These Designworks USA cronies (Bangle and Associates) REALLY have an attitude problem. Read below. Where the hell does he get off saying that about the USA???? Last time I checked, the VAST majority of new product pioneer development is in the US - Apple, Bose, Intel, 3M, Dupont, GE plus hundreds of small companies. Hehe, he is also criticizing his own company which is located in the US.
US design veteran says NZ could become world beater 31 March 2005
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[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, MS Sans Serif]Chuck Pelly, founder of one of the world's leading design consultancies, Designworks/USA, told 400 business and design leaders at the two-day Better by Design conference in Auckland that New Zealand had a pioneer spirit that the United States no longer possessed. [/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, MS Sans Serif]But he questioned the country's penchant for self-doubt, saying it weakened its business confidence. [/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, MS Sans Serif]"You don't believe in yourselves as much as we believe in you. [/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, MS Sans Serif]"There's a lack of confidence that because you're small, you can't be global. You still associate size and distance with influence, but that's not true anymore." [/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, MS Sans Serif]Mr Pelly, a yachting enthusiast who considers himself a "New Zealand wannabe", said the sight of families heading away for Easter boating holidays last week, despite storms brewing on the horizon, demonstrated the boldness of the basic Kiwi spirit. [/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, MS Sans Serif]What gave the country strength in design was its natural beauty, its position at the gateway to Asia and an established leadership in yachting and sports, he said. [/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, MS Sans Serif]"In our eyes, it's destined to be an emerging global design centre." [/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, MS Sans Serif]The conference was attended by some of the companies that had harnessed the potential of design, including Fisher & Paykel, Macpac, Formway, Obo and Methven. [/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, MS Sans Serif]"But there should be many, many more," Mr Pelly said. [/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, MS Sans Serif]He suggested that New Zealand develop a reputation for product exclusivity, such as the Germans had done with cars and the French with wine. [/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, MS Sans Serif]"Exclusivity will keep the talent here." [/font]
US design veteran says NZ could become world beater 31 March 2005
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, MS Sans Serif]Chuck Pelly, founder of one of the world's leading design consultancies, Designworks/USA, told 400 business and design leaders at the two-day Better by Design conference in Auckland that New Zealand had a pioneer spirit that the United States no longer possessed. [/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, MS Sans Serif]But he questioned the country's penchant for self-doubt, saying it weakened its business confidence. [/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, MS Sans Serif]"You don't believe in yourselves as much as we believe in you. [/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, MS Sans Serif]"There's a lack of confidence that because you're small, you can't be global. You still associate size and distance with influence, but that's not true anymore." [/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, MS Sans Serif]Mr Pelly, a yachting enthusiast who considers himself a "New Zealand wannabe", said the sight of families heading away for Easter boating holidays last week, despite storms brewing on the horizon, demonstrated the boldness of the basic Kiwi spirit. [/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, MS Sans Serif]What gave the country strength in design was its natural beauty, its position at the gateway to Asia and an established leadership in yachting and sports, he said. [/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, MS Sans Serif]"In our eyes, it's destined to be an emerging global design centre." [/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, MS Sans Serif]The conference was attended by some of the companies that had harnessed the potential of design, including Fisher & Paykel, Macpac, Formway, Obo and Methven. [/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, MS Sans Serif]"But there should be many, many more," Mr Pelly said. [/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, MS Sans Serif]He suggested that New Zealand develop a reputation for product exclusivity, such as the Germans had done with cars and the French with wine. [/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, MS Sans Serif]"Exclusivity will keep the talent here." [/font]
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