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The UK government's design principles and examples of how they've been used.
Provides advice on the key points to take into account on design.
A collection of case studies showing how businesses have protected their designs to help create value from their ideas.
View designs registered in the designs journal from the last 25 years
This section shows how to translate user needs into policy and services and how you to work collaboratively with users and specialists
Register a design - what designs are protected, search the registers, prepare your illustrations, how to apply, disclaimers and limitations.
Find out how new woodland can enhance landscape character as well as a wide range of benefits to the woodland owner and society.
A list of 10 criteria that represent good practice in creating, applying and enforcing design codes.
The Designs Act 1949 allows us to give directions in some areas, so that we can react quickly to change.
List of all the tools and techniques in the toolkit.
Guidance relating to the protection, managing and enforcing of a registered design. Registered designs protect the appearance, shape or decoration of a product.
We are looking for novel proposals to create at least 100ha of new woodland to be planted by 31 March 2025.
Results of past design and design right decisions issued by us since 2013.
Information on designs hearings including costs and how to appeal against an outcome.
Design your service using GOV.UK styles, components and patterns.
Find registered designs in the UK
This section helps you to understand users and their needs and begin to diagnose the policy problems and challenges that you need to fix.
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