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Mat Hunter explains how our Design Challenges work
We’re often asked in the Challenges team how we use design methods to tackle big social issues. We’ve spent the past 5 years honing our approach and tackling ever more complex challenges and it can be a struggle to explain how it...
Animation: the value of design for growing businesses
I’m sure it come as no surprise to hear at the Design Council, we’re always thinking about the value of design. In fact, with our aim to ‘champion design that improves lives’, you probably expected as much. What might not be so...
A day in the life of a Design Council intern
As one of Design Council’s first ever interns, I wanted to capture the experience and share it with everyone else. Follow me through the beautiful Angel Building and get a taste of the projects I’ve been working on during my time...
Rio 2016: thoughts on the masterplan
While London is still enjoying the afterglow of last year’s great party, Brazil is getting prepared for the next mega-event, Rio 2016. Having provided Design Review for the London 2012 Olympic site, I'm very curious about what's...
London 2012: from plan to park
This morning, the NLA, London’s centre for the built environment, hosted a breakfast called Delivering the Rio 2016 Games: Lessons from London. Looking at the masterplan for Rio 2016 made me a little nostalgic for what happened in...
Cabe's new partnership to ensure better homes for Britain
Design Council Cabe has joined forces with the Good Homes Alliance to help build better homes. As part of the collaboration we will create a toolkit to support the development of ‘good homes' by which we define as well designed,...
Future Pioneers 2013: winners announced
We're delighted to announce our first ever Future Pioneers discovered at New Designers. Future Pioneers is our new scheme to to celebrate and nurture young designers. At New Designers 2013, an exhibition for emerging designers,...
New digital showcase of London 2012 design and architecture launches.
We’re delighted to launch a new digital archive to house over a 100 hundred case studies submitted by the designers and architects that contributed to the success of the London 2012 Games. Following a landmark deal between the...
The power of branding
We've created this guide to shed some light on the subject of branding; what it is, how it works and how you can use it to help improve your business or the perception of your service. We'll explore: What we mean by brand and...
Fit Cities: New York
New York is tackling one of our major health challenges, obesity, through changing the environment in the city. I spent today at the eighth Fit Cities Conference in New York. What an inspiration! The conference was lively, highly...
Top 10 tips for delivering a report
Maybe it’s because I’m six months into my own pregnancy, but I feel like I’ve just given birth to my very own research report baby. That baby is Design for Public Good, a report looking at how design can be used to deliver better...
Good things come in small packages
Good things come in small packages - or tall packages or brightly coloured ones. Either way there is no denying that visual appeal is essential if you want your product to stand out among the thousands of others vying for...