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The UK government's design principles and examples of how they've been used.
View designs registered in the designs journal from the last 25 years
A list of 10 criteria that represent good practice in creating, applying and enforcing design codes.
Benefit from your design by licensing, mortgaging, selling, changing ownership and exploit by marketing.
The shape and the configuration of objects are automatically protected by design right in the UK and Europe.
Guidance documents and tools to help with the design and construction of school and further education college buildings and grounds.
Provides advice on the key points to take into account on design.
Guidance relating to the protection, managing and enforcing of a registered design. Registered designs protect the appearance, shape or decoration of a product.
Advises on how to consider light within the planning system.
The duties and competence requirements for building regulations that clients, designers and contractors must meet.
Changes for businesses and holders of international EU protected designs.
This guidance explains why and how public sector organisations should move to modern network solutions and away from legacy networks with information on standards you need to follow and case studies.
Evaluation and case studies from the first phase of our design code pilots.
Guidance for businesses who have unregistered Community designs.
Find registered designs in the UK
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