Is Malaysia ready to become a Creative Economy?

Creative Economy
Report 2008
The Challenge of Assessing the Creative Economy: towards informed Policy-making

This report makes good reading for policymakers and anyone interested to be in the creative business. Also comes with a forest of facts & figures to be plucked & used in your own biz presentations.

Excerpts:
"The creative economy has the potential to generate income and jobs while promoting social inclusion, cultural diversity and human development."

"This Report provides empirical evidence that the creative industries are among the most dynamic emerging sectors in world trade."

"The large majority of developing countries are not yet able to harness their creative capacities for development."

"The policy-oriented analysis presented in this Report represents an initial contribution to developing a better understanding of the key issues underlying the creative economy and its development dimension."

A more thorough overview of the report can be found here.
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> Download report (pdf 2.5Mb).

This Report is the fruit of a collaborative effort that was led by UNCTAD and the UNDP Special Unit for South-South Cooperation and that included a team of experts from the collaborating UN agencies – UNCTAD, UNDP, UNESCO, WIPO and ITC – as well as international consultants.

Design & Crisis

kakireka smalltalk 11.0 -- Design & Crisis
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Implications of current financial crisis on Brands
by: Liza Low, Identity Matters

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The Bukit Antarabangsa landslide aftermath from a designer/victim's point of view
by: Asri Ahmad, wREGA member

19 Dec 2008 - FRIDAY
7:00 - 9:00pm
Ole Cafe (upstairs), Changkat Bukit Bintang, K.L.

FREE & open to public. Light refreshments served. come early to mingle & chat. limited seats.

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- - COMING SOON - -

2009 schedule for kakireka smalltalks

JAN - Design & Cultural Heritage
"Malaysian Design - a vernacular or copycat?"
FEB - Design & the Built Environment
MAR - Design & Photography
APR - Design & Event Management
MAY - Design & Character Animation
JUN - Design & Print Publishing

Details will be announced as soon as they are confirmed.
If you would like to attend or be a speaker at any of these smalltalk events, drop us a line for an invite. Venue will be at Ole Cafe unless specified otherwise. All are welcome.

Pipit 2nd. Anniversary at Zouk

Pipit celebrates their 2nd. Anniversary in true artsy designer style! With short film screenings, installations, design product booths, LIVE digital art demo, DJ performance. Go for the ideation, demonstration and collaboration.
> details here.

Pipit is a project that actively support worldwide independent artist and designer, promote art design related project, exhibition and other creative activities, keen to provide source , information.

Pipit is also an online community , publisher , agency that produce independent creative issue, organize event and crossover project.

- congrats, Mike! & all the best from kakireka.