Design Insights
Tag: Creative

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

 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 […]

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 […]

Wonderful News for CSD Members: The Society is pleased to offer a preferential rate for its members, allowing them to visit current exhibitions at London’s prestigious Design Museum. Whether your discipline is graphics, textiles or industrial and product design, you will be able to choose from an inspiring programme of events that place design at the […]