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Government launches new National Design Guide completed by Tibbalds and Design Council
ArticlesA new visual design guide for the UK planning system completed by Tibbalds...
Design Council party conference round up 2019
ArticlesAt times over the last two months we couldn’t be sure that the party conference...
The Double Diamond: A universally accepted depiction of the design process
ArticlesFrom humble beginnings to a cornerstone of design language The Double...
Designing products for people in later life – meet the Spark ventures
ArticlesSince 2014, Spark has helped more than 140 entrepreneurs across the country get...
Transform Ageing through Design
ArticlesThe Transform Ageing programme is taking a design-led approach to ageing, by...
Councils across UK to learn ‘whatever the challenge, design has an answer’
ArticlesStreet crime, domestic violence and climate change are just some of the tough...
The Architecture of Hope: Maggie's Centre, Oldham
ArticlesIn the corridor of an NHS hospital in Edinburgh a big idea was born. It would...
Find out how we’re making our A&Es safer places to work
ArticlesViolence in our A&Es costs the NHS at least £69m a year in staff absences alone,...
The Double Diamond: 15 years on
ArticlesClick here to download our NEW Framework for Innovation The below article was...
What happens when you bring 30 students together, living 5,976 miles apart, and ask them to design ‘The Ideal City’ in just 5 days?
ArticlesThe word collaborate is thrown around all the time these days, especially when...
V&A Innovate: Inspiring the next generation to become the designers of tomorrow
ArticlesWe invited Helen Charman, Director of Learning & National Programmes at the V&A,...
Catherine Horwill argues that housing planning needs people placed at the centre
ArticlesRecently, Design Council was asked to attend an RIBA (Royal Institute of British...