BusinessForum China 2/09
"Clay Modelling – Foreign Companies are Starting to Outsource Design to China". Article by zou & oni a.k.a. Klara Sibeck & Gerhard Seizer while working for WILDDESIGN Shanghai. BusinessForum China is a magazine published in 16,000 copies in cooperation with the German Chamber of Commerce.
"It is no longer a question of whether products of the future will be designed in China rather than made in China – this shift is already taking place. The current practice is that manufacturers in China provide not only engineering and manufacturing, but also complete industrial design services. Wait a minute – my new laptop computer with a Western brand logo is now designed by suppliers in Suzhou?"
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