The Chartered Society of Designers (CSD) is a professional body for designers. It is the only Royal Chartered body of experienced designers. Its membership is multi-disciplinary – representing designers in all design, disciplines including Interior Design, Product Design, Graphic Design, Fashion and Textile Design. Founded in 1930 as Society of Industrial Artists, the Society is governed by

Royal Charter A royal charter is a formal grant issued by a monarch under royal prerogative as letters patent. Historically, they have been used to promulgate public laws, the most famous example being the English Magna Carta (great charter) of 1215, but s ...

(granted in 1976). Members are obliged by a Code of Conduct to practice to the highest professional standards. CSD is a registered charity (UK Registered Charity Number 279393). Its Royal Patron was

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, later Philip Mountbatten; 10 June 1921 – 9 April 2021) was the husband of Queen Elizabeth II. As such, he served as the consort of the British monarch from E ...

. CSD is not a trade body/association and functions as a

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. Membership in the Society is awarded to qualified designers who demonstrate competence against CPSK (TM) (Creativity, Professionalism, Skills and Knowledge). Members are identified using the post-nominal letters, MCSD (TM) or FCSD (TM) (indicating Member or

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, respectively). Other postnominals awarded by this Society include: HonFCSD HonMCSD Assoc.CSD aCSDf aCSDm All postnominals are registered trademarks. The Royal Charter for this Society states: The Society exists to promote concern for the sound principles of design in all areas in which design considerations apply, to further design practice and encourage the study of design techniques for the benefit of the community. To secure and promote a professional body of designers and regulate and control their practice for the benefit of the design industry and the general public. The Society incorporated the British Institute of Interior Designers in 1988. The institute dates back to 1898 and can trace its origins as far back as 1236 to the Guild of Peynters and Stainers. The Society's head office is at 1 Cedar Court, Royal Oak Yard, Bermondsey Street in London.

The Register of Chartered Designers

The Chartered Society of Designers maintains the Register of Chartered Designers for the design profession and has Royal power to grant licences to design bodies and to award the title 'Chartered Designer' (a registered trademark).

History

Milestones in the history of the Society.

Interior Design

* Office, shop, hotel, factory, public, commercial, and industrial interiors * Domestic interiors * Television, film and theatre design including sets, lighting and costumes

Exhibition Design

* Exhibition and display including a permanent and temporary display * Museum design

Fashion Design

* Fashion and clothing including garments, bags, footwear, millinery and other accessories

Graphic Design

* Type design, typography, lettering and calligraphy for reproduction * Illustration * Design for advertising * Design for print including annual reports, brochures, books and magazines * Design for two- and three-dimensional packaging * Corporate identity * Applied graphics including signing systems * Vehicle livery and graphics on product design * Architectural graphics * Design for film, television or video reproduction including multi-sensual, time-based or still imagery * Photography

Interactive Media Design

* Web sites, intranets and extranets * Multimedia CD-ROMs, DVDs and kiosks * Computer games * Interactive elements for video DVDs * Interactive elements for use within websites * Interactive content for mobile devices

Product Design

* Engineering based, three-dimensional products including capital goods, consumer goods, environmental and interactive information technology design * Transportation/automotive design * Furniture including contract, domestic, free-standing ranges and individual pieces * Craft related products including ceramics, glass, jewellery, silver, cutlery, toys, souvenirs, travel and leather goods and decorative building elements

Textile Design

* Surface pattern including printed textiles, printed carpets, patterned papers, patterns for ceramics and tiles * Woven and knitted textiles including rugs and carpets, non-printed wall coverings, laminates

Published works

A wide variety of books have been published under the "Chartered Society of Designers".

Awards

CSD has an awards programme to ensure that designers are recognised for their work.

