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The UK government's design principles and examples of how they've been used.
Learn how to check if your website or mobile app is accessible.
Find registered designs in the UK
Understand how preventative design measures can reduce the risk of harms happening on your online platform.
View designs registered in the designs journal from the last 25 years
To protect your design outside of the UK, you usually need to apply in each country you want protection in.
Learn how to publish accessible documents to meet the needs of all users under the accessibility regulations.
Find the best guidance and tools to meet the accessibility regulations.
The shape and the configuration of objects are automatically protected by design right in the UK and Europe.
A list of 10 criteria that represent good practice in creating, applying and enforcing design codes.
Learn how the Government Digital Service is monitoring accessibility under the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No.2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.
If you manage an online platform that allows user generated content, these 7 steps will help you keep your business and your users safe.
Register a design - what designs are protected, search the registers, prepare your illustrations, how to apply, disclaimers and limitations.
Provides advice on the key points to take into account on design.
The duties and competence requirements for building regulations that clients, designers and contractors must meet.
The Planning Inspectorate appeals casework portal - Terms and Conditions
Find out what online harms are, how to manage them, and where to report them if they occur.
Evaluation and case studies from the first phase of our design code pilots.
Guidance and advice for candidates using the Civil Service Jobs website.
Benefit from your design by licensing, mortgaging, selling, changing ownership and exploit by marketing.
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