Design Insights

We caught up with one of our more recent members Mike Harkins MCSD. Mike, having practised as a professional Graphic Designer with a particular interest in Typography and having acted as a Director of a successful design company, is now teaching at Portsmouth University. Mike is the current course leader for MA Graphic Design, teaches […]

Jessica has always had an interest in Art and Design and began her design journey studying at Cardiff. Now the Director and co-founder with Peter Standing (Architect) of Standing Space, they provide a variety of design and procurement services. What was it that made you want to be a designer or involved in the design […]

Doing the ‘Links Quiz’ in the FT Magazine on a Saturday morning is one of my more mundane addictions. More often than not I am frustrated by the fact that the quiz comprises of questions that prompt, ‘yes I know that – I am sure I know that’ only to find that the answer eludes […]

Food Ink The marvel over 3D printing is nothing new but recently it has infiltrated the food industry in a more significant way. Antony Dobrzensky (founder and director of Food Ink) moved to London in 2015 to launch his dream of a new theme restaurant where everything is 3D-printed right before your eyes. Antony recruited Dutch company byFlow […]

Christopher Radcliffe MA FCSD has gone from being part of the wellie booted farming stock to pursuing Art & Design and is now the head of interior design at Maber Architects. We hear a little about his journey and he answers some of our questions about the industry.Christopher started his education at a three F’s […]

Tom Grey, CSD Hong Kong September last year with a sense of pride and trepidation the challenge to create the CSD’s 2016 Christmas card was received from London. From the onset I wanted the solution to resonate culturally with Chinese characteristics, to be relevant to both European and Chinese recipients and to communicate the values […]

As one of the Society’s new members we wanted to catch up with James and hear about his career and experience as a Retail Design Specialist. James started his design journey in 1988 at Harrogate College of Art and Design where he completed an Art and Design Diploma; he then went on to study Furniture and Product Design at […]

HOW DESIGNERS FEEL ABOUT BREXIT Our Q3 2016 coincided with the period following the referendum on 23 June and therefore we decided to take a look at the results against our Q3 2015 survey to see what impact the vote may have had on design businesses. Please note that bracketed figures throughout are the Q3 2015 […]

New bespoke, value-driven approach to the arrangement of Professional Indemnity Insurance and associated insurance products now available to CSD members After several months researching and testing the insurance market we are pleased to announce our partnership with McParland Finn Ltd insurance brokers and are now launching a suite of new exclusive insurance products and services to […]

John Coldham, an experienced litigator of all types of intellectual property (IP) at Gowling WLG, considers the consequences of EEA membership versus no EEA membership for intellectual property rights and protection in the UK, identifying where key legislation will be needed in each scenario. Obviously, the timing of the consequences is very much open to […]