… 2022 to lead the Marketing & Communications team, tasked with raising the profile of the Design Council brand and its wide range of inspirational projects. She joins after four years as…
Council for Higher Education in Art and Design (CHEAD) The Council for Higher Education in Art and Design (CHEAD) are mobilising their 70 member universities to upskill students with green design skills. If all 70…
… with the environment, Richard is an active contributor to the design community as a Design Council Design for Planet Expert and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. An advocate for designers' and…
… of Structural Engineer’s Humanitarian and International Development panel. Part of the Design Council’s Expert Network since 2015, she is also on the Quality Review Panels for the London Boroughs of…
… Festival, and was selected as an ambassador for the Eurocities Network on behalf of Edinburgh City Council. Jessica holds an MA Hons in Architecture and an MSc (Res) in Architecture from the University of…
… Unit in the Cabinet Office on inclusive policy developments. She is a specialist expert for the Design Council and Disability Expert for Her Majesty’s Magistrates Courts and Tribunal Service. Fara joined CAE from…
…Ellie Fletcher‑Bardsley joined the Design Council in March 2026 as the Fundraising and Partnerships Lead. In this newly created role, she is spearheading, alongside the Head of Programmes, a bold new avenue of work for…
… practitioner (LUMA Institute). In addition, she formed part of a small team who developed Design Council’s Framework for Innovation and has applied this framework with partners across the private, public…
… and reinforcing these principles in the design and function of places. As well as a Design Council Expert, she is on the design panel for Places Matter and for her local town centre.
… current member of the Awards Group. Over many years she has been a Design Review panelist for Design Council (formerly CABE), for which she chairs and co-chairs a number of panels, including the Oxford Design…