Best Design and Innovation Events in 2018

If you’re stuck for gift ideas this Christmas, check out our top pick purchases to give to your wonderful workmates, friends or family. From quirky designs to must-reads, our in-house design team have picked it all out for you!

Craig has previously worked on retail projects to deliver the best customer experience that will differentiate brands in a commodity market. Here Craig explains his not-so-joyous experience at the Apple Store.

Who is worth following on social media? Well, here are a few of our favourites and why we like them. There are lots of great design thinking tweeters, but these are some tweeps that inspire us on other topics.

How is design being taught in UK schools? Are we nurturing an innovative and tech-savvy new generation of designers, or falling behind…? From EBacc to edtech, Ezri Carlebach tries to keep track of the latest trends in teaching creative subjects and creativity in general.

How can businesses understand their consumers and design for their needs in the digital age? In this Short Read, qualitative researcher Adelaide Vinay argues that design research must go beyond ‘what people say they want’ – revealing instead ‘what they really want’.

Richard Beaumont is the Head of Digital Design at Direct Line Group. He participated at the last Facilitation course and with this blog, explains the reasons why he decided to join the course. He reflects on what he learned on the course and how he can share this within its team.

Fill in the caption to make Rodin’s famous sculpture The Thinker into a Design Thinker. There is a great new book to be won, plus fame and glory. Submit your work before Sunday the 30th of April. The winner will be informed by email on Thursday the 4th of May. Good luck!

The London Design Festival is considered one of the most important annual design events in the world. It is made up of over 400 events, exhibitions and talks of interest to the worlds of design and business alike. Catarina Matos, our Design Researcher recommends some things to see and do.

Love festivals, but hate the toilets? Help is at hand. Jo Maude talks about her love of Loowatt, an innovative new product which has made a trip to the loo enjoyable. There’s nothing bog standard about these toilets.