Member recognition

The Minerva Service Award is to be awarded to members of the Society who have made an outstanding contribution to the life and success of the Society. Consideration is given to those who have played a leading role in the work of CSD and assisted it to achieve its objects under the Royal Charter. This award has only been recently introduced, the first award was made in 2015. Winners: * 2015: John Sermon PPCSD The Minerva Medal is the highest award the Society can give to its members, usually for an overall lifetime achievement in design. Many who have received it are recognisable names, each having helped to raise the professionalism of design. The Medal is cast from sterling silver, bearing the profile of

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Goddess of

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and Education, and the CSD logo. Past winners include: * Milner Gray FCSD (United Kingdom) * Jan van Krimpen (Netherlands) *

Robin Day Sir Robin Day (24 October 1923 – 6 August 2000) was an English political journalist and television and radio broadcaster. Day's obituary in ''The Guardian'' by Dick Taverne stated that he was "the most outstanding television journalist of ...

FCSD (United Kingdom) *

Tapio Wirkkala Tapio Veli Ilmari Wirkkala (2 June 1915 – 19 May 1985) was a Finnish designer and sculptor, a major figure of post-war design. Life and work Wirkkala was born in Hanko in 1915. He attended the Töölö co-educational school in Helsinki. His fa ...

(Finland) * Sir Gordon Russell FCSD (United Kingdom) * Abram Games FCSD (United Kingdom) *

Pier Luigi Nervi Pier Luigi Nervi (21 June 1891 – 9 January 1979) was an Italian engineer and architect. He studied at the University of Bologna graduating in 1913. Nervi taught as a professor of engineering at Rome University from 1946 to 1961 and is known wor ...

(Italy) * Ernest Race FCSD (United Kingdom) *

Edward Bawden Edward Bawden, (10 March 1903 – 21 November 1989) was an English painter, illustrator and graphic artist, known for his prints, book covers, posters, and garden metalwork furniture. Bawden taught at the Royal College of Art, where he had be ...

(United Kingdom) * Sir Misha Black FCSD (United Kingdom) *

Mary Quant Dame Barbara Mary Quant, Mrs Plunket Greene, (born 11 February 1930)The Mary Quant exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum in 2019-20 stated her year of birth as 1930, and that she became a student at Goldsmiths College around 1950. is a ...

FCSD (United Kingdom) * Charles Eames (USA) * Tomás Maldonado (Argentina) * WM de Majo FCSD (United Kingdom) * Eliot Noyes (USA) * Robert Y Goodden (United Kingdom) *

Bill Brandt Bill Brandt (born Hermann Wilhelm Brandt; 2 May 1904 – 20 December 1983)Paul DelanyBill Brandt: A Life was a British photographer and photojournalist. Born in Germany, Brandt moved to England, where he became known for his images of British ...

(United Kingdom) * FHK Henrion FCSD (United Kingdom) *

Alex Moulton Alexander Eric Moulton (9 April 1920 – 9 December 2012) was an English engineer and inventor, specialising in suspension design. Early life and education Moulton's father, John Coney Moulton, was a naturalist working in the Far East. Alex ...

(United Kingdom) *

Dieter Rams Dieter Rams (born 20 May 1932) is a German industrial designer and retired academic who is closely associated with the consumer products company Braun, the furniture company Vitsœ, and the functionalist school of industrial design. His unobtru ...

(Germany) *

Philip Johnson Philip Cortelyou Johnson (July 8, 1906 – January 25, 2005) was an American architect best known for his works of modern and postmodern architecture. Among his best-known designs are his modernist Glass House in New Canaan, Connecticut; the po ...

(USA) *

Giorgetto Giugiaro Giorgetto Giugiaro (; born 7 August 1938) is an Italian automotive designer. He has worked on supercars and popular everyday vehicles. He was born in Garessio, Cuneo, Piedmont. Giugiaro was named Car Designer of the Century in 1999 and inducted ...

(Italy) *

Sir Terence Conran Sir Terence Orby Conran (4 October 1931 – 12 September 2020) was an English designer, restaurateur, retailer and writer. He founded the Design Museum in Shad Thames, London in 1989 The British designer Thomas Heatherwick said that Conran ...

FCSD (United Kingdom) * Antti Nurmesniemi (Finland) * Alan Fletcher FCSD (United Kingdom) * Douglas Scott FCSD (United Kingdom) *

Milton Glaser Milton Glaser (June 26, 1929June 26, 2020) was an American graphic designer. His most notable designs include the I Love New York logo, a 1966 poster for Bob Dylan, and the logos for DC Comics, Stony Brook University and Brooklyn Brewery. In 195 ...

