Find out more about the Five Days of Design events

Design Fund for Growth

The Design Fund for Growth has been established by the Design Council to support the use of design for economic growth. Five projects events will take place across the country between November 2011 and March 2012. Each partner organisation will receive £20,000 from the Design Fund for Growth to plan, promote and run their proposed activity and to build on its impact thereafter.

 

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Coming up: 10 Things I Learnt

Design Wales Forum introduces 10 speakers from across design, technology and business who will share their experiences in an interactive event. 9 March

West of England Design Forum

Coming up: Five Days of Design

The West of England Design Forum will organise five events over five days (19-23 Mrach) to help businesses understand design and the strategic business benefits and to help designers promote themselves and design effectively.

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Recap: Made North

One day conference on 21 February celebrating today’s innovators and providing a creative platform for presenting and debating ideas, processes and technology to inspire the future talent emerging from the North.

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Recap: Design Icons

An exhibition and seminar series running in Cambridge throughout February. On 22 February, the Design 4 Communication seminar will explore how design plays a pivotal role in how your business is presented and understood

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Recap: Step up to Design

A day organised by Design Network North focusing on the importance of innovation in the current business climate

Small Grants Scheme 2010

In 2010 our Small Grants Scheme allocated a total of £100,000 to 18 organisations who organised events and projects to promote the value of design to business

CABE Grants

Design Council CABE has awarded grants totalling £114,000 to 14 organisations to help them work with the local community and support their aspiration for the design quality of developments in their area.

Find out more about the grant winners.

Contact us

 

Please email all queries to designfund
@designcouncil.org.uk

 

How the Design Fund was awarded

The call for the Design Fund for Growth received an overwhelming response, with 60 proposals submitted by organisations from all around UK.

 

The selection panel, chaired by Design Council trustee Pam Alexander included respected figures from business, design and technology.

 

The panel members were:

 

Bill Sermon from Via Dynamics

 

Dee Halligan a Design Council Design Associate

 

Ellie Runcie, Director of Design Innovation Services and Networks at the Design Council

 

Kathryn Best from Kathryn Best Design Management

 

Richard Eisermann from Prospect.

 

2011 Design Summit

 

How can Britain’s design industry can play a more central role in driving economic growth?

 

Find out more about our 2011 Design Summit on Design for Growth