Smart Insight: Design Was Born In The Great Depression. Will It Be Reborn Out Of The Great Recession?
Posted by: Bruce Nussbaum on July 16, 2009
Check out this terrific graphic from the folks at Smart Design, tracking Design and the economy over time. Design was born as Design Strategy to help guide CEOs in an unsettled and turbulent era. It morphed into decoration, then usefulness and now—back into Design Strategy once again in a period of uncertainty.
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