The 34th edition of the prestigious event will be hosted at the Barbican Centre, with the theme of Design for Planet. A simple way to describe the steps taken in any design and innovation project, ...

Thanks for joining us for the sustainable design event of the year! Catch up on all sessions now. This year's Design for Planet Festival focused on how to design for Planet Positive Business. We had ...

"From the spoon to the city" design is everywhere. Everything not made by nature has been designed. We help government, businesses and communities better understand what design is and the economic, ...

The framework has been developed with BOP Consulting & the Social Design Institute (SDI) at University of Arts London (UAL) over 2021 and the beginning of 2022 through a deliberative research process.

From 1959-2011 the Prince Philip Designers Prize celebrated how designers improve daily life by solving problems and turning great ideas into commercial reality.

The climate crisis is the biggest challenge of our lifetime and design has a critical role to play. We need to re-design nearly every aspect of how we live our lives. Design shapes the world. So ...

Systemic design is the acknowledgement of complexity and interconnectedness throughout the design thinking and doing process. It is both a mindset and a methodology - considering the structures and ...

Every three years, the Design Council publishes Design Economy: the only publication that provides data on the state of design and design skills in the UK, and their value to the whole UK economy.

In 2003, Design Council was promoting the positive impact of adopting a strategic approach to design and the value of ‘design management’ as a practice. However, they had no standard way of describing ...

As part of the 2021 Design Economy we developed a framework for designers and commissioners to identify and assess the wider social, environmental and democratic impacts of their work. Our landmark ...

From humble beginnings to a cornerstone of design language. The Double Diamond is a visual representation of the design and innovation process. It’s a simple way to describe the steps taken in any ...

At the heart of the framework for innovation is Design Council’s design methodology, the Double Diamond – a clear, comprehensive and visual description of the design process. Launched in 2004, the ...