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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.
Six new award designs bearing the image of King Charles III have been revealed by the Cabinet Office.
Design your service using GOV.UK styles, components and patterns.
CMA provisionally finds Adobe’s deal to buy Figma would likely harm innovation for software used by the vast majority of UK digital designers.
Traffic sign images for reproduction in printed matter, on screen or in other media.
Includes chapters on applications, modification, priority and convention claims, illustrations and disclaimers.
A list of 10 criteria that represent good practice in creating, applying and enforcing design codes.
CMA finds Adobe’s deal to acquire Figma could mean less choice for designers of digital apps, websites and other products.
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