16/11/2014

Economic Sectors - Where does my practise fit in?

Primary Sector
The primary sector of the economy extracts or harvests products from the earth (coal, wood etc).

Secondary Sector
The secondary sector of the economy manufactures finished goods (food, clothes etc)

Tertiary Sector
The tertiary sector of the economy is the service industry (hotels, catering etc)

Quaternary Sector
The quaternary sector of the economy consists of intellectual activities

Tertiary Sector broken down

Public Sector
The part of the economy concerned with providing public aid/state controlled services (hospitals, fire services)

Private Sector
The part of the economy that is not state controlled and is run by individuals/companies for profit

Third Sector
The part of the economy that includes voluntary, non-profit organisations

Design studios/agencies, in-house creative teams and freelance practitioners fit into the Tertiary Sector.

Examples of professional practice from this blog: Which sector were they produced for?





I would say that all of the above examples have been produced for the Secondary Sector (finished goods). I seem to have quite an interest in producing work for this sector because I happen to like buying things with beautiful packaging. The designer (service provider) would have been asked to design a product/packaging that would be attractive to buyers, so I would say that their role as a service provider has been a successful one. 

This is the only example I wasn't sure about. I think this would belong in the Tertiary Sector because it has been designed for another service provider - in this case, a restaurant to make the environment more attractive to diners. 








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