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Anti Copying In Design
'Intellectual Property – a positive force'
ACID (Anti Copying In Design) is a hard-hitting action group committed to fighting intellectual property (IP) theft and the promotion of IP as a positive commercial force.

British Council: Architecture, Design and Fashion
'Our global arts team works with the best of British creative talent to develop innovative, high-quality events and collaborations that link thousands of artists and cultural institutions around the world, drawing them into a closer relationship with the UK.'

BIS
The Government Department for Business Innovation and Skills

Blueprint
Architecture and Design Magazine

British Design Innovation
A not-for-profit yet commercially focused organisation, British Design Innovation brings together the ‘thinkers and linkers’ in the innovation space including strategic designers, brand and business owners, academics and dealmakers.

British Fashion Council
The British Fashion Council (BFC) is the official voice of the designer fashion industry. It aims, with the help of industry benefactors, to promote British fashion design worldwide.

Brompton Design District
Launched in 2007 to increase the presence of new design in an area renowned for its historic links with art, design, and education since the founding of the Victoria and AlbertMuseum and the Royal College of Art 150 years ago.

CABE
Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment, promoting design and architecture to raise the standard of the built environment.

Core 77
Design magazine and resource

DCMS
The Government Department for Culture Media and Sport

Design Business Association
UK organisation promoting best practices in the product design industry.

Design Council
Helps people and organisations in business, education, public services and government understand design and use it effectively as part of their strategy.

Design Den Haag
Design Den Haag 2010-2018 researches the relation between Design and Government in Europe within an international context, from cultural, economic and social viewpoints. Starting spring 2010, Design Den Haag will organize a total of five public events biennially in the field of design, architecture and visual communication, with exhibitions, publications, lectures and debates, workshops and documentary films. Each edition will entail a collaboration between Den Haag and another European government Capital: Berlin, Stockholm, Rome, London and Paris.

Design Museum
London's museum of international contemporary design.

Design Wales
Building on 15 years experience of the delivery of design support programmes and leading networks in the UK and Europe Design Wales is a leading centre of expertise for design support and related national & regional policy. Regular updates on the Design Wales blog here.

Design Week
Reporting on every aspect of the design industry for the last twenty years, Design Week is a magazine catering to over 35,000 design professionals and those that commission and supply products and services to them.

(Emily Campbell’s) Design for Society blog

Helen Hamlyn Centre
The Royal College of Art Helen Hamlyn Centre looks at how a people-centred and socially inclusive approach to design can support independent living and working for ageing and diverse populations, improved standards of healthcare and patient safety, and a flow of innovative ideas for business.

Kate Andrews blog
All things design, all things blogged.

London Design Festival
The London Design Festival is the UK’s biggest annual celebration of design and reflects London’s status as the world creative hub.

NESTA
National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts in the UK, supporting and promoting outstanding talent, innovation and creativity in individuals and groups.

Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851
A grant-making educational trust, providing funding for individuals, companies and organisations, particularly in scientific and technological disciplines. (Historically: ‘The Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 was established in 1850 by Her Majesty Queen Victoria to organise the Great Exhibition. Prince Albert was appointed President and took personal charge of the whole complex operation.’)

RIBA
Royal Institute of British Architects, the professional association of architects in the United Kingdom

RSA
For over 250 years the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) has been a cradle of enlightenment thinking and a force for social progress.  Our approach is multi-disciplinary, politically independent and combines cutting edge research and policy development with practical action.

Sharing Experience Europe
SEE is a network of eleven European partners sharing knowledge and experience on how design can be integrated into regional and national policies to boost innovation, entrepreneurship, sustainability and social and economic development. The aim of SEE is to pool knowledge, share experiences, stimulate debate, develop new thinking and build rapport and credibility in order to influence design policy at regional and national levels.

The Sorrell Foundation
Inspires creativity in young people and improve lives through good design. The Foundation creates and prototypes new ideas and develops models that can be widely used.

Technology Strategy Board
The Technology Strategy Board is a business-focused organisation dedicated to promoting technology-enabled innovation across the UK.

UK Intellectual Property Office
The official government body responsible for granting Intellectual Property (IP) rights in the United Kingdom.

UKTI Creative and Media
Working with UK-based businesses to ensure their success in international markets, and encouraging the best overseas companies to look to the UK as their global partner of choice.

University of the Arts London
Europe's largest university for art, design, fashion, communication and the performing arts.