U.K. Design Council online
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| Audience/Grade: | College Freshman-Professional Development |
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Design Entrepreneurship and Innovation Industrial Design Mechanical Engineering |
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Community - General |
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Unknown |
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Organization:U.K. Design Council |
| Description: | The Design Council is U.K.'s national strategic body for design. The goal is to help UK managers become the best users of design in the world, supported by the most skilled and capable design professionals. "We believe design can help people to do what they do, better. We're funded by the UK government, and we promote the use of design throughout the UK's businesses and public services. We demonstrate that design can play a vital role in strengthening our economy and improving our society." |
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| Keywords: | design industrial design engineering design product design |
| Referenced By: |
Developing Design Thinking Capabilities |
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| Related ABET Criteria: |
(c) Design a system, component, or process |
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Great example of goals and means of achieving them. "The Good Design Plan breaks our aims down into five areas. We want to: * Build the UK?s capacity to innovate and deliver world-class brands, products and services by supporting the effective use of design in business and the public sector. See how we're going to achieve this objective * Drive the development of new solutions to UK social and economic challenges and involve communities in designing local services. See how we are going to achieve this objective * Boost high-level skills in design to support a competitive creative economy and a thriving UK design sector. See how we are going to achieve this objective * Champion the value of good design and its importance to social and economic success. See how we are going to achieve this objective * Be recognised as an exemplar design institution for our influence, impact and enterprise.> |
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Medium |
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Low |
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| Publication Date: | December 2008 |
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WWW |
| Cost: |
Free |
| Download URL: | http://www.designcouncil.org.uk/en/ |
| Metadata: |
IEEE LOM Record |
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NEEDS
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