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Our Framework for Innovation

What is the framework for innovation? Design Council's evolved Double Diamond Designers across disciplines share strikingly similar approaches to the creative process, which we’ve mapped out as the Double Diamond, part of our Framework for Innovation. Designers across disciplines share strikingly similar approaches to the creative process, which we’ve mapped out as ‘the Double Diamond’.

Feature — 17/03/2015

Whatever the question, design has an answer.

Design Council champions the power of design to tackle the biggest challenges of our time and bring about real, positive change in people’s lives.

Every day we consult with industry, government and individuals to advise them on how design can improve the things that matter most. 

How can we improve our health and wellbeing? The places we live? The communities we’re all part of? These are the questions we seek to answer, as we strive to make Britain better by design. 

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What happens when you bring 30 students together, living 5,976 miles apart, and ask them to... Back in October 2018, Joe McCullagh, Head of Design and Associate Dean at the Manchester School of Art, reached out to Design Council with a bold vision: he wanted to bring students from across the world together to form a global design studio and support them to develop ‘glocal’ design skills. Joe McCullagh, Head of Design and Associate Dean at the Manchester School of Art, reached out to Design Council with a bold vision.

Feature — 22/08/2019

V&A Innovate: Inspiring the next generation to become the designers of tomorrow We invited Helen Charman, Director of Learning & National Programmes at the V&A to tell us more about the launch of V&A Innovate, their school-based initiative that is seeking to inspire young people about the value of design skills to solve real world challenges and support teachers to... We invited Helen Charman, Director of Learning & National Programmes at the V&A to tell us more about the launch of V&A Innovate.

Feature — 20/08/2019
The value of place
The value of place

Catherine Horwill argues that housing planning needs people placed at the centre A fundamental re-think of how housing is planned, delivered and managed is needed. This should include innovation within the planning system, pursuing funding and financing alternatives and embracing the efficiencies of modern methods of construction. A fundamental re-think of how housing is planned, delivered and managed is needed.

Feature — 07/08/2019

Inclusive Design at the inaugural Festival of Place: Our CEO, Sarah Weir OBE, reflects on last... Design Council have long been advocating for a ‘whole-place’ and inclusive approach to how we plan our housing, communities, towns and cities. That’s why being part of the inaugural Festival of Place in July 2019 was a refreshing experience. Design Council have long been advocating for a whole-place and inclusive approach to how we plan our housing, communities, towns and cities

Feature — 07/08/2019

The architecture of reconnection: Walthamstow Wetlands For 150 years, a space three times the size of Disneyland has sat, desolate, in the heart of London. Generally considered as 'off-limits' by locals, the Walthamstow reservoirs instilled a ‘keep out’ culture through their defensive exterior of high fencing and cautionary signage. For 150 years, a space three times the size of Disneyland has sat, desolate, in the heart of London.

Story — 06/08/2019
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