We promote design's value to the economy and everyday life, and we help business and the public sector get the benefits. Our mentoring programmes give decision makers the skills to use design well. Our projects demonstrate how design can help solve complex
challenges in areas like reducing crime and improving healthcare. Our support helps the design industry build skills and professionalism. And our information, research and case studies make the case for design to be central to national policy on innovation.
Our history:
The Design Council started life in 1944 as the Council of Industrial Design. Over more than 60 years Britain has seen massive social, economic and technological change. We've changed too.
We promote design's value to the economy and everyday life, and we help business and the public sector get the benefits. Our mentoring programmes give decision makers the skills to use design well. Our projects demonstrate how design can help solv...
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