Schools and Higher Education

Good design starts with a great education.

In this section you can find out more about the work the Design Council is doing with schools and universities to ensure the highest standards of design teaching in the UK.

Free resources for use in the classroom or lecture theatre include a short film about the last 50 years of British design, information about design around the world and a ten-step guide to running your own creative workshop.

For schools

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Read about the work we're doing with UK schools, watch a short film about design and discover fascinating facts about design at home and around the world.

Higher Education

The Multi-disciplinary Design Network was formed in 2006 to support the establishment of multi-disciplinary ‘centres of excellence’ that combine teaching in management, engineering, technology, design and the creative arts.

The Network has also travelle to Asia, America and around Europe to find and share examples of best practice multi-disciplinary teaching in universities and working in industry.

 

For anyone wanting a career in design

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

If you're interested in a career in the design industry you can:

Find out about careers in design ... the designer and beyond. Project managers, copy writers, design lecturers and designers talk about their career in the design industry.

Watch filmed interviews with designers who share their career secrets

Read about a week in the life of seven designers that work in different disciplines

A week in the life of...

It is a meeting of minds that makes it interesting. You never know where a project may take you.
Sophie Thomas

link to article on a week in the life of designer Sophie Thomas

Sophie Thomas is a founding partner of design agency thomas.matthews

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