DESIGN FLANDERS RELEASES DESIGN IN FIGURES
24.10.2006 News
- Flanders disposes of 12 000 design businesses. These
are businesses that are part of the core-design industries and see
design as their main activity. The turnover of these 12 000
design-businesses adds up to almost 16 billion EUR.
- In
Flanders, almost 11,000 jobs are purely design-jobs. 200,000 jobs are
design related. In 2004-2005, about 500 students attended the last year
of an education that prepares for a design profession directly.
- In Flanders, approximately 550 000 persons have a design related leisure activity.
In Flanders, ca. 800 000 persons attended a design related event, activity or fair during the last year.
Surprising
numbers? Design Flanders thinks so too. Where do we get these numbers
from? Design Flanders has given the assignment to the research agency
Compagnie to put some figures on design in Flanders. This was done from
different angles: the design business, the design related educations
and professions, design and leisure time and design and Flemish popular
media.
The following questions were asked:
1. Design businesses
How
many businesses in Flanders are active in design? How large are these
companies: revenues, profit, employment? How do these businesses fall
into the different types of design? How many orders did these
businesses receive during the past 12 months? Is there an evolution in
comparison to 5 years ago? What are the distribution channels of these
businesses?
2. Design profession
How many
persons with de design related job are there in Flanders? What is the
degree/education of these persons? Do they attend design related extra
training courses? How many students graduated in design related
disciplines (school year 2004-2005)?
3. Design as leisure activity
Which
are the existing design related trainings, events and leisure time
activities? What is the degree of participation in these events,
activities and trainings?
4. Design and popular media
How much attention do popular media pay to design? What is the impact of this media attention?
The
study gives an answer to all these questions. The summary of the study
can by found on the Design Flanders website,
www.designflanders.be/research The results of the study may be used,
but they remain the property of Design Flanders, which must be
communicated at all times.
The complete study is available for perusal at Design Flanders.
For further information please contact:
Bie Luyssaert
T: +32 2 227 49 02
E: bie.luyssaert@designflanders.be
W: www.designvlaanderen.be
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