The government has also embraced the importance of urban design, endorsing the call for new centres of design and architectural excellence.
From Martha Stewart, the queen of populism, to avant-garde newcomers like Karim Rashid, the most influential names in design endorse plastics in stylish products at Kmart, Target and high-concept SoHo stores.
After it was patented in 1849, the design was endorsed by Howard Staunton, then the world's best player; because of Staunton's extensive promotion, it subsequently became known as the Staunton pattern.
The Indian was added by the Frasers to the original map design concept endorsed by the OTMA.
Late that year, Barber's 1882 design was endorsed by Mint authorities, and 25 specimens were sent to Washington for routine approval by Treasury Secretary Charles J. Folger.
The overall design was endorsed by representatives from each centre in 2002.
Animal husbandry methods and experimental design were endorsed by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Australian Animal Health Laboratory and Animal Ethics Committee, and aligned with the Code of Practice for the Welfare of Horses (Bureau of Animal Welfare, Victoria, Australia).
And it has exclusive rights, in the discount arena, to products designed or endorsed by Martha Stewart, Disney and "Sesame Street" -- names on which it could better capitalize.
At Louis Vuitton, for instance, Jacobs has pioneered collaborations with hip-hop moguls like Kanye West, embraced graffiti art with his Stephen Sprouse designs and endorsed tattooing with his use of Scott Campbell's temporary body art in the spring 2011 menswear show.
The European Mortality and Length Of ICU Stay (ELOISE) study was designed and endorsed by the Working Group on Health Economics of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM).
