Articles - Design Council

How Thomson Reuters redesigned market trading and changed their company for good

9 May 2014

Rachel Jackson, Head of Design at Thomson Reuters shares how her design team was able to inspire change within the huge multi-national news and media organisation.

At our Leading Business by Design summit Rac...

Meet up and make: good things happen in your area

6 May 2014

Announcing a new series of free and friendly events in Southwark and Lambeth for people who want to make good things happen in their area. Throughout the Knee High Design Challenge, we have met some wonderful, energetic and...

A&E Design Challenge project wins Creative Review’s Best in Book

6 May 2014

PearsonLloyd’s A Better A&E has been awarded Best In Book at the Creative Review Annual 2014. The project was developed as part of our Reducing violence and aggression in A&E Design Challenge. The Creative Review Annual...

Meet our six Knee High Design Challenge teams

2 May 2014

The Knee High Design Challenge has reached stage three and the hundreds of entrants have been whittled down to just six teams. The teams have a mission to improve the lives of children under five and have been given a grant of...

How to make people fall in love with your brand

1 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...

When governments meet design: international webinar

30 April 2014

On 7 May I'll be joining the When Government Meets Design webinar to discuss how design is shaping public services around the people who use them. Addressing service, policy and organisational challenges in the UK government...