Michael Gove’s change of heart means that creative subjects will no longer be marginalised, as would have been the case under his proposed English Baccalaureate (Ebacc).

BDI member Dalziel + Pow have been working with Peter England (part of Madura Fashion and Lifestyle) to design a new retail identity for the brand.

As part of the NHS Leadership Programme BDI member Renfrew Group welcomed a cohort of clinical leaders to their Leicester headquarters for a day dedicated to ‘change in innovation’.

BDI member LA design’s work for Sonatest has received the highest category recognition in the 2013 International A’Awards competition.

The Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust (HEFT) has appointed Steve May-Russell, BDI National Board Director and MD of Smallfry, as ‘Designer in Residence and Innovation Mentor’ to help embed a genuine culture of innovation throughout its organisation.

Dyson has unveiled a device that combines a high-speed hand dryer with hot and cold water outlets. The firm's founder, Sir James Dyson, said that the device offered long-term savings over hot air dryers and towels.

André Cassagnes, inventor of the Etch A Sketch toy that generations of children drew on, shook and started over again on, has died in France.

Barker Brettell, who provide specialist professional legal services for all areas of Intellectual Property (IP), will be co-hosting a breakfast seminar entitled ‘Maximising your ROI from a good idea’ with BDI Member Smallfry. The event will take place at their Birmingham office on Wednesday 23 January 2013.

BDI member David Morgan Associates (DMA) has worked closely with the Shard’s lighting designer Joe Geitner from George Sexton Associates to develop an under cabinet lighting system specifically for apartments in the iconic building in London.

The real time tour, designed at Nottingham Trent University for the Galleries of Justice Museum, allows visitors with physical impairments to experience of the lower levels of the gaol, which they would otherwise miss out on due to design and age of the building.

Places for this ‘must attend’ event for the UK medical device and design manufacturing industry will go fast, so act now before it’s too late. It’s at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry from 10 to 11 April.

Following a series of successful workshops in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, BDI member MJV Technology and Innovation hosted its first Design Thinking Innovation Workshop in London. The event, hosted on January 23, celebrated the new office in London.

The registration deadline is 11 February and entries must be submitted before 25 February.

Omitting creative subjects from the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), will have a direct impact on the future of the UK's technology industry. The people behind the #includedesign campaign, who have been lobbying the government to add a sixth pillar of Creative subjects, have launched a new campaign highlighting the ‘Hypocrisy of Tech City’.

The new institute, located at Glasgow School of Art's (GSA) Skypark campus, aims to encourage business growth through design. It will showcase how design skills and creative thinking can be embedded in the culture of companies to propel them forward and will help transfer art school expertise to firms in areas such as product and market development.

Virgin Media approached BDI member Engine Service Design to support them in continuing their tradition of putting the customer first, and specifically their Mobile customers. Their aim was to help increase customer satisfaction and loyalty, and to reduce the traffic going to call centres for queries and confusion over unexpected billing.

Studying human psychology can help improve public service design. Behaviour is at the heart of most policy issues and can even affect the length of lives. More than half of potential years of healthy life are lost are due to behavioural and lifestyle factors such as smoking, diet, and lack of exercise.

BDI member Live|work has been working with surgery staff to overcome the problem of families, particularly those with young children, over-using GP and A&E services. The objective is to understand how to shift these patients into a more affordable model that is still satisfactory to their health and support needs.

BDI member dekode is delighted and excited to announce that they are now part of the Great Fridays group of companies. This gives them a unique opportunity to create cohesive design solutions in the space where brands, consumer behaviour, and digital and physical interfaces meet.

BDI member Dalziel + Pow continue their work with Chilean department store Paris with the opening of the new Kids department.