The global market for traded goods and services of the creative industries has enjoyed an unprecedented dynamism in recent years. Their global export value reached US$ 424.4 billion in 2005, accounting for 3.4% of world trade as compared with US$227.4 million in 1996 according to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. Exports of creative goods from developing economies accounted for 29% of world exports of such goods in 1996 and reached 41% in 2005, with China alone accounting for 19%. Asian economies accounted for more than three-quarters of total exports of creative goods, while in Latin America and the Caribbean, exports doubled from approximately US$ 3.5 billion to US$ 8.6 billion. The UN's report highlights that policies to encourage the development of creative ind...
In 1972, Fazle Hasan Abed founded the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC) and a holistic development model that has revolutionized income-generating opportunities for rural communities in developing countries. Through its handicraft and fashion section, Aarong, BRAC has developed a sustainable national brand that provides a livelihood in the creative industries for tens of thousands of people across Bangladesh. Initially established as a small-scale and rehabilitation project to assist refugees returning from India after Bangladesh's war of liberation, BRAC is now one of the world's largest development organizations. BRAC established Aarong, its handicraft-marketing branch, in 1978. The initiative was dedicated to creating economic opportunity for disadvantaged artisans and ru...
In recent years, the idea that development is solely a matter for governments has been replaced by a clear recognition of the role of both the private sector and civil society. The UN Global Compact has played a pioneering role in encouraging PPPs. UNESCO's 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions enshrines the principle of PPPs in the cultural sector. In addition, through its Global Alliance for Cultural Diversity launched in 2001, UNESCO has explored many different facets of PPPs in support of cultural industry projects in developing countries. UNESCO's experience in fostering PPPs for the cultural and creative industries shows that they should be seen as investments in human development rather than mere subsidies.
The protection of intellectual property rights has become one of the most difficult challenges for creative industries, affecting governments, artists, creators, analysts and agencies alike. The most significant challenge is how legal and policy frameworks can keep up with the fast-paced and constantly evolving digital world. While copyright remains the fundamental guarantor of the rights of authorship, the Creative Commons movement is a fast-growing area of interest in the protection of intellectual property rights for artists, creators and educators. Creative Commons (CC) is a non-profit corporation dedicated to making it easier to share creative works within the rules of copyright. Through providing free licenses and other tools, CC provides a mechanism for creators to entice the cap...
A select group of Danish design and fashion products was exhibited at the high-end Takashimaya Department Store in September. Coinciding with Danish industry event 'Creative Nation', a group of the featured designers met up with us at the store on New York's Fifth Avenue for a portrait and a quick talk after a champagne reception with the Danish Royal Crown Prince couple, who was in town for a week of activities. We both had children and couldn't really find clothes that we wanted to dress them in. Although Denmark is very big when it comes to children's clothing (Danish children's fashion week - off Kids - is now Europe's largest fair for children's clothes), we thought that all the clothes were too bright - both in color and pattern. What we use are more neutral, natural colors like b...
In 2008, London's Victoria & Albert Museum housed China Design Now -- the first exhibition in the UK to explore the explosion of contemporary design in China. The first major display in the developed world of modern China's creative industries, it was also an attempt to understand the impact of rapid economic development on architecture and design in China's major cities. Sponsored by the banking and financial services multinational HSBC, China Design Now is an example of how such companies are engaging in and promoting the creative industries in emerging markets. While the advent of corporate social responsibility strategies in developed countries is part of the reason, the drivers are not only altruistic but also make business sense. HSBC's involvement with China Design Now came a...
Documentary films have in recent years achieved unprecedented glory and success in the United States. Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11" not only was named best picture at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival, but also made big bucks at the box office. "Bowling for Columbine" attracted a large audience to theatres nationwide, and crystallized a lively debate about violence in schools. Similarly, the documentary "Super Size Me" was yet another U.S. documentary that became a global hit: That orgy of on-screen gluttony even gave the world's largest fast-food chain, McDonalds, a severe case of PR-indigestion. In neighbouring Denmark, [Karolina Lidin] observes, new documentaries tend to have an intellectual and poetic edge. This is probably due partly to the influence of demon director Lars von Trie...
... increasingly heroic efforts to achieve creative on-screen perfection. Von Trier also indirectly ha...
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