Design Detroit aims to attract 1,000 design professionals to the city

A collaborative group, Design Detroit, has formed to attract the best
and brightest in the design world to live and work in Detroit.

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“What if in the U.S., Detroit design became like New Orleans jazz?” said [Knight Foundation president

Alberto Ibargüen].

The
Knight Foundation strives to back initiatives that leverage talent and
resources in each of the 26 U.S. cities it funds, Ibargüen said.

“If
you went to St. Paul or Duluth or San Jose or Boulder or Miami, where
Knight works, I don’t think there would be the same receptiveness to
design that there is in Detroit,” he said.

“I am fascinated by
Detroit, by the possibilities in place and the talent that’s there,”
Ibargüen said. “Detroit has an unusual asset that very, very few other
cities have.”

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