tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-390353998993233885.post1315585009751345845..comments2024-03-29T15:32:33.999+05:30Comments on Design for India: Design Cities Debate: Bengaluru at the Design Museum, LondonProf. M P Ranjanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14087205148848576540noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-390353998993233885.post-19677779866694692752009-01-26T19:15:00.000+05:302009-01-26T19:15:00.000+05:30I'm impressed that you made these arguments in Lon...I'm impressed that you made these arguments in London - we need a new paradigm for the "design city". I completely agree that the argument of design for industry is worn out and harped on. I also continue to hear pleas for a good, old fashioned "well-being" argument, like this one last week: "sometimes all design needs to be is beautiful. It can lift the sprits no end, and that should never be underestimated in an increasingly troubled world". Isn't the trouble that everyone broadly speaking knows that, and yet society's estimation of the value of design has failed to increase. We need a harder argument for design and social good and the criteria you apply with respect to Bangalore are very interesting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com