WHAT IS CSD
COURSE ACCREDITATION
The Society collaborates with design education at all levels and its Course Accreditation Programme provides valuable support and and tangible benefits to degree courses, their students and staff.
The programme is designed to maximise on existing accreditation procedures whilst offering the input from the professional body for design read more ...
PROTECTING RESOURCES
The Society believes that it is only with a comprehensive understanding of the materials used or specified by designers that we can help protect the environment.
Design Mine allows CSD members to access vital information about the materials they use in order that can practice professionally and responsibly.
CSD members can visit the Design Mine ...
DESIGN STUDENTS
Design students from around the world can benefit from CSD Student e-Membership programme read more ...
DESIGN HISTORY
The history of the Society is the history of design and nothing reflects this more than the list of those designers who have been awarded CSD's top honour, the Minerva Medal.
Take a journey through design history with the many of the major names who have recived this award.
Each Minerva Medal winner contains a link read more ...
DESIGNCHANNEL
Relax and view some of our favourite design videos.
Suggestions are always welcome and you can submit videos to the csdminerva channel on YouTube.
sit back and watch ...
News
China Britain copyright agreement
Intellectual Property Minister Baroness Wilcox today signed a new Memorandum of Understanding on copyright with Liu Binjie, Minister of the National Copyright Administration of the People’s Republic of China read more ...
WIPO Gold IP resource now active
The World Intellectual Property Organisation, of which CSD holds Observer Status, has launched WIPO Gold, a portal intended to be a dynamic and evolving tool, expanding over time to build a one-stop gateway for IP data.
Further deatails can be found by visiting the 'intellectual property' page of the CSD website. Click here ...
Design Council rebuked
In a press release today, British Design Innovation (BDI) rebuked the Design Council for comments made by its Chair Lord Michael Bichard when announcing the Design Council review as to 'market failure'.
Frank Peters FCSD, Chief Executive of CSD said, 'We appear to be in strong agreement with BDI on this matter and it would be interesting to hear what the DBA have to say on the issue' read more ...
Government announces review of the Design Council
The government has announced a review of the Design Council to consider its role and status. The review will be chaired by Martin Temple CBE and will report back to the minister in September.
For full details of the review, including the TOR and a CSD survey click here ...
CSD on panel for Ergonomic Design Awards
The CSD President, Chris Ramsden FCSD, will be joining the panel of judges for the Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors' (IEHF) Ergonomic Design Awards later this year.
Commenting on the awards, Chris said, 'Ergonomics are vital to good design and the Society is pleased to have built a strategic relationship with IEHF. The awards are only one aspect of the partnership which will be strengthened by future collaborations on training modules and joint events.'
All designers and ergonomists are eligible to enter the awards and full details can be found on the CSD awards pages of this website.
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CSD maps the profession over 80 years
The Society is celebrating its 80th year by embarking upon a major three year initiative, in collaboration with the University of Brighton, to map the development of the design profession from 1930 - 2010. The project has been made possible due to the award of ARHC funding read more ...
Design Pool
An exciting new initiative has been launched by three important membership design sector membership organisations, the Chartered Society of Designers, the Institute of Engineering Designers and the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining. Read more ...
James Dyson reports on Ingenious Britain
David Cameron and Shadow Business Secretary Ken Clarke have welcomed Sir James Dyson's Ingenious Britain report ... read more and download the full report.