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Living Well with Dementia
18 February 2015
Launched in 2011, Living Well with Dementia was a Design Challenge run in partnership with the Department of Health to improve the lives of those affected by dementia. The aim was to design and develop products and services that...
Working Well Design Challenge
18 February 2015
Working Well was a Design Challenge run in partnership with Nominet Trust in 2012 and 2013. It supported three teams in designing and launching new digital products and services to help young people develop their talents and make...
Design Out Crime
17 February 2015
The Home Office’s Design and Technology Alliance against Crime and the Design Council, supported by the Technology Strategy Board, established a programme called Design Out Crime. From 2008 to 2010, it tackled problems in five...
The Department for Business, Innovation & Skills
17 February 2015
The Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS) turned to Design Council for support with a project to improve navigation around its head office in order to help its staff work smarter and reduce cost. Challenge ...
Warwickshire County Council
10 February 2015
Warwickshire County Council needed to meet government requirements to provide digital and online services. In 2013, it worked with Design Council to understand how best to embed the necessary skills across its whole organisation. ...
Unlimited Potential
9 February 2015
Unlimited Potential is a Salford-based social enterprise dedicated to encouraging people to lead healthier and happier lives. It has successfully launched a number of local services, including ‘Health Trainers’ and ‘Smoke-Free...
Womersley Foods
6 February 2015
Womersley Foods produces and sells traditional British fruit and herb vinegars originally made from home-grown ingredients and sold in upmarket retail outlets throughout the UK. The company was launched in 1979 by Martin and Aline...
University of Newcastle
6 February 2015
Challenge The School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Newcastle University had been working since 2008 to develop an inexpensive technology for medical ultrasound scanning, primarily for use in health care authorities,...
Gripple
5 February 2015
Gripple is a Sheffield-based, Queens Award-winning manufacturer of a wire joining and tensioning device – the Gripple – which connects wires and holds them tight. Since launching the Gripple in 1988, the company has developed...
Water Design Challenge
5 February 2015
The award winning Water Design Challenge asked 11-14 year olds in the South East of England to come up with new ways of saving water. The project, created and managed by the Design Council in association with Southern Water, ran...
University of Leicester
5 February 2015
Six million people in the UK are affected by tinnitus every day – ranging from a light buzzing to a constant roar in the ears and head – with 600,000 seriously affected by the condition. It can have a detrimental effect on quality...
Design for Patient Dignity
3 February 2015
Launched in October 2009, Design for Patient Dignity brought the Design Council together with the Department of Health and healthcare specialists from the Royal College of Art Helen Hamlyn Centre to develop new designs showing how...