Britain's top design consultancies Source: Design Week Top 100, 1997 Top American design conscious manufacturers General Motors NCR Apple Steelcase IBM Herman Miller Chrysler Black & Decker Thomson According to the American magazine, Business Week which has been running its Products of the Year awards since 1980, General Motors is the most design-conscious American manufacturer, followed in descending order by NCR, Apple, Steelcase and IBM. Source: Business Week, 1 June 1996 British design consultancies British design consultancies at all levels have steadily increased their export performance since the late 1980s. Between 1992 and 1995 there was a 68% rise in the number of survey respondents earning more than 40% of turnover from overseas organisations. Half of the design consultancies in this survey claimed that overseas business was essential for their survival. Source: Design Council report: UK design consultancies and overseas business, 1995