The biggest issues in today’s press review touch on what type of education will best prepare today’s students for tomorrow’s creative economy? Dr Carol Ma Hok Ka, Assistant Director, Lingnan University in Hong Kong, one of Asia’s fastest growing active learning institutions, believes education should stress, “the importance of...
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Education and the Creative Economy
The Collision of Cash and Culture
Where do cash and culture collide? That’s the lead question coming out of South Korea today in the Joongang Daily. In an interview with David Throsby, Economist and Professor, the paper explores the relationship between the economy and creative industries. Throsby says the links are becoming much easier to...
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Cultural Policy Around the World
A quick tour of the state of cultural policy in the English speaking world. The UK creative industry movement proves that the power of the creative economy can only be achieved through coordinated local, national and international cultural policy initiatives. So what’s going on in the creative industry policy...
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From Thailand to Arizona
Today’s important news on the development of the creative industries and the creative economy spans from Thailand to Arizona. First off in the UK, a goverment report finds that Kate Winslet’s economic pop culture value is £60m. The British government is seeking ways to understand the value that its largest...
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Daily Global Round Up
A daily round up of the most important global creative economy stories HK’s creative industries poised for growth “Hong Kong possesses all the necessary elements to grow its cultural and creative industries to a scale that could match the UK in terms of contribution to the overall economy, Chief Secretary Henry...
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“Designomics” Will Save us All
My cross country, Cities x Design, expedition is finished. I’m still working on getting much of the data together, editing the hundreds of hours of video and preparing the book and DVD package but the driving part is over. You can follow the progress here. As I begin to...
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Cultural Workforce vs Artistic Occupations
Yesterday I uploaded two posts explaining the difference between the terms “creative economy” and the “art economy”. Understanding the difference between the two is important because we are talking about the way we view and measure a growing portion of the US economy. The sooner those of us that...
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A Creative Industry Primer
The creative economy movement started in the UK in 1994. Follow the links to understand how national cultural policy became creative industry policy and how it's now changing the world.