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The Six Cities Design Festival is an international design festival that takes place simultaneously in Scotland’s six cities: Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness, and Stirling. 2007 is the Festival’s inaugural year; a main festival period of over 300 public exhibitions and events ran from 17 May — 3 June. Two ongoing Six Cities Design Festival initiatives, Design into Business and Learning, continue to offer conferences, workshops and classes nationwide. The Six Cities Design Festival is delivered by The Lighthouse (Glasgow): Scotland’s National Architecture and Design Centre. The 2007 festival was backed by £3 million from The Scottish Government.〔http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2006/10/31155512〕 ==Background== The Festival was announced by Scotland's former First Minister Jack McConnell in February 2005, after the 2 December 2005 publication of Creativity in Business, a review commissioned by The Chancellor Gordon Brown. The review argued that businesses in the UK are not utilising the creative industries to their fullest potential, nor do they realise the profitable impact such utilization can have.〔(Cox Review index )〕 In an ongoing project entitled, (The Value of Design Fact Finder ), the UK Design Council has gathered supporting evidence that businesses that have invested in design over the past three years increase the likelihood of turnover growth.〔http://www.designfactfinder.co.uk/design-council/showSection.do?path=FactsInDetail,onDesignAndBusPerf,TheLinkBetweenDesignAndBetterBusinessPerformance〕 Aligning with the findings of Creativity in Business and the UK Design Council, the Six Cities Design Festival’s ongoing Design into Business and Learning programmes support Scottish designers and educate businesses on how to profitably engage with this sector. The Festival was officially launched on 31 October 2006 at media event at (Dance Base ) in Edinburgh.〔(Six Cities Design Festival )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Six Cities Design Festival」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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