British Design InnovationLocation 9 Pavilion Parade, Brighton BN2 1RA Contact Details Contact: Tonya Harman Tel: 01273 621378 Fax: 01273 622 144 Email: info@britishdesigninnovation.org Website: www.britishdesigninnovation.org British Design Innovation (BDI) is the most influential membership organisation of its kind in the UK. It is the representative voice to industry of many of the most qualified top-end product, service, innovative 3D packaging, digital and brand designers in the world, each with over a decade of experience in sectors such as aeronautics, biotechnology, consumer electronics, food and drink, medical, nano-technology, telecommunications and transport. BDI members’ companies generate over £200 million in turnover. BDI’s strategic designers are engaged as key advisors by the world’s largest brand owners to progress their product, service and brand development contracts. They apply new ideas and ways of thinking in support of start-ups, early-stage companies, global corporations and science parks, university and incubator technology spin-outs, and advise established portfolio companies on behalf of fund managers and investment teams. They play a crucial role in IP commercialisation, innovation and brand strategy, new market identification and applications, design development, implementation and stakeholder management. With portals in every region of the UK, BDI is concerned with the engagement of these strategic designers as the glue binding innovation and knowledge transfer partnerships together. BDI’s website – the national database for the UK commercial design industry – receives 1.5 million visitors annually and comprises a secure portal for evaluating ideas, trading IP and identifying business partners online. BDI Newswire delivers design and innovation news to 30,000 e-mail subscribers every month free of charge, and reaches an additional 100,000 online visitors world-wide every month. If you would like to engage with them – engage with BDI. |