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The UK is renowned across the globe as a design powerhouse
from What is design?
Design is crucial whatever you do in the United Kingdom, whether you’re in business, the civil service or education. - Lord Bilimoria
UK design industries are world leading.
For over a century, design has been a British success story: Sir Jony Ive’s iPhone, Zaha Hadid’s stadiums, Vivenne Westwood’s clothing, Chris Van der Kuyl’s video games, and James Dyson’s vacuum cleaners.
Design contributes £97.4 billion a year in GVA – that’s almost the value of the hospitality and real-estate sectors combined.
And the design economy is growing at twice the rate of the UK economy overall.
For every £10 of UK exports, £1 comes from design.
Design industries will help power the shift to a prosperous green economy.
