Coffin Club

Case study
17/12/2019

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How Coffin Club in North Devon is making a space for honest conversation on death 

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News & opinion

Launch announcement: States of Change UK Programme A UK learning programme to help civil servants become better at problem solving and innovation in their everyday work has been launched by a new partnership between States of Change, Nesta and Design Council. Nesta and Design Council partner with States of Change to lead innovation learning programme for UK civil servants.

News — 12/02/2020

Design Council is heading to MIPIM 2020! Good design plays a vital role in creating places that enrich our communities. But development is fraught with complexities. For decades, Design Council has been delivering independent and expert design consultation to professionals in the built environment and helping them overcome these... Good design plays a vital role in creating places that enrich our communities. But development is fraught with complexities.

News — 04/02/2020

A Framework for Designing the Future: Ellie Runcie, Chief Design Officer, BBC 2019 was a landmark year for design: 100 years since the Bauhaus set the foundations for modern design and 75 years since Churchill’s government established the Design Council to support post-was economic recovery. 2019 was a landmark year for design: 100 years since the Bauhaus set the foundations for modern design and 75 years since Churchill’s govern

News — 29/01/2020

Design Council backs groundbreaking West Midlands Design Charter Design Council has joined with a number of other UK design experts to endorse a brand new initiative to encourage and embed good design across the West Midlands. Design Council has joined with a number of other UK design experts to endorse a brand new initiative to encourage and embed good design

News — 27/01/2020
Train Station
Train Station

Design Council and Network Rail stress importance of strong design in future railway stations The recent ThinkStation workshops have explored in turn Network Rail’s nine recently adopted principles of good design – developed with Design Council’s support – and have encouraged participants to consider how each principle can applied to future railway stations. The recent ThinkStation workshops have explored in turn Network Rail’s nine recently adopted principles of good design

Feature — 27/01/2020

Resources

How Social Entrepreneurs are Transforming Ageing How Social Entrepreneurs are Transforming Ageing: lessons learnt so far from the Transform Ageing programme How Social Entrepreneurs are Transforming Ageing: lessons learnt so far from the Transform Ageing programme

Report — 11/11/2019
Transform Ageing brochure cover
Transform Ageing brochure cover

Transform Ageing Programme Pack 2019 Transform Ageing is a pioneering programme taking a community and design led approach to improve people’s experience of ageing. Transform Ageing is a pioneering programme taking a community and design led approach to improve people’s experience of ageing.

Guide — 07/08/2019