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Dec 05. 2024
Engaging with young audiences in Bergen
Dec 03. 2024
Our 24 Hour Design Challenge with Cardiff School of Art & Design
Nov 28. 2024
Looking ahead to Anticipate London
Nov 27. 2024
Reflections on my first MEDICA trip
Nov 20. 2024
Reflecting on my Knowledge Transfer Partnership
Nov 19. 2024
Our trip to Design for Planet Festival
Nov 06. 2024
From Wales to Westminster: Embedding Design for Future Generations in the UK’s Industrial Strategy
Nov 02. 2024
Patrick's SMART Partnership progress with 3 Sixty
Oct 31. 2024
We're going to Design for Planet Festival, Manchester
Oct 24. 2024
Piotr's trip to Taiwan for the International Student Design Competition 2024
Oct 18. 2024
New research paper highlights barriers and solutions for scaling up custom assistive technology
Oct 15. 2024
Looking ahead to MEDICA 2024
Oct 07. 2024
Dr Katie Beverley's involvement in Circular Economy Hotspot Cymru 2024
Oct 04. 2024
New opportunities available to work with us through Media Cymru funding
Oct 01. 2024
Making Design Count in the Philippines
Sep 27. 2024
Our trip to the London Design Festival
Sep 11. 2024
We're going to the London Design Festival
Sep 06. 2024
Find us at the Creative Business Roadshow, Merthyr
Aug 28. 2024
Safia’s Design Thinking Mindset paper published
Aug 21. 2024
UK IPO launches new SME financial support scheme
Jul 11. 2024
Our involvement in the Symbio project
Jul 01. 2024
PDR to present as part of Research and Innovation week 2024
Jun 28. 2024
Meet the Team: Patrick Richards
Jun 20. 2024
Will and Dom to attend Rapid & TCT 3D printing conference in LA
Jun 17. 2024
Utilising AI to Enhance Secondary Research Analysis
Jun 06. 2024
Sally in Brighton to talk sleep in the city
Jun 04. 2024
Presenting CO:RE Cards to DESIGN 2024
May 30. 2024
PDR and Cardiff Met delegation explore health design collaborations in India
May 28. 2024
Piotr looking ahead to a busy BEDA Design Forum
May 23. 2024
CO:RE Cards: Content & Aesthetics
May 14. 2024
Stand paediatric upright stander wins a German Innovation Award 2024
May 08. 2024
Our trip to Berlin for the iF Design Awards 2024
May 02. 2024
Collaborative Dialogues with CO:RE Cards
Apr 15. 2024
Jarred to join panel discussion on design to empower marginalised communities
Apr 02. 2024
Our Media Cymru team in 2024
Mar 28. 2024
Our visit to the Game Developers Conference 2024
Mar 27. 2024
Our work with Immersive Queer Placemaking
Mar 25. 2024
Building Design Capability in Government – Professor Anna Whicher
Mar 13. 2024
Sally talks sleep on BBC 3
Mar 07. 2024
We’ve won two iF Awards!
