It's GCSE results day 🍀
The number of students taking Design & Technology has dropped by 68% since 2010! 😔
We asked our DC colleagues to share their top reasons for studying design...

#GCSE Results2023 #GCSE #DesignTechnology

If you're getting your GCSE results today, this is for you. #GCSEResults2023

We have been working with #BioInspiredDesign from London College of Fashion for their Maker Collaboration. Over the next 6 weeks, 10 makers are exploring how #BioInspiredDesign Structures & Principles can be used to create more sustainable and #circular products.

👀 Watch this space.

Have you listened to this week's Architecture for Kids podcast with AntCapelao and Roland Karthaus at Design Council on how young people should feed into our discussions on built environment yet?

Be part of the discussion.

We asked designers of London... 'what's your favourite #design ?'
From paper towels to Mr Bingo, it's personal to everyone!

Let us know yours! #DesignMadeItPossible

Introducing Tiffanie Darke, Director at Story Studios & Founder of the Rule of 5 campaign.
At #DesignForPlanet festival, Tiffanie will chair a panel exploring how sharable, #repairable & resaleable clothing drives a kinder #fashioneconomy .

Join us: bit.ly/3qBr12W

This image is what #AI thinks is a utopian city of the future.

We challenged our friendly neighbourhood AI bots, ChatGPT and DALL-E's Imagination to solve the #climatecrisis in our latest blog post (we know it's a big ask!)

Here's what they had to say: bit.ly/3s3ARLm

One for kids this summer holidays...The Architecture for Kids podcast 🎙Thornton Education Trust

Featuring Programme Lead, Roland Karthaus, discussing the future of the #BuiltEnvironment and the role that children have in shaping it.

Listen here: bit.ly/43XxUcy

Have you got your tickets for the Margate Festival of Design?
Head over to margatefestivalofdesign.com or @margatefestivalofdesign to see what's on and how to book!

#MargateDesignFest #DesignInMargate #FestivalOfDesign #MargateCreatives

🌍 Joining us at #DesignForPlanet Festival is Stefanie Posavec, designer & illustrator of Greta Thunberg's 'The Climate Book'. Stefanie will discuss the need for communication of #ClimateData and how scientists & designers need to #collaborate .

Sign up: bit.ly/45V8heJ

#DesignForPlanet in Action 🌍

- L'Estrange store features a #biophilic retail concept.
- Interior at Big Beauty boasts reclaimed materials, mycelium & #bioplastics .
- Notpla, all-natural #packaging from seaweed & plants.
- Foresso, beautiful #NoWaste terrazzo surfaces.

Speaker Announcement 📣

Joining us at #DesignForPlanet Festival is Dr Dori Tunstall, Dean of the Faculty of Design at OCAD University & the first black female Dean of Design. She will speak on how to #decolonise design practices.

👉Sign up: bit.ly/3qBr12W

What is constitutes good website design?
For #worldwidewebday a look back at the Design Council's first website from 1996!
Much has changed since, see what the Design Council is up to now: designcouncil.org.uk

ID: DCA/6/1/247
Internet Press Coverage, July-October 1996.

Discover a world of exceptional design at London Design Fair - returning to the iconic Truman Brewery on 21-24 September 2023.

Book your tickets now - london-design-fair-2023.reg.buzz/tw2

#londondesignfair #LDNdesignfair23 #londondesignfestival #designfair #designexhibition #interior

Calling on the worldwide design community to work together, Design For Planet Festival returns from 17th – 18th October 2023 and will look at solutions for a net zero future. Read more:
enkimagazine.com/design-for-pla… Design Council #netzero #enkimaguk

What a #throwback ! How was this 27 years go 🤯
#WorldWideWebDay

What is design? 🤔 We asked you to find out!
Design is... happiness? Human-centred?
Let us know what you think it is in the replies 👇

#design #design thinking #design madeitpossible

Introducing 'FROND' by Henry Davison, Kyloe Design, discovered at New Designers. Henry crafted this chair with an innovative approach, utilising seaweed as an alternative to leather. 🌊🌿

Discover more exciting projects at our #DesignForPlanet festival 👉 bit.ly/3qBr12W

🎙 Take a listen to our Chief Design Officer, Cat Drew on the Silent Designers podcast with Innovate UK exploring the themes of #NetZero and Sustainable Technologies.

1 in 6 UK adults say they have experienced suicidal thoughts or feelings as a result of the rising cost of living. This would amount to nearly 9 million people across the country if reflected nationally. 

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