Information Renaissance
The Renaissance was a time of intellectual and artistic revolution in Western Europe from roughly the 14th century to the 17th century. This was a time of innovation and invention, along with expression and idealism. This can be directly with the rise of our current information age and what the industry is doing as we speak. There was a sense of globalism during the Renaissance, and there is a large sense of that now as well. With the advancement of information exchange and wireless technology, people can be connected to the world 24 hours a day and 7 days a week.
This flattening of the world helps cultures and countries to collaborate with each other to create a better system of information. Virtually every place in the US can be accessed with a cell phone, and most places have the abilities for WiFi. There is much innovation involved in the technologies, and much expression with the design of these technologies.