The Design and Technology Alliance

Led by Sebastian Conran, the Alliance draws on design expertise and business knowledge to develop and promote crime-reducing innovations in products, services, regulation and in the everyday environment. The Alliance also works to identify incentives for business to design out crime and advise on what consumers want.

The Design and Technology Alliance aims to:

• Generate positive design solutions to specific crime and disorder problems, based on an understanding of the methods used by offenders
• Advise on strategies for the wider implementation of these solutions
• Inspire designers to produce positive design solutions (through commissions, awards
  and publicity)
• Identify potential threats, solutions and opportunities presented by new technologies
• Raise consumer awareness and increase demand for secure and attractive products
• Demonstrate the business case for Designing Out Crime by showing that it increases sales by adding value
• Raise the profile of Designing Out Crime within industry, placing it at the core of corporate social responsibility.