Case studies
Explore in-depth studies of previous work.
Design Reviews
23 March 2022
In 2009, we set up Design Review, a methodology for assessing and improving the quality of the built environment for public good.
Ideas to Action
22 March 2022
How we delivered With a mission to use design tools and methods to reduce inequalities in physical activity, the programme was about doing things differently: working together and designing new solutions – based on what people...
Redesigning NHS places and spaces
22 March 2022
Since 2000, we have partnered with the NHS to improve NHS products, services and buildings through design.
Graduate Digital Capabilities for Built Environment Professionals
22 March 2022
In 2020-2021, we partnered with Centre for Digital Built Britain to question, 'How can digital skills be better integrated into design education for places?'
Designing Demand
22 March 2022
Designing Demand was a national support programme helping UK businesses use design to improve performance. Independently undertaken, it provided economic impact data for business, government and the design industry.
Spark
22 March 2022
Between 2015 and 2019, Design council ran Spark - a product innovation and fund. This helped some of the UK's most promising entrepreneurs to fast-track their products to market.
Transform Ageing
22 March 2022
How we delivered: We brought together 120 people in later life, social entrepreneurs and public sector leaders across the region to better understand the needs and aspirations of people in later life and to identify what would...
Design in the Public Sector
22 March 2022
Since 2014, we have worked in partnership with the Local Government Association to deliver the Design in Public Sector programme.
Embedding design across Network Rail
22 March 2022
In 2020, we joined partnership with Network Rail to answer one question, "How can design support organisational change?". Through running workshops around the UK, we collaboratively defined a vision for small and medium-sized stations of the future.
Home of 2030
17 March 2022
Home of 2030 was a national design and delivery competition led by The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG). The aim was to encourage home designs that will address a variety of challenges facing society in the future.