Scattered across the globe, concentrated ecosystems are creating our future, from Formula One racing in Southern England, to new furniture design created in Northern Italy and high-tech consumer products designed in Silicon Valley. Design is a key factor in the development of all these cornerstones in the Creative Economy. Dr. Barry Katz has studied how design helped build an ecosystem we have all come to depend on in our daily lives and his new book, Ecosystem of Innovation: The History of Silicon Valley Design, will be available from MIT Press later this year.
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To read the original article: Design: The Missing Link in Silicon Valley's Ecosystem of Innovation | Soren Petersen
