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New research shows design contributes £71.7bn to UK economy
22 October 2015
We've launch our new findings on The Design Economy, illustrating the full impact of the £71.7bn of value that design contributes to the UK. The Design Economy Report is a ground-breaking piece of research, which takes a wide...
Exclusive category at health awards announced for MedTechSouthEast finalists
14 October 2015
AXA PPP healthcare has confirmed the ten winners of MedTechSouthEast will be automatically entered into the Health Tech and You Awards 2016. This year, AXA has designated a special, exclusive category for MedTechSouthEast...
Incremental vs. radical: What’s the future of product innovation?
13 October 2015
We recently announced the winners of our product innovation fund, Design Council Spark, so we thought it a good time to speak to Peter Fullagar, Head of Innovation at Kinneir Dufort and advisor to Design Council. Here he discusses...
Design in the Public Sector: Cambridgeshire Council’s insights – Part II
12 October 2015
Design Council’s Design in the Public Sector programme increases the knowledge and use of strategic design skills across local authority public services, exposing teams to new ways of working and enabling them to do something...
The future of the auto industry: Three experts place their bets - Part III
5 October 2015
Our Leading Business by Design: Automotive Sector report – an in-depth analysis of strategic design’s impact on the passenger automotive sector – is now available on Amazon. The research investigated several forces affecting the...
Design in the Public Sector: An insider’s view – Part IV
2 October 2015
Devon County Council is part of the latest cohort in the Design in the Public Sector programme hoping to learn how to better engage staff and find innovative new ways of working. Having already blogged about the initial two-day...
Intellectual Property Office launches online digital service for designs
1 October 2015
Designers are now able to apply to register a single design at the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) using an online service. Having researched the barriers to designers applying to register their designs, the IPO has developed...
The future of the auto industry: Three experts place their bets - Part II
28 September 2015
Our Leading Business by Design: Automotive Sector report – an in-depth analysis of strategic design’s impact on the passenger automotive sector – is now available on Amazon. The research investigated several forces affecting the...
Design Council Spark awards £150,000 to three great new ideas
25 September 2015
Three finalists have been awarded a share of £150k from the first round of our product innovation fund, Design Council Spark. Find out more about our awardees and their brilliant ideas.
The three Spark...
Resolving disputes over planning and design – is there another way?
24 September 2015
Delivering high quality new development requires a range of skills and competencies, and is a truly multi-disciplinary process. Bringing forward new development at scale and pace inherently carries risk and brokering between...
Design Council Cabe appointed to key Old Oak and Park Royal role
22 September 2015
The Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation has appointed Design Council Cabe to a key new role that will aim to ensure all new developments on the largest regeneration site in London meet the very highest of design...
Ben Davies on design, independent living and MedTechSouthEast
18 September 2015
At the launch of our new design competition MedTechSouthEast, we spoke to Ben Davies, Managing Director of RODD/, about how he developed an innovative device to help stimulate appetite in people with dementia with the help of...