very short intro, ch 9-10

The last two chapters of this book brought up some very interesting points. The bit about small and medium enterprises was especially interesting to me. I think it's strange that big companies can get away with selling lots of poorly designed products, but smaller companies can do just as well selling fewer well-designed products and services. It makes sense in the reading, but I had never really thought about why that is before. I was also really interested in the role of design in government. I was unaware that a relationship existed between governments and design, let alone that these relationships have such a long history. I have to say, I'm not all that surprised that the US doesn't have the same type of government promotion of design as other countries. The final chapter was interesting as well. I definitely agree with the statement that drawing is an irreplaceable skill for designers, no matter how much computers advance in the future. All in all, I found this book very informative, but I must say, not all that exciting of a read.