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Design Council's two-day festival is free to attend online

Chief Design Officer Cat Drew calls for investment in design to speed up change

Each year, Barbara Chandler’s initiative identifies new talent with “ideas to heal the planet”. We're celebrating this year's crop in a special edition of the URGE newsletter

Study suggests that alternative would generate more emissions than current material

Plus GREEN GRADS, London Design Fair talks and 'carbon negative' furniture

Design Council event will run onloine from 17-18 October

Ace & Tate's refreshingly honest Responsibility Report, plus Design Council challenges packaging designers and RSA Student Design Awards marks centenary

Plus how spent coffee grounds can be used in concrete, and has the Circular Economy movement been undermined by big brands?

An in-depth look at online shopping returns plus, Material Matters, consumer attitudes to sustainability in packaging and more