Design Insights

On the 8th March International Womens’ Day (IWD) is celebrated with a variety of events around the world. Women have made extraordinary contributions to the design industry, some have become household names and others are still lesser known. This year the Society is celebrating IWD by sharing some of the most iconic women in design, as chosen […]

February 8th marked the Chinese New Year of the Monkey and it is set to be a pretty important year for CSD members in Hong Kong. The Society has played an important role in the Hong Kong design sector having been one of the founding member organisations of the Federation of Hong Kong Design Associations […]

2015 was a very exciting year for the Society and its members. Many positive changes were made and the impact of these will continue to grow throughout 2016.  Highlights of 2015 The 40th Annual General Meeting of the Chartered Society of Designers This year the Society celebrated the 40th AGM since the award of the […]

On Monday 14 December, at its AGM in the Mayor’s Office, City Hall overlooking the Thames, the Chartered Society of Designers announced that it is to re-introduce the Prince Philip Designers Prize together with a new award also bearing the name of its patron. The Prince Philip Designers Prize, initiated through the Design Council by […]

Business of Design Week (BODW) is a flagship event organised by Hong Kong Design Centre since 2002. Each year BODW brings to Hong Kong some of the world’s most outstanding design masters and influential business figures to inspire the regional audience on creative thinking and design management. In addition it also provides a valuable platform […]

As the internationally recognised body for the design profession, the Chartered Society of Designers and its members play a major role in influencing the design industry. The Society encourages its members to add their voice to the work undertaken by CSD in inspiring academia, government, clients and the design sector.  Many of our members are […]

Last November, the Chartered Society of Designers held the Minerva Dinner at St James’s Palace in London. It was an inspirational evening for all those who attended. As a pleasant reminder of the event, almost exactly a year later the Minerva Dinner brochure 2014 received Silver Prize in the Drum Cream Awards 2015. The brochure […]

by Amic G. Ho MCSD City University of Hong Kong, Community College of City University Dr Amic Ho MCSD is a design scholar, researcher, typographer and brand designer. Amic has a particular interest in investigating the interaction between typography and emotion to empower the communication of typography through different applications and new approaches. He explores the […]

As the internationally recognised body for the design profession the Chartered Society of Designers and its members play a major role in influencing the design industry. The Society encourages its members to add their voice to the work undertaken by CSD in inspiring academia, government, clients and the design sector.  Many of our members are […]

The Chartered Society of Designers conducts quarterly design business surveys to inform the profession and interested stakeholders as to the trends across a range of issues concerning design businesses. The surveys provide key findings from indicators in areas such as investment, employment, growth and turnover showing changes, current attitudes and future considerations. The CSD quarterly […]