Design and Business Strategy

What is Creative Industry?

All around the world, the creative economy is categorised as an important and growing part of the global economy. It reflects from socio-economic potential of activities that trade with creativity, knowledge and information. Governments and creative sectors across the world are increasingly recognizing its importance as a generator of jobs, wealth and cultural engagement. The creative industry that are based on individual creativity, skill and talent with the potential to create wealth and jobs through developing intellectual property.

The creative industries are a priority, because they are innovation led, knowledge intensive and highly exportable. The creative industries foster individual creativity, skill and talent and offer diverse and rewarding career opportunities.

The creative capability comprises the following sectors:

• advertising, 
• architecture, 
• the art and antiques market, 
• crafts, 
• design, 
• fashion designer, 
• film making, 
• interactive leisure software (i.e. video games), 
• music, 
• the performing arts, 
• publishing, 
• software, and 
• television and radio. 

In short, the creative industry is industrial creativity, skill and talent and offer diverse and rewarding career opportunities as well as a contribution on the growth of the economy.

Reference:

(2016). Kcad: Illustration careers. [Online] Available on: https://www.kcad.edu/career-professional-development/for-students/illustration-careers/. [Accessed on 26 April 2016]

Polzi, N. (2016). Just creative: the current state of illustration and how to succeed. [Online] Available on: http://justcreative.com/2014/02/10/the-current-state-of-illustration-and-how-to-succeed-in-2014/. [Accessed on 27 April 2016]