Members
Design Partner members consist of the key UK design representative bodies and government organisations.
UK Trade & Investment is the lead Government trade support service for British companies trading in world markets. Our principal role is to seek out and help UK exporters who wish to develop new opportunities and partnerships in overseas markets. Our vast international service network enables us to provide sales leads, market information, consultancy services and contacts.
Contact
Kay Kaur
Kingsgate House
66-74 Victoria Street
London
SW1E 6SW
Department of Culture Media and Sport (Joint Secretariat) The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) works with all stakeholders to champion the UK's creative industries by coordinating and taking forward initiatives aimed at enhancing their performance at home and overseas.
Contact
David Humphries
Creative Industries Division
Department for Culture, Media & Sport
2-4 Cockspur Street
London
SW1Y 5DH
Chairman
Andrew Summers
114 Station Road
London
SW13 0NB
Design Industry Adviser
Christine Losecaat
Little Dipper
50 Ashchurch Grove
London W12 9BU
The Foreign & Commonwealth Office targets efforts on projecting a dynamic image overseas of contemporary UK .This includes promoting UK design, creativity and innovation through its network of Embassies and Consulates.
Contact
Jane Clarke
Strategy and Programmes Section
Public Diplomacy Policy Department
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
King Charles Street
London
SW1A 2AH
The British Council's Design Promotion Department promotes British design through a range of activities and events including touring exhibitions celebrating British design, workshops, seminars and conferences overseas led by British designers, and study programmes in the UK for overseas visitors.
Contact
Emily Campbell Michelle Gortan
Design Promotion Department Creative Industries Export Promotion Unit
British Council
10 Spring Gardens
London
Established in 1993, BDI is a privately-owned organisation which plays a pivotal role in facilitating business opportunities and the two-way flow of information between commercial design agencies and national and international design buyers, design-driven organizations, the media, government and influential individuals and bodies. BDI owns a database of over 4000 UK design agencies – the largest in the world.
Contact
Maxine J Horn
6 Blenheim Place
Brighton
BN1 4AE
BEDG was founded as a non-profit making organisation in 1991. It promotes the commercial export potential of Britain's creative industries in the key export markets of Continental Europe, America and Asia through trade fairs, seminars, exhibitions and other commercial and cultural activities.
Contact
Karin-Beate Phillips
25 Stanmore Gardens
Richmond
Surrey
TW9 2HN
The Chartered Society of Designers (CSD) is the professional body for designers. It is the world's largest chartered body of professional designers and is unique in representing designers in all disciplines.
CSD has 3000+ members in 34 countries around the world.
The Chartered Society of Designers
1 Cedar Court
Royal Oak Yard
Bermondsey Street
London
SE1 3GA
The Crafts Council is the leading authority on contemporary crafts in the UK. It sets world-class standards in the presentation of contemporary craft and shows five major craft exhibitions a year. It encourages knowledge of contemporary crafts through its publications, educational activities and reference facilities; and through its permanent Collection of craft objects.
Contact
Sheryll Catto
44A Pentonville Road
London
N1 9BY
D&AD is an educational charity working on behalf of the design and advertising communities. Its purpose is to set creative standards, educate and inspire the next creative generation, and promote the importance of good design and advertising to the business arena.
Contact
Michael Hockney
9 Graphite Square
Vauxhall
London
SE11 5EE
The DBA is the largest association in the world for design consultancies and company design teams, pioneering the case for effective design. It also works closely with UK Trade & Investment promoting design business services in key markets worldwide. Everything the DBA does is aimed at helping businesses be more effective by design. The DBA is a non-profit making organisation.
Contact
Deborah Dawton
35-39 Old Street
London
EC1V 9HX
designersblock produce and curate international design shows in transitional architectural spaces. Established in London since 1998, annual events are now produced in Milan, Tokyo and Seoul. designersblock also act as consultants to design and regeneration organisations and develop frameworks for understanding creative business growth.
Contact
Piers Roberts
32 Cremer Street
London
E2 8HD
The Design Association accredits design businesses and in-house design teams based on a set of design and business criteria that have been researched and identified as markers of best practice and key factors in commissioning design services.
The Design Association
1 Cedar Court
Royal Oak Yard
Bermondsey Street
London
SE1 3GA
The Design Trust, a charity, promotes the excellence of British design internationally through its website www.designnation.co.uk and a catalogue. These consist of work by 120 selected designers and are expanding. www.thedesigntrust.co.uk, an educational resource, provides guidance on how to set up in business.
Contact
Peta Levi
9 Burgess Hill
London
NW2 2BY
The Design Council's purpose is to 'inspire and enable the best us of design by the UK, in the world context, to improve prosperity and well-being'. It helps people and organisations in business, education, public services and government understand design and use it effectively as part of their strategy.
Contact
David Webster
34 Bow Street
London
WC2E 7DL
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