Design & Development: Leveraging Social and Economic Growth through Design Policies

An award-winning international collection on how design policy can drive social and economic development, with voices from Brazil, Africa, Asia and beyond. It connects the SDF's Economics motto to the institutional facet — design not just as objects, but as national and civic strategy. Published by Blucher, the collection argues that while design practitioners discuss design policy among themselves, lawmakers and government executives often have little real understanding of design and frequently mistake design-promotion programmes for genuine design policy. Drawing on past experience and current practice from Europe and China, alongside contributions from Brazil, Africa and Asia, it aims to sharpen the debate on how design policy can support social and economic development.