Chartered Society of Designers

membership across the design spectrum

Every member admitted to the Society is allocated a to Design Discipline section, reflecting the overall discipline in which they were assessed.

If you are unsure as to which design discipine suits your membership best please contact the membership team at CSD.

Exhibition Design
Including:

- trade exhibition & display both permanent & temporary
- museum & gallery design

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Fashion Design
Including:

- clothing
- garments, bags, footwear
- millinery
- accessories

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Graphic Design
Including:

- type design, typography, calligraphy for reproduction
- illustration
- design for advertising
- design for print, annual reports, brochures, books & magazines
- design for two & three dimensional packaging
- corporate identity
- applied graphicssigning systems
- vehicle livery & graphics for products
- architectural graphics
- design for film, television & video reproduction
- photography.

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Interactive Media Design
Including:

- web sites, intranets & extranets
- multimedia CD-ROMs, DVDs & kiosks
- computer games
- interactive elements for video DVDs
- interactive elements for use within web sites
- interactive content for mobile devices

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Interior Design
Including:

- office, shop, hotel, factory, public interiors
- ccommercial & industrial interiors
- domestic & residential interiors
- television, film & theatre design
- plastic & performing arts lighting & costumes
- lighting, sound & environmental design

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Product Design
Including:

- engineering based three dimensional products
- capital & consumer goods
- environmental & interactive information technology design
- transportation & automotive design
- contract & domestic furniture
- furniture ranges & individual pieces
- craft related products
- ceramics, glass, jewellery, silver, cutlery, toys
- souvenirs, travel & leather goods
- building and environmental elements

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Textile Design
Including:

- surface pattern
- printed textiles, carpets, patterned papers
- patterns for ceramics & tiles
- woven & knitted textiles
- rugs & carpets, non-printed wall coverings & laminates

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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.