Nahid Majid appointed Design Council Cabe Director

We're looking forward to welcoming Nahid Majid, formerly of The Prince's Foundation and the Department of Work and Pensions, to lead our work making cities and the built environment better places to live.

Design in innovation

Following the government's newly published Innovation and Research Strategy for Growth we've published a parallel paper Design for Innovation full of practical plans on delivering design leadership in government and growing the knowledge base on the role and impact of design.

We've also created a set of films about design for growth 

Watch this film and find out more about design for growth

Design Fund

Samuel Wilkinson, designer of the award winning Plumen light bulb, interaction designers Anthony Dunne and Conny Freyer of Troika, will be at MADE North on 21 February.

And throughout February the Design 4 seminar series runs in Cambridge, accompanied by an exhibition of UK Design Icons.

Designing Demand workshops

Our business mentoring service Designing Demand is running a series of free interactive workshops, starting in Nottingham, Sheffield and Sunderland to demonstrate what design can do for manufacturing businesses. Book your place now