Design skills and the UK’s Industrial Strategy
By Design Business Association
On 1 October 2018, the All-Party Parliamentary Design and Innovation Group (APDIG), the Design and Technology Association (DATA) and the Design Business Association (DBA) launched a report that sets out recommendations for how design can be embedded within our education system to equip society with the skills required to confidently face the challenges of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
Sharing experiences to enrich your business
By Design Business Association
With this year's 'DBA members discuss...' event series really resonating with the membership, here's a look back at a few snippets from the lively discussions around the country.
Health and happiness at work
By Emily-Faye Duncan, HR Advisor, Rufus Leonard
In the UK only 2% of workers said they'd feel comfortable talking to HR about their mental health. And yet poor mental health is now the number one reason for staff absence*. It's one thing to open up to friends or family, but how do you create an environment where people are happy to talk openly with their colleagues?DBA member, Rufus Leonard's Emily Duncan outlines the steps they've taken to help with the health and happiness of their team.
From management to leadership
Being a leader is different to being a manager – suddenly you're responsible for the direction and success of not only yourself and your immediate team, but also your business, and beyond. This high-impact workshop with creative and analytical Coach and Trainer Heli Heartland will give you the awareness, skills and grounding to confidently step into leadership, whether it’s within your current role or a completely new one.
Design Director - Sunhouse Creative
Sunhouse Creative
If you can navigate a team through creative projects, from strategic springboard onto ideation, execution and presentation, then this is the role for you. When it's all hands to the pumps you’ll also need to design to a very high standard, inspiring your team with ideas and visual wizardry in our super fast paced studio.
- Location:
- Bath
- Posted date:
- 16/11/2018
Junior Designer - Parker Williams
Parker Williams
You are curious about the design world around you, what’s new and what influences what we do.
You can creatively articulate your ideas both verbally and visually
You will be part of a growing team with the flexibility to work across more than one project team and across several clients simultaneously.
Participate in the creative work of your team with an actively hands-on design approach, with the support of your Design Director and Creative Director
Help support Marketing/New Business and Coms when necessary
You will be part of a team, supporting other team members.
Your fresh thinking and energetic approach to working collaboratively as well as individually is what makes you shine.
- Location:
- Chiswick, London
- Posted date:
- 16/11/2018
Senior Designer - Sunhouse Creative
Sunhouse Creative
If you know you’ll get a smile on your face and a rush from producing great work within an upbeat, buzzy studio then we want to hear from you. If you like to work as part of a team, inspiring, ideating, executing and presenting, then this might be your role. You’ll have an instinctive flair for beautiful design and be able to execute at speed, very self motivated & able to work under pressure.
- Location:
- Bath
- Posted date:
- 16/11/2018
The repositioning of Vitalite
By Design Business Association
The dairy-free sector has hit the mainstream. 10% of the UK population are now avoiding dairy as part of a healthy lifestyle, or due to an intolerance. For Vitalite, a dairy-free spread, this was a huge opportunity for growth, but it needed to shake off its established identity as a sunflower spread, rather than a credible dairy alternative.
A larger slice of Pi
By Design Business Association
The 'Raspberry Pi Official Case' designed by Kinneir Dufort, proves how potent the addition of design to a technology product can be.
One Feeds Two: Rethinking the meaning of good food
By Design Business Association
We take a look at how, through developing a credible brand, a one-man-band became a global charity and delivered 3.7 million school meals to children in poverty.
