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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.
How to use a quasi-experimental study to evaluate your digital health product.
Register a design - what designs are protected, search the registers, prepare your illustrations, how to apply, disclaimers and limitations.
Guidance on the pre-application stage for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects.
HM Treasury guidance on what to consider when designing an evaluation.
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.
Find registered designs in the UK
One-day GDS Academy course on the importance of research and design in government.
Learn how to publish accessible documents to meet the needs of all users under the accessibility regulations.
The shape and the configuration of objects are automatically protected by design right in the UK and Europe.
Design your service using GOV.UK styles, components and patterns.
A collection of case studies showing how businesses have protected their designs to help create value from their ideas.
The duties and competence requirements for building regulations that clients, designers and contractors must meet.
Evaluation and case studies from the first phase of our design code pilots.
How to use a before-and-after study to evaluate your digital health product.
This page collates the various existing ethical principles for data and AI, developed by government and public sector sector bodies. It intends to provide clarity and guidance for public servants working with data and/or AI.
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