Design never had a very clear ‘origin story’. There is no Lascaux paintings to point to in design. A number of different people, communities and institutions helped build a local definition of design in a number of industrial nations in the 1800s. While doing some research at the British Library for the second edition of… Continue reading Where does design come from?
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The next 80 years of the Design Council (a letter from a friend)
The Design Council is selecting its new CEO and as a friend of the organisation (I’ve worked there twice, in 2005 as an intern and in 2022 as an interim Chief Design Officer) here are my thoughts on the challenges ahead. Lessons from the past Something that’s often forgotten was that The Design Council was… Continue reading The next 80 years of the Design Council (a letter from a friend)