Organisations and associations
Below a list of organisations and associations which may be of interest
| Design | |
| Design Council | a national strategic body for design. |
| Design Museum | information on a variety of design issues |
| The Chartered Society of Designers (CSD) | the world’s largest chartered body of professional designers and is unique in representing designers in all disciplines. |
| Design Association | accredits and represents professional designers across the spectrum of design disciplines. |
| British Design Innovation | a not for profit membership organisation whose services and professional membership reflect the increasing focus on open & collaborative innovation by designers, industry, universities and dealmakers. |
| The British European Design Group | promotions many of the most talented designers in the creative industries in the United Kingdom, Continental Europe, USA, Asia and the Middle East. |
| Parliamentary Design Group | a dynamic all-party forum dedicated to inspiring and engaging parliamentarians about the value of effective design in stimulating and supporting UK economic growth. |
| The Design Business Association | exists to promote professional excellence through productive partnerships between commerce and the design industry |
| New design partners | an online directory of UK design consultancies |
| Designers Block | curates and produces international shows alongside major design events and trade shows. |
| National Society for Education in Art and Design (NSEAD) | oriented towards teachers and educators in art and design |
| National Association of shopfitters (NAS) | to promote a single authoritive voice for the shopfitting industry, protecting the interests of, and promoting dialogue between our members. |
| The Design Trust | promotes the excellence of British design, it manages the Eureka project (which creates links between designers, retailers and manufacturers) and it helps designers with business training after they leave college. |
| Eureka | celebrates the quality of British design and encourages designers, retailers and manufacturers to collaborate and bring new products to market |
| Re Design | holds innovative, engaging, accessible events for public, design trade and business audiences throughout the year |
| D & AD (British Design & Art Direct) | an educational charity that represents the global creative, design and advertising communities. |
| Design Nation | to promote the excellence of British design internationally and to provide business support to designers wishing to set up in business. |
| Interior | |
| BIDA: | British Interior Design Association exists to promote and support the interior design and decoration professions. |
| The International Federation of Interior Architects/ Designers : | unites and provides discussion of Interior Design issues. |
| Association of Interior Specialists (AIS) | a trade association that represents companies involved in the manufacture, supply and installation of all aspects of interior fit-outs and refurbishments |
| Furniture | |
| The British Contract Furnishing Association (BCFA): | a trade association representing the UK contract furniture and furnishings industry. |
| The National Furniture Directory: | aids British furniture makers promote there product to the trade and public. |
| The Furniture Industry Research Association (FIRA) | aims support members’ businesses, add value to their products and processes and help improve their bottom line performance |
| Association of Master Upholsterers & Soft Furnishers | provides support and advice to people in the trade as wells as to consumers |
| British Furniture Confederation (BFC) | a single voice of the furniture and bed industry |
| The association for British Furniture Manufacturers | representing the membership, safeguarding the interests and promoting the standards and competitiveness, both nationally and internationally |
| ASFI – Association of Suppliers to the Furniture Industry | a network and service provider for furniture industry suppliers |
| Worshipful Company of Furniture Makers | to assay and to recognise the very finest pieces of furniture made in the United Kingdom. |
| Kitchen, bathroom and bedroom | |
| Institute of Kitchen Bedroom & Bathroom Installers (ikbbi) | created to distinguish the best installers from the rest and to offer the UK consumer an opportunity to select the right installer |
| The Kitchen Bathroom Bedroom Specialists Association (KBSA) | formed in 1978 by a group of independent retailers to improve professionalism within their industry |
| Independent Bathroom Specialist Association (ibsa) | represent a selection of bathroom retailers meeting a certain membership criteria. |
| The National Bed Federation | a trade association representing UK manufacturers of beds and mattresses and their suppliers. |
| Bathroom Manufacturers Association | association to give the industry a recognised voice, aimed towards government and Industry Regulators within the UK |
| Lighting & electrical | |
| Professional Lighting Designers’ Association | a voluntary federation of lighting designers and lighting consultants |
| The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) | provides a global knowle network to facilitate the exchange of knowledge and ideas and promotes the positive role of Science, Engineering and Technology in the world. |
| The Lighting Association | promote and protect members & provides marketing and technical services in the lighting business |
| Other disciplines | |
| British Council | Section on Furniture and interiors |
| The British Interior Textiles Associations (BITA) | a trade association for the British interior textile industry |
| Cultural Industries Development Agency (CIDA) | a the leading support organisation for the creative and cultural sector. |
| Society of designer craftsmen | to emphasise designer-making where innovation, orginality and quality are paramount. |
| UK Intellectual Property Office (UK-IPO) | the official government body responsible for granting Intellectual Property (IP) rights in the United Kingdom (UK). |
| Intellectual Property Institute | aims to provide knowledge and expertise for industry, policy makers, professionals and the general public, in order to foster a legal, social and regulatory climate that supports an innovation-based economy. |
| ACID (Anti Copying In Design) | a hard-hitting “not for profit” trade organisation created to combat the growing threats of plagiarism in the design and creative industries |
| The Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering (IPHE) | a professional and technical body for all plumbing and heating professionals |
| The Federation of Master Builders (FMB) | the largest trade association in the UK building industry. |
| The Construction Industry Council (CIC) | is the representative forum for the professional bodies, research organisations and specialist business associations in the construction industry. |
| UK Green Building Council | their mission is to dramatically improve the sustainability of the built environment by radically transforming the way it is planned, designed, constructed, maintained and operated. |
| British Association for Modern Mosaic | to promote, encourage and support excellence in contemporary mosaic art, and to raise public awareness of modern mosaic art through exhibitions, publications, events and related educational activities. |
| Health and Safety Executive (HSE) | to protect people’s health and safety by ensuring risks in the changing workplace are properly controlled. |
| Safety in Design (SID) | to support designers in the built environment and to provide benchmarked standards for knowledge and competence for designers. |
| Royal Society of Arts | encourages public discourse and critical debate by providing platforms for leading experts to share new ideas on contemporary issues. |
| IHS – The Construction Information Service | provides fundamental industry information and legislation, as well as additional sector material |
| The Access Association | aims to improve access and facilities for disabled people and consequently for all people who would benefit from an accessible environment. |
October 1st, 2008 at 14:49
Hoi Lizzy,
Dank voor de uitnodiging. Hierbij nog een link wat interessant kan zijn:
British Association for Modern Mosaic:
http://www.bamm.org.uk
Groeten,
Brit Hammer
http://www.brithammer.com
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