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Designing better children's services
5 June 2019
The Design in the Public Sector programme is helping councils and partners find new ways of delivering effective children’s services using design methods. Jo Stephenson investigates Tight budgets and increasing demand mean...
The importance of threading Design through STEM
7 May 2019
Watch Alistair Kitching from Reece Innovation and Sally Benton Director of Policy and Communication, Design Council, talk about the importance of incorporating STEM and design skills.
What makes a knowledgeable, talented, and skilled designer?
1 May 2019
Yasushi Kusume is Innovation and Creative Manager at IKEA and formerly headed up branding and design for companies like Electrolux and Philips. We asked him what constitutes a great designer, and where the concept of ‘design...
Is the UK economy being damaged by our design education policy?
1 May 2019
In the UK, the design economy is booming. It generated £85.2bn in gross value added to the UK in 2016. However, continuing success looks shaky. A shortage of talent afflicts the industry, and its roots are in education policy....
Queen’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade awarded to tangerine agency
1 May 2019
We're proud to announce that Design Council Trustee, Martin Darbyshire's agency 'tangerine' wins prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade. Graham Stuart MP, Minister for Investment at the Department for...
Watch: Transform Ageing – Later life is for living
25 April 2019
56 projects and counting! We’re proud to present our new film celebrating how our Transform Ageing programme is designing a better experience for later life.
Transform Ageing is a pioneering programme taking...
Design Council partnership with The Pineapples awards and the Festival of Place at Tobacco Dock on Tuesday 9 July
24 April 2019
Design Council is pleased to announce its role as headline partner for The Pineapples awards and partner for the Festival of Place which will be the summer’s leading event in the built environment calendar. For one day only,...
The Design Council Spark awardee breaking new ground with his digging device
27 March 2019
Fed up with the laborious task of weeding, Nick Skaliotis invented the Kikka Digga – an easy-to-use gardening tool that makes light work of digging. Here he talks about his lightbulb moment, memorable marketing opportunities and...
Join Design Council Director of Architecture and Built Environment Sue Morgan at MIPIM
7 March 2019
Design Council’s Director of Architecture and Built Environment, Sue Morgan, will be at MIPIM, the world’s leading property market, 12-15 March 2019 at Palais des Festivals in Cannes, France. Sue will be based at the London stand...
TickleFLEX: The Design Council Spark awardee whose device for diabetics has revolutionised insulin injections
28 February 2019
For someone with a needle phobia, developing Type 1 diabetes and having to self-inject insulin twice a day was a troublesome experience for Peter Bailey, especially as he often found it tricky to hold the needle steady,...
Design Council Spark finalist Geoff Rolandsen has the key to easing everyday activities
20 February 2019
When Geoff Rolandsen discovered his elderly father was having difficulties unlocking doors, he designed a device that would make using keys easier for those with reduced dexterity. Reaching the Design Council Spark 2017 finals has...
Sarah Weir reflects on MHCLG’s Better Design for Better Places conference
19 February 2019
Beauty was very much the theme of the day at the start of MHCLG’s Better Design for Better Places conference in Birmingham last week. But the overwhelming theme that quickly emerged from the conference hall and in conversations...