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06/17/08 ID Students Land Positions in Hong Kong A group of industrial design students spent time in Asia this spring, and three walked away with offers to work for the company to which they presented design concepts.
10/15/07 Globalization Has Impact on Every Professional Practice
10/15/07 New Vision on How Architects and Designers can Shape the Future
10/15/07 Design Futures Council Explores Change in China
10/05/07 Top 30 United States Based Multinational Design Firm Rankings 2007 A majority of leading U.S. firms will be exporting design services at new record levels this year, and firms are bullish about opportunities for U.S. architects abroad over the three-year horizon. James P. Cramer
10/05/07 Global Growth, Design Demographics, and Business Success Regardless of your niche in the design business, we all struggle with similar challenges. And these situations are often the drivers of change that influence our lives for better or worse. James P. Cramer
06/07/07 The Ephemera of Brand Following several months of discussions, Foster and Partners has announced an ownership transition offering up a brand revolution of sorts. Lord Foster has agreed to sell a stake in his professional practice to 3i, a private equity firm that last year earned $1.6 billion. James P. Cramer
06/07/07 We Were the Camera: Re-Branding Berlin The shift from a manufacturing- and transportation-based employment base to a modern, service-oriented economy has been awkward. Berlin simply hasn’t translated its undeniable cool factor into a reliable money magnet. Nik Hafermaas and David Mocarski
04/30/07 1 Connectivity and Communication The increasing ubiquity of global communications technology will have a significant impact on the way the profession works and the ways in which emerging communities and corporations leverage these technologies for populations. Regardless of whether we consider connectivity the panacea for global ailments, it behooves the design profession to consider developments in communications technology from a global perspective and to remain mindful of this increasing degree of global interconnectedness. Sooner than later, this connectivity between cultures, peoples and ideals will bear fruit through technological ubiquity. It is up to us to design preferable scenarios and decide whether this fruit is palatable.
01/01/07 An Island of Opposition The United States and United Kingdom may be two nations united by a common language, but when it comes to attitudes toward real estate development, their citizens are clearly an ocean apart. P. Michael Saint

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