November 9.
I was pleased to read Anne Simpson's excellent report on the
forthcoming Design Renaissance international conference to be held in
the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall next September (November 5).
However, I was disappointed -- no disrespect to Anne Simpson -- that
the report was carried on the Women's Herald page rather than the
Business page. This, perhaps, illustrates the problem facing the design
profession, and the lack of understanding in the media and business
communities that good design is central to the well-being of a
successful economy at the end of the twentieth century.
I have some sympathy with Anne Simpson's fear that the conference may
be dominated by the ''movers and shakers'' of the design community in
London. However, I suspect that the Glasgow design community have only
themselves to blame for this.
The sad fact is that few Glasgow designers play an active part in the
Chartered Society of Designers, many believing that such professional
bodies have little to offer them in their day-to-day struggle to survive
in a hostile economic climate.
The few, like Janice Kirkpatrick, who are deeply involved are to be
congratulated for their success in helping persuade the society's
mandarins in London that this prestigious international conference
should be held in Glasgow.
Let us hope that when the conference takes place next year it will be
well supported by the design profession and the business community in
Scotland, and we do not face the embarrassment of local delegates being
outnumbered by delegates from Japan, Canada, or Denmark.
Glyn Price,
Director,
Russell Design Associates Ltd,
9 Newton Place,
Glasgow.
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