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20.01.2015
Goodbye 2014… Hello 2015!
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 […]
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28.11.2014
CSD MINERVA MEDAL 2014
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 […]
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24.09.2014
PROFESSIONAL INDEMNITY INSURANCE… a better understanding
Kevin McParland ACII sheds some light on the need for PI Cover, its origins and why practising designers should be covered. Compared with fire and marine insurance the need for what is generally known as Professional Indemnity Insurance is a recent development. A landmark legal case in 1964 – Hedley Byrne v Heller and Partners – […]
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07.07.2014
CSD Student Satisfaction Survey 2014
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 […]
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20.02.2014
INTERIOR DESIGN PATHWAY
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 […]
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17.01.2014
Oliver Bayldon FCSD Reflects on a Career of Television Scenic Design in ‘The Veteran’, 2013
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 […]
Categories: Chartered Society of Designers, News