... by sharing know-how about design-led innovation
... by connecting designers with government and industry
... through high-quality, design-led support programmes
... by backing industry networks and organisations
IDEO's new open innovation platform is setting challenges around design for social change - from helping kids make healthier food choices to creating learning tools for students in the developing world.
Find out how you can become part of this new community where people design better, together for social good.
Dott Cornwall is engaging local people in co-designing their lives, using some symbolic and spectacular methods.
What could designers do to help a deprived community in Pengegon develop services that will benefit the people who live there? Why cake is an essential designer tool.
Designing innovative new ways to promote Cornwall through its produce and products. How a spectacular event can get people talking.
Designing ways to enhance people's skills and link people at real and perceived risk of redundancy with new, long-term work opportunities in Cornwall. What could be better than a big red camper at attracting attention?
The government is looking for ways to reduce the budget deficit by cutting public spending.
The Design Council has submitted its ideas to the Spending Challenge. Now you can have your say on how designers can help the government reduce the budget deficit by cutting public spending in a way that is fair and responsible.
Have your say on the Spending Challenge
With the Department of Energy and Climate Change we're investigating how to help people make their homes more energy efficient.
Read our proposal
Helping Britain use design to build a stronger economy and improve everyday life
Share your vision of how design thinking and techniques help deliver the Big Society.
