Bristol and Bath By Design

布里斯托尔和巴斯地区的主要学术设计机构(威斯康星大学、巴斯温泉大学和布里斯托尔大学)将进行合作，以便对该地区设计的价值和影响进行全面分析。除了评估区域设计网络的性质和质量外，该小组还将利用定量和定性方法，努力阐明设计的社会和经济价值。这三所大学将与REACT、英格兰西部设计论坛(WEDF)、布里斯托尔传媒、Creative Bath和英格兰西部本地企业伙伴关系(WLEP)合作，提供独特的知识库，使人们能够深入了解布里斯托尔和巴斯地区设计的独特性质和特点。合作机构的设计学者还将利用他们与其他地区高等院校的网络，包括巴斯大学(建筑与工程)和格洛斯特郡大学，为该项目提供咨询意见。综合运用社会科学、艺术和人文学科的方针和方法，项目组将能够通过分析该地区独特的文化遗产的重要性以及设计师开展工作所处的社会、历史和文化背景，超越迄今进行的原始统计部门绘图。通过这种方式，该项目将为理解和评估该地区的设计创建一个强大的框架，其结果将使研究委员会、政府、高等院校和行业受益。

The primary academic design institutions in the Bristol and Bath region (UWE, and the universities of Bath Spa and Bristol) will collaborate in order to undertake a comprehensive analysis of the value and impact of design in the region. Using quantitative and qualitative methods, the team will strive to articulate the social and economic value of design, in addition to an assessment of the nature and quality of the regional design networks. Working in collaboration with REACT, West of England Design Forum (WEDF), Bristol Media, Creative Bath and The West of England Local Enterprise Partnership (WLEP), the three universities will provide a unique knowledge base that affords a deep understanding of the distinctive nature and characteristics of design in the Bristol and Bath region. The partner institutions' design academics will also exploit their networks with other regional HEIs including Bath University (Architecture & Engineering) and the University of Gloucestershire to provide consultative input into the project. A combination of approaches and methods drawn from both the social sciences and arts and humanities will enable the project team to move beyond the raw statistical sector mapping that has occurred to date through analysing the importance of the region's unique cultural heritage, the social, historical and cultural context within which designers operate. In this way, the project will create a robust framework for the understanding and evaluation of design in the region whose finding will benefit the research councils, the government, HEIs and industry.