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Essex launches Directory of Designers
Date: 29 March 2006
The Essex Designers Network has launched a unique “Directory of Designers” to mark its first anniversary at an event held at Hylands House last week.
The Directory, which is the first of its kind, is a resource for organisations across Essex and the East of England looking into how quality, appropriate, up-to-date design can enhance their business. It provides easy-to-access information on over 300 local designers working in the fields of architecture, engineering, fashion and textiles, branding, graphics, interior design, multimedia, website, product design, industrial, landscape and garden design and design management – making it simple for businesses to get in touch with like-minded designers who understand their specific business markets.
The Directory of Designers can be found on the Designers’ Network website www.designersnetwork.co.uk , along with detailed information for businesses on the design process, plus information regarding news, events and resources.
At the event, sponsored by the Essex Development & Regeneration Agency (ExDRA), over 40 Essex businesses heard about the importance of increasing their margins through the application of design and innovation. Speakers at the event included Matthew White, a consultant to B&Q and Jim Platts from the Institute for Manufacturing at the University of Cambridge.
Jim Platts, the man behind the company that makes all the large wind turbine blades in the UK focused on the importance of design thinking. He said, “We tend to think designers simply design things. Actually they do much more than that. They enable us to see new possibilities in things and to bring those possibilities through into practical reality.”
Sally Brazier who manages the Designers Network in Essex was delighted with the event. “It was fantastic to see so many businesses come and hear about the importance of design and innovation from two expert speakers in their field. I’m sure that those that attended found the event to be really worthwhile and will hopefully take some of what they have learnt and apply it to their own business.”
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Notes for Editors
1. The Designers Network was established in 2005. It is a community of designers that promote effective design to business and to the public, shares good practice between designers and provides training and networking opportunities with the aim to help designers grow their business through cooperation and exchange of information.
2. The Essex Development & Regeneration Agency was formed in 2004 from the former Enterprise and Regeneration Division of Essex County Council and the Essex Economic Partnership. The Agency works with a variety of partner organisations on a series of programmes and activities to help improve the economic prosperity of Essex.
For more information please contact:
Sally Brazier
Essex Designers Network
Tel: 01277 896104
Email: sally.brazier@designersnetwork.co.uk Web: www.designersnetwork.co.uk
Stuart Graham
Media and PR Manager
Essex Development & Regeneration Agency (ExDRA)
Tel: 01245 702415
Email: stuart.graham@exdra.co.uk
