Fellow designers and non-designers, I heartily urge you to read the 10 proposals of the U.S. National Design Policy, organized and advanced by my dear friend and colleague Dr. Elizabeth Tunstall, and to write an official policy endorsement. Here's mine:

I, Gong Szeto, of Santa Fe, NM, support the U.S. National Design Policy Initiative and the Redesigning America's Future ten policy proposals. Design by definition seeks to make complex matters accessible and desirable to the public. Design in its myriad forms and types of applications has been proven to be a key factor in competitive advantage in the private sector and if employed to serve the people of the United States, will reach new heights in effectiveness for people of all walks of life. The United States of America needs to unearth and explode the massive talents of American design practitioners and focus them on the challenges of this country. Lastly, design is not inherently partisan. Its virtue as an overall set of disciplines is an innate compassion for humanity and an eternal optimism for its prosperity, creative nourishment, and survival.

Senators Jeff Bingaman (D) and Tom Udall (D), and Representatives Matin Heinrich (D), Harry Teague (D), and Ben Lujan (D) are my state representatives and I pledge to do my part in advancing the goals of the U.S. National Design Policy in my state of New Mexico as well as on the national level.

Gong Szeto, Designer

Santa Fe, NM