Design as a profession

The design industry is a vibrant, varied and dynamic creative sector that plays a powerful and important role in many areas of our lives.

Designers help conceive and shape products and services; they contribute hugely to the visual world around us; they create communications for organisations of all shapes and sizes; they influence how we use buildings and help improve our workspaces; they can contribute to building better public services or create more efficient working processes; they create the interfaces we use daily on digital devices; they help us digest information; they create the clothes you’re wearing and the chair you may be sitting on.

This section explores what designers do everyday and also what it's taken for them to get where they are today.

 

A week in the life ... what do designers do all day?

Week in the life designers

Designers Nat Hunter, Matthew Hilton, Vyshali Sardesai, Hai Tran, John Fogarty, Sophie Thomas and Catherine Murray tell us what they do during a typical working week.

Careers in design ... the designer and beyond

The design industry is a vibrant, varied and dynamic creative sector that plays a powerful and important role in many areas of our lives. What's it like to have a career in a design, and how do you start?