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Journal 07 on the office of the future — where’s the best place to work from?
11 May 2020
Welcome to Design Council’s weekly journal. This week’s entry is on the office of the future and on the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and its impact on their infrastructure. Truth is ever to be found in the...
Sustainable Living - Is it time to press the reset button?
7 May 2020
It's time for the dialogue around sustainable living to change – so it is clearer who has the power to reduce social and environmental inequalities. This means understanding the responsibility of governments, private corporations...
Journal 06 on running virtual workshops using Miro
27 April 2020
Welcome to Design Council’s weekly journal. This week’s entry is on how it felt for us to run an interactive roundtable session using Miro a visual collaboration tool and the key role of NHS estates. If you want something new,...
Journal 05: on wellbeing in the woods
20 April 2020
Welcome to Design Council’s weekly journal. This week’s entry is on wellbeing in the woods, ways to support working parents and the first of many firsts. “I believe that there is a subtle magnetism in nature, which, if we...
Design for Health & Wellbeing
17 April 2020
I don’t need to tell anyone about the importance of our health. Over the last weeks, physical health and mental well-being have been at the forefront of everyone’s thoughts and conversations. And even before the pandemic, we were...
AI, data and design skills: outputs from a Design Council workshop
14 April 2020
Modern design is no longer confined to particular sectors or occupations. The skills, principles and practices of design are widely used across many parts of the economy, from protecting public health, to guiding the growth and...
Journal 04: on the psychological impact of the spread of disinformation
14 April 2020
Welcome to Design Council’s weekly journal. This week’s entry is on the psychological impact of the spread of disinformation and drawing whilst self-isolating. One must always draw, draw with the eyes, when one cannot draw with...
Journal 03: on working from home and homeschooling
6 April 2020
Welcome to Design Council’s weekly journal. This week we’ve learnt how to work from home and home-school simultaneously as well as be agile and flexible in an entirely new way. Everything changes and nothing stands still -...
How the design of places can support the COVID-19 emergency and shape a post-crisis society
3 April 2020
A few days into the COVID-19 lockdown, Design Council virtually gathered a group of Built Environment Experts to harness their shared brainpower and conceive meaningful ways in which we, as a collective group and national...
How the design of businesses, services & social innovation can support during the COVID-19 emergency and shape a post-crisis society
3 April 2020
On Thursday, 26th March, Design Council convened our network of experts through a series of remote roundtables. Key topics on the table spanned from getting equipment and resources to those most in need through to a total redesign...
Journal 02: Social Distancing or Physical Distancing?
3 April 2020
“When we deny the story, it defines us. When we own the story, we can write a brave new ending.” Brene Brown. In a year’s time, will we remember what it felt like to live, work and play during the Coronavirus outbreak? Probably...
Journal 01: Our initial reflections from the Coronavirus outbreak
25 March 2020
“Fear comes from uncertainty; we can eliminate the fear within us when we know ourselves better” - Bruce Lee As an organisation, we’ve decided to start a weekly journal to share our reflections from the Coronavirus outbreak. Her...