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Video: Design Council discuss healthy placemaking on London LIVE
19 April 2018
Design Council CEO Sarah Weir OBE and Director of Policy and Communications Sally Benton appeared on London LIVE to discuss our Healthy Placemaking research, and how a greater emphasis on creating healthy places could help address...
How do we create places that deliver healthier lives?
16 April 2018
Design Council and Social Change UK today launched our Healthy Placemaking report which highlighted the outcomes from their survey of over 600 built environment practitioners across the UK including architects, town planners and...
Design Council Spark awardees are rocking all over the world
13 April 2018
With news that Design Council Spark awardee Rockit are due to appear on Channel 4’s ‘Buy it now’ competition show, we got in touch to find out how things were going with the product and what they had to share from their experience...
Reclaiming negative space
3 April 2018
By Victor Callister, Design Council Deputy Director of Architecture & Built Environment. One of the great joys of working at Design Council is the privilege of meeting so many individuals and organisations that are committed to...
Doncaster Council: Embedding user-centred design in local government
29 March 2018
In 2017, Doncaster Council participiated in our Design in the Public Sector programme. Their aim was to use design thinking to help address public health issues in their area. We caught up with Head of Service David Ayre to find...
Our response to the Creative Industries Sector Deal
28 March 2018
Design Council welcomes the Creative Industries Sector Deal agreed today. For the past twelve months, we have worked hard with partners across the creative sector to press for a deal that supports the growth of our creative...
The social innovators who will Transform Ageing in the south-west
16 March 2018
At the end of 2017 we set social entrepreneurs throughout the south-west the task of responding to a series of six briefs compiled by local communities looking for innovative product and service solutions, with the simple aim...
Meet the Spark finalists 2018
12 March 2018
For four years Design Council Spark has been providing mentoring and funding to help get great products to market. This year another 12 teams join the programme as finalists. Read on to find out about the products that will be...
Rachel Skinner: ‘Best Woman Civil Engineer’ awardee 2017
9 March 2018
Chartered civil engineer Rachel Skinner was named both the ‘Most Distinguished Winner’ and ‘Best Woman Civil Engineer’ at the European Women in Construction and Engineering Awards 2017. Rachel is due to become the youngest...
How six local councils are using design to tackle public health challenges
27 February 2018
With seven councils across the north of England already beginning to use design to affect positive change across their respective regions, six more councils from the south of England are now embarking upon our Design in the Public...
Setting the context: the role of design in the realisation of the Olympic Legacy
13 February 2018
By Kathryn Firth. The great strength of the 2012 Olympic Games was to create the Legacy, the piece of the city the Olympic Park would become, at the same time as creating the Games-time masterplan. This required those involved in...
Sarah Weir OBE: Design Council's first female CEO
6 February 2018
Sarah Weir OBE is the Design Council Chief Executive, the first woman in our history to be appointed to the position. During a career spanning the public, private and third sectors, Sarah started out as a broker at Lloyd’s of...