The days after the American presidential election are clearly a period of reflection. Newspapers and magazines are full of thoughtful articles, and conferences seek to define the new agendas and directions for our world to move towards.
The World Economic Forum gathered about 700 global thought leaders in Dubai for a summit on some of the key issues on the global agenda.
An international conference in Turin, Italy, last week had a much narrower focus, and tried to outline what constitutes good design policy.
The event, which was organised by Torino 2008 World Design Capital in collaboration with Michael Thomson, director of Design Connect (London), comes at a time when a major discussion is emerging internationally on design policy and innovation.