(USA) * Vico Magistretti (Italy) *

Jean Muir Jean Elizabeth Muir ( ; 17 July 1928 – 28 May 1995) was a British fashion designer. Early life and career Jean Muir was born in London, the daughter of Cyril Muir, a draper's floor superintendent, and his wife, Phyllis Coy. Her father ...

FCSD (United Kingdom) *

David Mellor David John Mellor (born 12 March 1949) is a British broadcaster, barrister, and former politician. As a member of the Conservative Party, he served in the Cabinet of Prime Minister John Major as Chief Secretary to the Treasury (1990–92) and ...

FCSD (United Kingdom) * James Gardner FCSD (United Kingdom) * Tom Eckersley (United Kingdom) *

Mario Bellini Mario Bellini (born February 1, 1935 in Milan) is an Italian architect, critic, and designer. He received a degree in architecture from Milan Polytechnic in 1959 and began working as an architect in the early 1960s. Like many other Italia ...

(Italy) *

Tony Abbott Anthony John Abbott (; born 4 November 1957) is a former Australian politician who served as the 28th prime minister of Australia from 2013 to 2015. He held office as the leader of the Liberal Party of Australia. Abbott was born in Londo ...

(United Kingdom) * Achille Castiglioni (Italy) * Jeff Banks FCSD (United Kingdom) *

Saul Bass Saul Bass (; May 8, 1920 – April 25, 1996) was an American graphic designer and Oscar-winning filmmaker, best known for his design of motion-picture title sequences, film posters, and corporate logos. During his 40-year career, Bass wor ...

(USA) *

Kenneth Grange Sir Kenneth Henry Grange, Order of the British Empire, CBE, Chartered Society of Designers, PPCSD, Royal Designers for Industry, RDI (born 17 July 1929, London) is a British industrial designer, renowned for a wide range of designs for familiar, ...

FCSD (United Kingdom) * Lord

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FCSD (United Kingdom) * Robin & Lucienne Day FCSD (United Kingdom) * Alberto Alessi 2000 (Italy) * The Duke of Edinburgh 2003 (United Kingdom) * Lord Rogers of Riverside 2007 (United Kingdom) The CSD Life Fund was established through the generosity of a group of CSD Fellows in 2000. Since then the fund has grown substantially through donations from other Society members. The aim of the fund is to make awards to members who have suffered severe hardship or trauma in order that they may be able to continue with design study or practice. The

Prince Philip Designers Prize The Prince Philip Designers Prize is an annual design recognition given by the Chartered Society of Designers and originally awarded by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1921–2021). It is the longest running design award in the United Kingdom, h ...

was instigated by CSD's Patron, The Duke of Edinburgh in 1959 and was awarded annually until 2011. The award was made to a British designer or design-team leader whose exemplary work has had an effect on the perception of design by the public, and on the status of designers in society. A representative from the CSD, along with those from other design organisations, sat on the panel of judges who met at Buckingham Palace to determine the winner from a shortlist of inspiring designers in all fields of activity. The nominations were received from various professional bodies. The winner of the Prince Philip Designers Prize in 2005 was the influential graphic designer

Derek Birdsall Derek Birdsall, (born 1 August 1934) is an internationally renowned British graphic designer. Early life Birdsall was born in Wakefield, Yorkshire, in 1934 and attended The King's School, Pontefract, Wakefield College of Art and Central Schoo ...

FCSD. Design engineer

and architect

Edward Cullinan Edward Horder Cullinan HonFRIAS (17 July 1931 – 11 November 2019) was an English architect. Life Born in central London to Joy, an artist mother, and Edward, a doctor, Cullinan was educated at Ampleforth College, Queens' College, Cambri ...

were both awarded special commendations. The award is currently under review, the last recipient being Quentin Blake CBE FCSD RDI who was nominated by the Society. The Prize was re-instated by the Society in 2016. Prince Philip suggested and agreed on various changes to the Prize that build on its heritage in order to reflect today's design profession including opening the Prize to international nominations. The Prince Philip Student Design Awards were also approved by the Society's Patron. The awards will be made to students across a range of design disciplines.

References

External links

Official website
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