper
• Conference Name: 12th European Academy of Design conference (EAD12): design for next
• Conference Location: Rome, Italy
• Start Date: Apr 12, 2017
• End Date: Apr 14, 2017
• Acceptance Date: Dec 28, 2016
• Online Publication Date: Sep 6, 2017
• Publication Date: Sep 30, 2017
• Deposit Date: Aug 15, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Aug 15, 2017
• Journal: Design journal
• Print ISSN: 1460-6925
• Electronic ISSN: 1756-3062
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 20
• Issue: Supplement 1
• Pages: S669-S680
• Series ISSN: 1756-3062
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/14606925.2017.1353013
• Keywords: Design support programmes; Design support; Innovation; Design policy; SMEs
• Public URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10059/2444