The creative industries are the engine rooms of a modern economy? Not really...

According to Davide Kester, Chief Executive of the Design Council: "The creative industries are the engine room of a modern economy built on ideas and knowledge."

Erm... really? Compare the 'knowledge' that's come out of, say, the film industry or the fashion industry to the number of patents, medical discoveries, technologies and who knows what else that researchers in universities produce each year.

The creative industries may be built on ideas and knowledge, but that knowledge is produced elsewhere.

So not so much the engine room of a modern economy, more the onboard shopping mall.

The creative industries are important, but a little perspective would be good here.