In an increasingly global economy, maybe it's futile to stamp any design with a national identity. But Britain still reigns when it comes to exporting cool. Photo © Jaguar Heritage Click the image above to view slide show. Click the image above to view slide show. Related Links: Thomas Heatherwick's unconventional approach flouts design orthodoxy. This was the year that London-born Jonathan Ive made the journey from the butcher-block desks and cast-aluminum task chairs of his studio in Cupertino, California, to the audience chamber of Buckingham Palace so that Queen Elizabeth II could knight him. You could call it a