We are forwardslash/design and we believe in making the importance of design understood.

Judge a book by its cover.

/1Design based subjects need to havea more prominent role in education. Design offers a lifelong ability to thinkoriginally and problem solve ceatively.

/1Design based subjects need to havea more prominent role in education. Design offers a lifelong ability to thinkoriginally and problem solve ceatively.

‘Good design isnt decoration, good design is problem solving.’

‘Good design isnt decoration, good design is problem solving.’ -Jeffrey Veen.

/2Students of design gain a clear understandingof the objective at hand they are able to manage projects through the intention,process and outcome.

/2Students of design gain a clear understandingof the objective at hand they are able to manage projects through the intention,process and outcome.

/3Design improves lives. Design follows a purpose to improve the functionality of everyday life from a toothbrush to a computer and newspaper.

‘We arent creating commisioned pieces,

/3Design improves lives. Design follows a purpose to improve the functionality of everyday life from a toothbrush to a computer and newspaper.

‘We arent creating commisioned pieces, we are creating design solutions.’

-Chris Lee

‘Design is not just what it looks like or feels like,

‘Design is not just what it looks like or feels like, Design is how it works.’-Steve Jobs

/4Design covers a wide range of subjects.Designers need to have a knowledgeof whats happening in societyin order create more relevant and longlasting designs.

/5Aspects of business should be a requirement of design students. Designers need to have a suitable understanding of business concepts in order to design innovative solutions that appeal to their target market.

/5Aspects of business should be a requirement of design students. Designers need to have a suitable understanding of business concepts in order to design innovative solutions that appeal to their target market.

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/6We want to make aspects of design compulsory in education. Currently in schools Design is optional. This is called ‘Design and Technology’ and consists of various undesign related subjects such as Food Technology. We plan to change the curriculum into 6 sections.

/6We want to make aspects of design compulsory in education. Currently in schools Design is optional. This is called ‘Design and Technology’ and consists of various undesign related subjects such as Food Technology. We plan to change the curriculum into 6 sections.

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‘Design is everything,everything is design.’

‘Design is everything,everything is design.’

/7Of the UK’s top 30 univerisities,just one has design based courses.

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The forward slashdenotes a choice/option and we believe theUK should be givena greateroption/choicefor...

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