Make life better by design - Design Council
As the UK's national strategic advisor for design, the Design Council champions the brilliant, leads on new thinking, evidences value and influences policy to create an environment for design to thrive.
The Double Diamond - Design Council
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 design and innovation project, irrespective of methods and tools used. The Double Diamond by the ...
Framework for Innovation - Design Council
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 Double Diamond has become world-renowned with millions of references to it on the web. As well as ...
Our Work - Design Council
"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, social and environmental benefits it brings. They are a set of design requirements that set the ...
Policy and advocacy - Design Council
Homes by design. Creating 1.5m homes in within our legally binding climate commitments is a huge challenge. Design will be at the heart of creating more high-quality, well-designed, and sustainable homes and creating places that boost climate resilience and nature recovery.
Design for Planet - Design Council
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 designers have huge power, and with power comes responsibility. We aim to galvanise and support the 1.97 ...
Who We Are - Design Council
The Design Council is the UK’s national strategic advisor for design, dedicated to all design disciplines. Our network of experts are design pioneers who work with us to advocate for design, share knowledge about best practice and help us deliver advice and programmes. We are governed by a board ...
The Design Value Framework
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. It is published as a working proto-type …
What is design? - Design Council
She is a legend of British graphic design and has been responsible for designing some of the most iconic pictograms that are known around the world, such as the ‘man at work’. In this film she talks about her early career and how she got started before graphic design was even a …
Our Impact - Design Council
Our work focuses on three key areas: Championing design. By providing evidence of its value, increasing understanding and use of design, sharing inspiring examples of great design, and creating the right enabling conditions for designers to do their best work.