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The UK government's design principles and examples of how they've been used.
A list of 10 criteria that represent good practice in creating, applying and enforcing design codes.
Asking questions users understand so they can give you the information you need.
Provides advice on the key points to take into account on design.
Register a design - what designs are protected, search the registers, prepare your illustrations, how to apply, disclaimers and limitations.
The duties and competence requirements for building regulations that clients, designers and contractors must meet.
How to use a quasi-experimental study to evaluate your digital health product.
Benefits of patterns, how to iterate existing patterns and share research into patterns.
Reduce development overhead and time to deployment by standardising how teams design, launch and manage APIs in your organisation.
What data is and how to use it, in its various forms, to inform the design and running of a service.
Learn how to publish accessible documents to meet the needs of all users under the accessibility regulations.
Design, build and operate APIs in a consistent way
Understand how preventative design measures can reduce the risk of harms happening on your online platform.
The shape and the configuration of objects are automatically protected by design right in the UK and Europe.
This section shows how to translate user needs into policy and services and how you to work collaboratively with users and specialists
You can help define the scope of protection given to your registered design by including a disclaimer or limitation alongside your illustration.
Steps to help grow your business - finding finance, mentors, increasing sales and developing products and services
View designs registered in the designs journal from the last 25 years
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