Dwell: International design movement includes Detroit

We found this gem of an overview on the world wide urban design movement largely because of this excerpt:

Matt Clayson, Director of the Detroit Design Festival calls this current rash of festivals the third wave. London’s, founded in 2003, is the mothership. Philadelphia, founded in 2005, and San Francisco, in 2006, were the second wave. Detroit’s venture grew from the Detroit Creative Corridor Center’s design-thinky approach. Like that?

Here’s more, from Dwell.