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Whose responsibility is inclusive design?
2 June 2014
It's essential that built environment and design professionals step up and take greater responsibility for inclusive design. Designing inclusive environments should be seen as the ultimate goal in design, not a barrier to it....
5 of the world’s most ‘generous’ public spaces - by Wayne Hemingway
1 June 2014
Wayne Hemingway MBE is co-founder of HemingwayDesign and a Design Council trustee. Wayne often gives talks on housing and the power of design to improve things that matter in life. Wayne talked to us about generous design and why...
Design for Europe: A vision for design leadership
1 June 2014
Overview The Design Management Institute (DMI) is hosting a two-day event focusing on the new ways to reshape organizations and drive social and economic change. As part of the event, titled Making Change By Design, our Head of...
Meet Up & Make: learning from each other
29 May 2014
Do you have a story to tell that can inspire others to make good things happen in their area? Share your experiences at the next Meet Up & Make. We're big believers in the idea that a better world evolves through the combined...
Creating sustainable innovation through design for behaviour change
22 May 2014
As part of our work with the Behavioural Design Lab, Dr Kristina Niedderer and Dr James Mackrill from the Universities of Wolverhampton and Warwick introduce a new Arts and Humanities Research Council funded project that needs...
Are you ready to license your brand?
22 May 2014
Designers Yasushi Kusume and Neil Gridley have helped lead design and brand management for the likes of Philips, Electrolux and Tesco. They are also the authors of Brand Romance, a guide to building a loved brand – we asked them...
Designing Blackpool’s Comedy Carpet
21 May 2014
In 2006 artist Gordon Young approached typographer Andy Altmann of Why Not Associates with a mad idea. Blackpool City Council were redeveloping the seafront and they commissioned Gordon to create a piece of public art. Gordon’s...
New report shows how design can strengthen the economy
15 May 2014
The latest report by the Design Commission looks at how design and digital enterprise can bolster the UK economy. We welcome the publication of the Design Commission’s report, Designing the Digital Economy, which argues that...
Up on the roof: the London skyline tour
9 May 2014
Overview As part of London Festival of Architecture 2014, the Cabe team invite you to join them up on the roof of our headquarters, the Angel Building, for an expert discussion of London’s evolving skyline. Speakers Thomas...
Young people, youthful places
9 May 2014
Overview About a quarter of London’s population is aged 19 or under, but what is the city like for young people? As part of the London Festival of Architecture 2014, we want to know how architects, designers, and young people...
King’s Cross walking tour
9 May 2014
Overview A quarter of British adults walk for fewer than nine minutes a day, so as part of London Festival of Architecture 2014 and our own Active by Design campaign, we invite you to get on your feet and discover how good design...
Three designs that help me walk to work
9 May 2014
Can design inspire us to walk more as part of our daily commute? I’ve been working hard organising our upcoming Active by Design conference, so when I found out that it is Walk to Work Week, I started to wonder how design might...