February 2009
Companies aiming to profit from the design of new products and services will be given a boost on March 27th with the launch of Design Network North.
Internationally renowned designer Wayne Hemingway will join blue chip companies including P&G, Black & Decker, and Barbour and over 200 delegates from the design & business community to celebrate the launch of a new hub for innovative design in the North East.
Design Network North will assess innovative design projects, provide funding and broker in the best regional design suppliers available.
The aim is to improve regional companies' ability to utilise high-quality design, skills and processes and increase the contribution of design to the wealth of the region.
Funded by One North East, the network will be co-ordinated by RTC North and supported by the universities of Newcastle, Northumbria and Teesside.
Held at the Open University building overlooking Gateshead's Baltic Quarter and the proposed site for Design Centre North, where the network will be housed, the launch will kick off a region wide initiative to place design at the heart of the economy.
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