Design Insights

2014 was a very exciting year for the Society, its members and the CSD team. Here are some highlights from last year and an idea of what is to come in 2015. JANUARY The Society rolled out several new communication channels to connect and gain feedback from members and the public. These included the CSD […]

Ian Callum, Director of Design for Jaguar has been honoured by the Chartered Society of Designers with the prestigious Minerva Medal for his outstanding contribution to automotive design. The Minerva Medal is the highest accolade given by the Society and was presented by the Society’s Patron, HRH The Duke of Edinburgh at the Minerva Dinner […]

 Three years after being granted the power to set up The Register of Chartered Designers and thirteen years after first approaching the Privy Council Office to explore the use of the title, the Society is pleased to announce details of how The Register will operate and to invite those interested in achieving the title of […]

As the professional body for design, the Society provides an accreditation programme that meets the needs of the profession and the industry, encouraging and enabling design education to deliver fit for purpose design learning for the benefit of all involved. This Spring the Society surveyed the services provided for design students at University. We conducted […]

Palace of Westminster, 26th March 2014: The Furniture Makers’ company hosts a Confederation Lunch for corporate members at parliament, meeting MPs and trade bodies to talk about the UK furnishing industry. The British furnishing industry’s charity and patron, The Furniture Makers’ Company,  hosted its fourth annual Confederation Lunch at the House of Commons’ Churchill room […]

At its recent AGM, the Society elected and welcomed David Callcott FCSD as its new President. His journey through both his design career and membership of design bodies makes for a compelling read and not only illustrates the development of his career but also that of the Chartered Society of Designers (CSD) and the wider […]

The IBIL (Institute of Brand and Innovation Law) Annual Brands Lecture that takes place this month will be, “Trade Marks and Designs: the Designers’ Perspective”. Participants include Matthew Cockerill (Seymour Powell), Chris Griffin (pi global and the Museum of Brands), Alexander Carter-Silk (Speechly Bircham) and Simon Malynicz (3 New Square). In the chair is The Honourable […]

Oliver Bayldon FCSD, a Fellow of the Society since 1986, reflects on ‘the plywood world’ of television scenic design and its transformation in an article from the 2013 Winter Issue of The Veteran, the magazine of the British Cinema and Television Veterans. ‘At the age of five, I was taken to see Where the Rainbow […]

Wonderful News for CSD Members: The Society is pleased to offer a preferential rate for its members, allowing them to visit current exhibitions at London’s prestigious Design Museum. Whether your discipline is graphics, textiles or industrial and product design, you will be able to choose from an inspiring programme of events that place design at the […]

This year, the Chartered Society of Designers is rolling out a number of new social channels. We’ve live-tweeted our 38th AGM, employed the use of Instagram and Pinterest to share design images and visual updates of our travels to events, and we’ve set up a Facebook page so that members and the public will be able […]