We are on a mission to leave a lasting impact from World Design Congress 2025 by equipping designers with the green skills they need to fuel the green transition.
Design is a 'frontline' green skill, it leads the way in creating products, buildings and places that use fewer resources, reuses them or even grows them, as well as being a ‘hearts and minds’ green skill in the way it makes sustainable living the easy and desirable choice.
The Design Council has launched a mission to upskill 1 million designers in green design skills by 2030.
of designers think the demand for environmental design is going to grow.
of designers think they have the skills to meet the demand for environmental design.
of the UK’s designers believe their education has equipped them to design for planet.
In the run up to World Design Congress 2025, the Design Council will be convening education and training stakeholders, and designers themselves, to co-design what the green design upskilling programme needs to look like and driving both government and private sector funding. If you are an educator or organisation who could help with the upskilling mission we’d love to hear from you.
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