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UKTI GREAT trade mission in Mexico opens doors for UK designers
1 September 2014
After the success of GREAT Week Malaysia earlier this month, UKTI are making a final call for applications to attend GREAT Week Mexico in 13-18 October. Mexico’s creative industries rank fifth amongst the country’s strategic...
The Prince Philip Designers Prize
29 August 2014
From 1959-2011 the Prince Philip Designers Prize celebrated how designers improve daily life by solving problems and turning great ideas into commercial reality. Winners have made their mark with everything from household...
5 ways to help design education thrive
28 August 2014
Design education in the UK is a hotbed of innovation and creativity that is fuelling economic recovery. So how can we make sure it stays that way? My year of magical thinking (aka maternity cover) leading on our skills academy...
Harriet Vine confirmed as our next take 5 speaker
28 August 2014
We're very excited to announce Tatty Devine's creative director Harriet Vine MBE will be our next take 5 speaker on 25 September! Harriet studied fine art at Chelsea School of Art, and went on to co-found Tatty Devine with her...
Help us design the future of care for older people
26 August 2014
Would you like to help design the future for seniors? Over the last five years, the Design Council has delivered practical solutions to a huge range of social issues, from products that improve the lives of those affected by...
take 5: Harriet Vine
22 August 2014
Overview take 5 After taking a summer break take 5 is back! 5 insights, 5 questions, 5 pounds The take 5 format is simple. We invite a designer to share five insights (spending about five minutes on each one). Then we open up...
Joanna Choukeir picks four up-and-coming designers to join our Ones to Watch
22 August 2014
We asked Joanna Choukier – Head of Design at uscreates and LCC lecturer – to help us in our mission to find 70 Ones to Watch to showcase as part of our 70th anniversary celebrations. Joanna joined us at the Creative Conscience...
Can improved education help create inclusive environments?
15 August 2014
The key to designing an environment that everyone can use equally is to change the way we teach and learn about inclusive design. Most built environment professionals have a basic understanding of equality and access legislation,...
Is university still the answer? Yes, to a degree...
14 August 2014
For those who received their A-levels today, your day has probably been filled with all kinds of emotions - and questions. One of which may be if a university degree is still worthwhile. Well the answer is yes, it is, but... When...
How we got Glasgow playing in the streets again
7 August 2014
People still love to play on the street – but sometimes it takes careful design to get them started, as we found out while creating Scotch Hoppers for the Glasgow 2014 Games. Outside my window as I write this, two girls are...
The art of getting active
4 August 2014
What part can art play in encouraging us to lead more active lives? Back in May, with our Active by Design campaign in mind, my colleague Bethany wrote a piece about how design eases her journey to work – smart phone apps, street...
Why inclusive design is more than just a box-ticking exercise
4 August 2014
Is the built environment industry really putting people at the centre of the design process, or is it just paying lip service to the idea in order to tick a box? In the fifteen plus years I've been working on access there have...