Upskilling 1 million designers
Powering designers for the green transition by 2030.
We are on a mission to leave a lasting impact from the World Design Congress by equipping designers with the green skills they need to fuel the green transition.
Design is a 'frontline' green skill, it leads the way in creating products, buildings and places that use fewer resources, reuses them or even grows them, as well as being a ‘hearts and minds’ green skill in the way it makes sustainable living the easy and desirable choice.
There is a critical need to upskill designers:
How will we reach 1 million?
Over the next 12 months, we will be convening education and training stakeholders and designers themselves to co-design what these green skills are and what the upskilling programme needs to look like, driving both government and private sector funding.
Design is critical, from the classroom to the C-Suite. The path to 1 million starts in schools.
There has been a 68% decrease in the number of students taking Design & Technology at GCSE level. We want to help change this and so have collaborated with key stakeholders and designers to create the Blueprint for Renewal; our recommendations to government for a crucial reform of the subject.
If you are an educator or organisation who could help with the upskilling mission we’d love to hear from you.
Read the report.
Embedding design at the heart of a reformed broad, balanced and creative curriculum is critically important for addressing future skills needs and the rapid transition to a resilient green and digital economy."
