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A note from the Chairman
23 May 2016
Design Council Chairman Martin Temple outlines our ambitions and shares some news about changes at the top of the organisation. Design Council has entered an exciting new phase. Over the last few months, we have been working very...
Design in the Public Sector cohort – East Midlands applications now live
17 May 2016
Design in the Public Sector in the east Midlands has now taken place. Applications are now open for London councils and partner organisations to join the programme. For more information, download the application form. Our Desig...
Mayku: Bringing the factory to your tabletop
17 May 2016
Spark finalists from 2015, Mayku are on a mission to revolutionise the experience of designing and making from home. Their desktop vacuum former is already a crowdfunding success story, with an ever-growing online community of...
Big Lottery Fund awards £9.5M to design solutions for the UK's ageing population
12 May 2016
Design Council is delighted to announce that we have received £3.65M from the Big Lottery Fund to take a pioneering design-led approach to improving people's experience of life as they age. We are grateful to be one of three...
Pop up Parks: How I got commissioned
29 April 2016
Pop up Parks was one of the Knee High Design Challenge winner. Now, with successful commissions secured from Lambeth Council, Southbank Centre and Groundwork, we spoke to director Tom Doust and asked for his tips on how to attract...
KidsConnect: How we reached 4000 users in one year
29 April 2016
KidsConnect was a Knee High Design Challenge finalist and is now a successful app providing accurate, up to date information on activities and services for children under five across Lambeth and Southwark. We spoke to KidsConnect...
KidsConnect: How we went from prototype to app
29 April 2016
KidsConnect was a Knee High Design Challenge finalist and is now a successful app helping parents in Southwark and Lambeth to discover and engage in free activities in their local areas, overcoming social isolation and helping...
Knee High Design Challenge - Finale Event 2016
26 April 2016
The Knee High Design Challenge, our partnership with Guy’s and St Thomas’ Charity and Lambeth and Southwark Councils, is a programme that set out to improve the lives and wellbeing of children under five in Southwark and Lambeth....
MedTechSouthEast finalist triumphs at AXA’s Health Tech & You awards 2016
26 April 2016
Three Design Council MedTechSouthEast finalists were recognised last night at the AXA Health Tech & You Awards, with Lise Pape, the inventor of a laser-emitting shoe that helps people with Parkinson's disease, winning the...
GyroGlove: How one glove is changing the lives of people with Parkinson's
20 April 2016
GyroGlove, a glove designed to suppress hand tremors caused by Parkinson's disease, first caught our attention when it became a MedTechSouthEast finalist in our competition to find the next generation of user-centred, non-invasive...
How Design Academy has inspired my design practice
4 April 2016
Chelsea Carter and Natalie Sowa are both second year Design for Publishing students at Norwich University of the Arts. Both students applied to take part in Design Academy, our new programme offering strategic design learning for...
How design is improving the quality of new homes
1 April 2016
Can we overcome the housing shortage with not only more, but better homes? Design Council Cabe believe we can and share the ways in which design is driving up the quality of new homes, creating places in which people can and want...