Archive for February, 2006
Canada’s creative market segment
0 CommentsPublished by Martijn Arnoldus February 27th, 2006 in Creative Class
Whatever you may think about a ‘creative workforce’, the concept of the creative class is here to stay. A first study on the creative class in Canada further helps to turn the creative class into a distinct market segment.
TORONTO, CNW - Culture Creatives and Company, www.ccandco.com, released research on the values and beliefs amongst Canadians […]
Creativity versus ‘what really matters’?
0 CommentsPublished by Martijn Arnoldus February 27th, 2006 in Creative cities and regions
Another contribution to the on-going debate about the promises of the ‘creative city’ and the rather more black-painted approach of the ‘divided city’. Read Joel Kotkin’s opinion in The Australian. To find out more about Kotkin’s references to Berlin’s efforts to become a creative city, this article in the International Herald Tribune might be worth […]
New support for Auckland City
0 CommentsPublished by Martijn Arnoldus February 2nd, 2006 in Creative cities and regions
Auckland City is delighted with the central government’s steps toward supporting economic growth in Auckland through the development of key infrastructure in the city.
Earlier this month, the government announced part of the economic transformation agenda was to prioritise and support funding for infrastructure in Auckland city.
“This kind of support is crucial to Auckland’s economic development,” […]
Are you satisfied with your office?
0 CommentsPublished by Martijn Arnoldus February 1st, 2006 in Creative industries
Here’s something we all know intuitively. Badly designed office space has a negative effect on worker statisfaction.
A report produced by CABE in partnership with the British Council of Offices and the British Property Federation discusses some best practices in ‘office design’. According to the authors there are six basic principles for designing an office where […]