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How to create a winning workplace
25 April 2014
Richard Baldwin, Head of Development for Derwent London, shares his thoughts on their approach to commercial development using five principles to create a winning workplace. At our Leading Business by Design summit, Richard...
Listen again to Andy Altmann's take 5 talk
24 April 2014
We like talking to designers. We especially like talking to designers about what they find inspiring, where their ideas come from and what keeps them motivated. That's why we started the take 5 talks series. Every other month we...
Why we need to design more active lives
23 April 2014
As part of our Active by Design campaign we asked Ann Gates founder of Exercise Works! to explain why designing for activity is so important for designers, architects and planners to consider. I’m passionate about the health...
Client survey shows how our business support helps boost sales and improve services
23 April 2014
Design Council provides business support to SMEs across the UK through our Design Leadership Programme which is part funded by the Department for Business Innovation and Skills. Over the last decade we’ve helped more than 2,500...
Design for technology transfer training
22 April 2014
Overview This one-day, interactive training course, developed and delivered in partnership with the University of Nottingham, will provide you with a practical understanding of how you can use design to accelerate the...
Win a place on City University’s MA in Innovation, Creativity and Leadership
17 April 2014
This week I spoke at ICLCity2014, an annual conference about Innovation, Creativity and Leadership held at City University to launch their scholarship competition. This is the second year that Design Council has partnered with...
Garden Cities: a panacea for the housing crisis?
17 April 2014
As someone who grew up in a Garden City, it’s been with particular interest that I’ve watched the idea rapidly grow in political currency over the last few weeks ahead of the publication of the government’s long-awaited Garden...
take 5: Witherford Watson Mann Architects
16 April 2014
Overview take 5 Join us here at Design Council for the third of our new series of take 5 talks with designers. These happen on the last Thursday of every month. 5 insights, 5 questions, 5 pounds The take 5 format is simple. We...
Design for technology transfer training
16 April 2014
Overview This one-day, interactive training course, developed and delivered in partnership with the University of Nottingham, will provide you with a practical understanding of how you can use design to accelerate the...
Are behavioural science and design the building blocks of innovation?
14 April 2014
Behavioural design has the potential to bridge the gap between research and practice to revolutionise how we tackle social issues. Behaviourial Scientist, Edward Gardiner discusses how we can use this research to create a...
Knee High Design Challenge: announcing the six funded teams
10 April 2014
Design Council's Ella Britton announces the six teams we’ll be funding in stage three of the Knee High Design Challenge as they develop a plan for sustainable growth. As the Knee High Design Challenge progresses into each stage,...
Berg’s Matt Webb from Little Printer to the cloud
10 April 2014
Berg CEO Matt Webb shares the thinking that built a design studio relied upon by the likes of Google and Intel, and created the award-winning Little Printer. At our Leading Business by Design summit, Matt gave us a glimpse at the...