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We are pleased to officially partner with the Design Intelligence Award (DIA) which was founded in 2015, hosted by China Academy of Art, co-organized by China Industrial Design Association and supported by Zhejiang province. It is China’s first international academy award in industrial design. The prize has been successfully held for three sessions and has […]

Every quarter, we carry out a survey on behalf of the design community to assess business conditions in the sector. The survey collects data on business performance among designers in all disciplines, measuring a range of indicators to give a good idea of what’s happening in the field. This allows us to create our regular […]

There are lots of opportunities to get your name out there, stretch your creative abilities, and have some fun with design. Here are some of the best competitions coming up – take a look and see if you get inspired! Design Intelligence Awards 2019 5.9 million CNY in prize money with various categories. CSD is […]

Singer Fashion Academy is the First Sri Lankan Institute to have courses awarded CSD Validated status. The award to five of the courses continues the Society’s strategy of engaging with those studying and practicing in ‘design related’ fields. All five short courses offer students the opportunity to develop and enhance their technical skills as well […]

Two courses at Prince Sultan University in Saudi Arabia have been awarded CSD Validated status. The courses delivered by the Department of Interior Design Engineering are ‘Autodesk Revit’ and ‘Evidence Based Design’, both enjoying popularity amongst interior architecture students. Prince Sultan University was originally founded in 1999 as Prince Sultan Private College, but, in 2003, […]

On 24 October 2017, the Montréal Design Declaration was signed by eighteen international organisations, representing upwards of a million practitioners. The Montréal Design Declaration is an historic milestone for the international design community. For the first time, the international organisations representing designers, architects, planners and landscape architects are speaking with one voice, outlining the potential of design […]

The 42nd Annual General Meeting of the Society will be held on Friday 15 December at The Mine – IOM3 in London. As ever there will be an opportunity to network with old and new friends from all design disciplines. This year we welcome Dean Johnson FCSD a regular commentator on new technologies, presenter and […]

On behalf of the design community, the Society will be carrying out business conditions surveys on a quarterly basis. The survey will collect data from respondents on their current and expected business performance across a range of indicators. Q4 2017 Design Business Survey. Please rake a moment to complete your quick survey by clicking the […]

Two master of design courses at the Centre for Competitive Creative Design (C4D) are the latest to gain Chartered Society of Designers accreditation within the CSD Course Endorsement Programme, a collaborative initiative with academia that recognises and supports excellence in nurturing designers ‘from learning to earning’™. C4D was established to address the ‘Cox Review of […]

Announcing Phaidon’s Fall 2017 Books From Annie Leibovitz to Massimo Bottura and Yves St Laurent to John Pawson, fill your shelves with the world’s most beautiful books. Download the Phaidon catalogue here and login and go to the ‘member’s offers’ section for great discounts.