Hasta La Ideas

Alice Rawsthorn, the design critic of the International Herald Tribune, reflects on the use of the discredited word “innovation”, and highlights some of the better ones.

“As the economic and environmental crises deepen, there is a growing recognition that many aspects of our lives need to be reinvented. Politicians routinely call for the “redesign” of society, and urge businesses to “innovate” their way out of recession. This readiness to embrace change — even radical change — coupled with advances in science and technology, is unleashing a stream of innovations.

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(Note that the International Herald Tribune site is no more, and has been merged into a new New York Times – Global Edition site)

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