APGDI Newsletter: November 08

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Newsletter
Issue 17
November 2008
 

Upcoming Events

APGDI Design and Innovation Parliamentary Networking Breakfast.

9th December 2008

Government support for the design sector: too much, too little, just right? 

Dining Room B, House of Commons, 08.30-10.00

Building Schools for the Future: Forward Look programme

11th December 2008

Education Innovation: ICT in the next generation of schools.

Attlee Suite, House of Commons, 15.00 – 17.00

NESTA Report Launch hosted by the APGDI with keynote address by David Willetts.

17th December 2008

Dining Room B, House of Commons, 08.30-10.00

To enquire about attending APGDI events please email Oliver Coppard

Design and Innovation News

Boris announces new design panel

Four of the UK's most respected names in architecture, planning and property development are to advise the Mayor of London Boris Johnson on delivering design excellence across the capital. The Mayor is also recruiting a wider group of experts to establish a Design Advisory Forum which will provide broader advice to the panel and to design for London. For more click here

‘$100’ laptop revamped

The wraps have been taken off the new version of the XO laptop designed for school children in developing countries. The revamped machine created by the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project looks like an e-book and has had its price slashed to $75 per device. For more click here

Innovation Secretary John Denham launches design and public services initiative

A two year programme to make public services more innovative was launched last week at the Design Council. Speaking at the event, John Denham, Secretary of state for Innovation, Universities and Skills, said design has a key role to play in engaging users, service providers and frontline staff in the development of innovative solutions to service delivery. For more click here

Max Fordham wins Prince Philip Prize

The Prince Philip Prize for design was awarded to Professor Max Fordham at a presentation ceremony held on the 5th November 2008. A pioneer of environmental design and engineering for buildings, Prof. Fordham has been at the top of his chosen field for more than 40 years. For more click here

Public Spaces, Safer Places: Designing in Counter Terrorism

The next generation of architects is being encouraged to consider and include innovative counter terrorism measures in their designs as part of a new Home Office competition launched today. For more information click here and here. To read architect Piers Gough’s call to boycott the competition click here

Enterprise Week 2008

Enterprise Week (17-23 November 2008), part of Global Entrepreneurship Week, was a national celebration of enterprise with thousands of events and activities happening across the UK. Over 2,000 organisations ran events and activities during the week to encourage people to make their ideas happen. Click here

Building for Life Award Winners Announced

Despite the challenging economic climate, more schemes than ever before were submitted for the prestigious Building for Life standard - 125 in 2008, rising from 35 in 2007. A record number of developments have achieved the standard, which means they demonstrated a commitment to high quality design, good placemaking and sustainable development. Click here

Design Cities Exhibition at Design Museum

For more information click here

C&binet Forum website launched

C&binet (Creativity and Business International Network) is a not-for-profit network which links the international creative and commercial communities to inspire new ideas and opportunities, demonstrate the economic power of creativity and help shape the world’s creative economy. To visit C&binet’s recently launched website click here

Green Awards Winners Announced

To read about the winners and the Awards ceremony click here

And finally…

President Elect Obama’s Arts Manifesto

In Parliament


17/11/08 Design Effectiveness Award winners announced

Adam Afriyie MP addresses award-winners and guests at the Hurlingham Club

The Design Business Association, the industry’s champion for commercially effective design, held its annual Design Effectiveness Awards dinner at the Hurlingham Club in Fulham on the 4th of November.

The Design Effectiveness Awards celebrate and promote the role effective design plays in the creation of business growth and are the only awards to use commercial data to reward the commercial impact of great design.

The keynote address was given by Adam Afriyie MP, Shadow Minister for Innovation, Universities and Skills.

In the Foreword to the event’s programme, Barbara Follett MP, Minister for Culture, Creative Induxtries and Tourism Minister said that:

'In business, good design can often mean the difference between success and failure. That is why these Design Effectiveness Awards - which demonstrate and celebrate the value of investment by business in good design – are so important.'

'Everyone involved in these Awards deserves a big vote of thanks for their faith in, and their funding of, the best of Britain’s creative talent. This support is even more vital as we all face up to the increasingly challenging economic environment. The Government is doing all it can to ensure that all Britain’s businesses get through this difficult period. Our creative industries play a key role in the success of the country’s economy and I am determined to ensure that we retain our world leadership in this field.'

The Grand Prix was awarded to Red Bee Media and Dave for the re-branding of the TV Channel. Other notable winners included: the new way-finding system, ‘Legible London’ by the Applied Information Group for TFL in the ‘Design for Society’ category; a new concept car-care centre called HiQ by Fitch for Goodyear Dunlop in the ‘Interiors’ category; and a new airline seat by Pearson Lloyd for Virgin Atlantic.

The award categories were:

Brand identity
Interiors
Internal communications
Design for society
Packaging
Print
Product Design
Design Management
Point of Sale
Museums, Galleries and Visitor Attractions

For further information on the 2008 winners, or to find out how to enter next year’s competition, see the Design Business Association’s website www.dba.org.uk/awards

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