Resources for design teachers and students

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Design students, primary, secondary and further education teachers, as well as design and business lecturers, can find information here on teaching and learning about design.

Do you want to find out about undergraduate design courses?
While we can't endorse specific design courses or educational institutions, you can get information on all undergraduate design courses at the UCAS website

A week in the life of design

Designers Nat Hunter, Matthew Hilton, Vyshali Sardesai, Hai Tran, Sophie Thomas and Catherine Murray tell us what they do during a typical working week. The furniture designer Matthew Hilton has designed furniture for companies including SCP, Driade, Authentics and Habitat. Last year he established his own company to produce his own wooden furniture designs.'I always have to be creating...

Ideaplay

Teaching students the value of design Ideaplay is an interactive design workshop and idea generation kit aimed at students of all ages, developed by design consultancy Engine in conjunction with the Design Council.

Resources for design and business educators

How does design fit into business strategy? Find out how design combines with innovation and creativity to equal business success through a range of teaching and learning resources developed by the Design Council, with our support or by other organisations.

Resources for schools

Effective design comes from a combination of skills including creativity, problem solving, idea generation and team working. The Design Council has created learning resources for schools that build awareness of those skills, and offer pupils the chance to use them.

Careers in design: Doing the business

There are more design graduates now than ever before. But are they finding it increasingly hard to carve out a high-flying career?

The word thrive printed on the back of a van

Fast facts for educators and students

Are you a design educator, researcher or student? We think the Value of Design Factfinder could be an important resource for you

The seven ages of design

All designers work in a space that straddles commerce, creativity and integrity. But how do individual designers manage that in practice? At a London Design Festival event in 2005, staged by the Design Council and Creative and Cultural Skills, seven designers at seven very different points in their careers spoke about getting the balance right.

Michael Bierut: his career in design

How is a modern designer made? Renowned US graphic design Michael Bierut told an audience of designers and educators what he was taught, what he wasn't, and how he became the designer he is.