kamal nath: National Design Policy [ pomp ]

| pompous bureaucrats of everything
| now want to 'regulate' policy, us
| designers, in their esteemed opinion
| it seems need a direction!!!!

"I wanted to give design in India a direction, a road map, based clearly 
on a defined policy," he said laying the foundation stone for a new 
campus of the National Institute of Design (NID) at Gandhinagar.

"So based on our year-long consultations (with experts and others) we 
will soon be coming out with a National Design Policy," he added.

"The policy will include setting up of a National Design Council, a 
design selection system to encourage optimal use of design by industries 
and other sectors," Kamal Nath said.

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http://www.zeenews.com/znnew/articles.asp?aid=286288&ssid=50&sid=BUS

| aargh!