Design Processes in Cultural and Creative Industries’ Oriented Development: A Regional Case

The paper investigates the role of design as mediator in between culture, creativity, industry and top down policies. In that respect, it is responsible for enabling the creation of CCI ecosystems, overcoming the traditional antagonism between culture and economy, creativity and industry. After de ning the CCIʼs phenomenon on a Europe- an scale, the contribution tries to describe how design is part of this phenomenon but its nature does not belong nei- ther to culture or creativity nor industry, but at the intersec- tion of the three, thanks to its ability of integrating di erent knowledge and interests within the production processes, multiplying values. Through the description of various creative eco- system models, the paper aims to establish the interactive role of design processes, practices and design cultures in the creation of these CCI systems within the Smart Special- ization Strategy (S3), to enhance the cultural and creative vibrancy and metabolism in cities.