Design Insights
Category: Chartered Society of Designers

The CEP Student Prize is awarded annually to a final year student on each of the design courses within the CSD Course Endorsement Programme (CEP). The programme was developed to differentiate and support those courses which clearly prepare students to confidently embark on a career in design and to practice to the highest professional standards. […]

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 […]

This week was international Museum Week, an opportunity for Museums from all over the world to celebrate their culture on Twitter. For each of the 7 days a new theme is explored using a different hash tag. Monday – #secretsMW – Museums and cultural establishments from all over the globe welcome you to their everyday […]

This March, the Society attended the Intellectual Property Office’s ‘Students and IP – Creating an IP savvy workforce’ held at Paintworks in Bristol. The event brought together a range of contributors from academia and business, to discuss the need for a greater awareness and understanding of IP. Knowledge of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) is important […]

On 5th February 2015 the Society received approval from the Privy Council for wide ranging changes to its Bye-Laws that were proposed and agreed by CSD members at the AGM in December last year. The changes were made as a result of a review following the granting of powers by Her Majesty the Queen Elizabeth […]

2014 was a very exciting year for the Society, its members and the CSD team. Here are some highlights from last year and an idea of what is to come in 2015. JANUARY The Society rolled out several new communication channels to connect and gain feedback from members and the public. These included the CSD […]

Kevin McParland ACII sheds some light on the need for PI Cover, its origins and why practising designers should be covered. Compared with fire and marine insurance the need for what is generally known as Professional Indemnity Insurance is a recent development. A landmark legal case in 1964 – Hedley Byrne v Heller and Partners – […]

 Three years after being granted the power to set up The Register of Chartered Designers and thirteen years after first approaching the Privy Council Office to explore the use of the title, the Society is pleased to announce details of how The Register will operate and to invite those interested in achieving the title of […]

Palace of Westminster, 26th March 2014: The Furniture Makers’ company hosts a Confederation Lunch for corporate members at parliament, meeting MPs and trade bodies to talk about the UK furnishing industry. The British furnishing industry’s charity and patron, The Furniture Makers’ Company,  hosted its fourth annual Confederation Lunch at the House of Commons’ Churchill room […]

Oliver Bayldon FCSD, a Fellow of the Society since 1986, reflects on ‘the plywood world’ of television scenic design and its transformation in an article from the 2013 Winter Issue of The Veteran, the magazine of the British Cinema and Television Veterans. ‘At the age of five, I was taken to see Where the Rainbow […]