What we do

Design Council’s purpose is to make life better by design. We are an independent charity and the government’s advisor on design. Our vision is a world where the role and value of design is recognised as a fundamental creator of value, enabling happier, healthier and safer lives for all. Through the power of design, we make better places, better products, better processes and better performance.

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Our Healthy Placemaking research

How do we create places that deliver healthier lives? New research from Design Council and Social Change UK into the use of healthy placemaking practises by Built Environment professionals investigates. (FEATURED) Our new research into the use of healthy placemaking practises by Built Environment professionals investigates further.

News — 16/04/2018

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London live
London live

WATCH: Design Council discuss healthy placemaking on London LIVE Design Council CEO Sarah Weir OBE and Director of Policy and Communications Sally Benton appeared on London LIVE to discuss our Healthy Placemaking research. Design Council's Sarah Weir OBE and Sally Benton on how the Built Environment can affect our physical and mental health.

News — 19/04/2018
Rockit consumer show
Rockit consumer show

Design Council Spark awardees are rocking all over the world Rockit, the aptly named rocket-shaped portable baby rocker, was an awardee in our 2016 Design Council Spark accelerator programme. Rockit, the aptly named rocket-shaped portable baby rocker, was an awardee in our 2016 Design Council Spark accelerator programme.

News — 13/04/2018
Bicycles
Bicycles

Reclaiming negative space How two architects and their bicycles are developing a new way to address the housing crisis. How two architects and their bicycles are developing a new way to address the housing crisis.

Feature — 03/04/2018
Design Academy students
Design Academy students

Design Academy: the student experience We caught up with University of the Arts London Design School student Clara Llamas to find out what participating in Design Academy meant for her and her fellow students. We caught up with University of the Arts London student Clara Llamas to find out what participating in Design Academy meant for her.

Feature — 03/04/2018
Doncaster
Doncaster

Doncaster Council: Embedding user-centred design in local government David Ayre from Doncaster Council reflects on his experience of using design thinking to help address public health issues through our Design in the Public Sector programme. David Ayre from Doncaster Council reflects on his experience of using design thinking to help address public health issues.

Feature — 29/03/2018

Our response to the Creative Industries Sector Deal If Britain is to become the best place in the world for the creative industries to thrive, we need to support and invest in design. If Britain is to become the best place in the world for the creative industries to thrive, we need to support and invest in design.

News — 28/03/2018