Mar 06. 2024
Applying User Centred Principles to GUI Design
Feb 29. 2024
1 year later: An update on PDR and V-Trak’s Knowledge Transfer Partnership
Feb 14. 2024
Turning academic projects into commercial solutions
Feb 02. 2024
Design Diaries: Cat's journey to becoming a senior user centred designer at PDR
Jan 12. 2024
Medical collaboration showcases PDR’s strengths in research and product design
Jan 09. 2024
PDR wins 3 Good Design Awards for 2023
Jan 05. 2024
Team Reflections on 2023
Dec 19. 2023
PDR Research in 2023: Year in Review
Dec 14. 2023
Reflecting on a year of innovation: An update on Media Cymru 2023
Dec 06. 2023
Stand paediatric support system wins German Design Award for 2024
Nov 10. 2023
Tokyo to London
Nov 06. 2023
Meet us at MEDICA 2023
Oct 18. 2023
Lessons from Labs: Anna Whicher to present insights on Government Labs using design at the World Design Assembly Tokyo 2023
Sep 29. 2023
CALLING ALL DESIGNERS: we need you to take part in our Design Council survey
Sep 29. 2023
Collaborate with PDR through the Welsh government-backed SMART FIS Scheme
Sep 07. 2023
Challenges of sustainable design practices: Insights from PDR’s presentation at the International Design Conference 2023
Sep 04. 2023
A ‘tidal’ wave of enthusiasm for better, greener assistive tech
Aug 24. 2023
PDR wins Gold in IDEA 2023 for Tabu*
Aug 11. 2023
Sowing the Seeds of Innovation: a look at the Media Cymru Seed Fund programme
Aug 09. 2023
International Research Collaborations at the Osmania Centre for Product Design
Aug 01. 2023
Navigating Design Terminology
Jul 11. 2023
Meet our new Digital Media and Marketing Officer, Davie Morgan
Jun 16. 2023
Clwstwr: a five-year investment in creative innovation
Jun 13. 2023
Brace Packaging wins Green GOOD DESIGN 2023 Award
Jun 07. 2023
Key Insights from the International Seating Symposium 2023
Jun 06. 2023
Designing the future: An exploration of design’s role in technical advancement
Jun 02. 2023
PDR to present at International Design Conference in New York
May 25. 2023
Introducing the PDR Colour, Material & Finish Library
May 24. 2023
PDR wins German Innovation Award 2023 for Cercle
May 15. 2023
PDR receives 2 iF Design Awards for 2023
May 10. 2023
We are attending the upcoming 2023 IFSEC International event
Apr 25. 2023
Meet our new Design Intern, Olivia Goonatillake
Mar 31. 2023
Design for Democracy: A stepping stone towards systemic change
Mar 29. 2023
Co-designing assistive technology: supporting wellbeing and reducing waste
Mar 28. 2023
PDR and Media Cymru: Nurturing Innovative Practices in the Creative Industries
Mar 16. 2023
Meet our new Designer User Researcher, Siena DeBartolo
Mar 14. 2023
We are attending the upcoming 2023 Naidex event
Mar 02. 2023
Clwstwr Final Reports Showcase PDR’s Expertise in Fostering Creative Innovation
Feb 28. 2023
Designing with the planet in mind: How working on concepts in PDR can translate to designing a more sustainable future
Feb 23. 2023
Meet William Dauncey, Product Designer and KTP Associate
Feb 20. 2023
Exploring the Knowledge Transfer Partnership between PDR and V-Trak
Feb 17. 2023
Ambiente and the German Design Awards Show 2023
Feb 08. 2023
An Open Call for Seed Funding by Media Cymru has been launched
Feb 07. 2023
Meet our new Design Intern, David Balaam
Feb 01. 2023
Explore On Your Doorstep
Jan 31. 2023
PDR wins 4 GOOD DESIGN Awards
Jan 27. 2023
Meet our new User Centred Designer, Afaf Ali
Jan 26. 2023
Living on the Edge… of Design Research - Professor Andrew Walters
Jan 25. 2023
Ambiente 2023: See you there!
Jan 23. 2023
A recap of Valencia as the World Design Capital of 2022
Jan 20. 2023
Meet our new Design Innovation Specialist, Oliver Evans
Jan 12. 2023
Meet our new Business Development Consultant, Michelle Letherby
Jan 05. 2023
Meet our new Post-Doctoral Design Researcher, Dr Safia Suhaimi
Jan 03. 2023
PDR Research in 2022: Year in Review
Dec 21. 2022
PDR Consultancy in 2022: Year in Review
Dec 19. 2022
Staying Relevant as a Product Designer
Dec 15. 2022
Introducing our Gold German Design Award winning concept Cercle, a revolution in sustainable design
Dec 13. 2022
Our round-up of MEDICA Trade Fair 2022
Nov 17. 2022
PDR receives world-leading research recognition from the REF
Nov 10. 2022
Design for Democracy at the BEDA Design Forum
Nov 08. 2022
Catch up with us at MEDICA 2022
Nov 04. 2022
Media Cymru taking funded RD&I Applications
Oct 28. 2022
Meta and Physical Reality, and Material Innovations at the London Design Festival
Oct 21. 2022
Meet our new Product Design Engineer, Ryan Jones
Oct 04. 2022
Meet our new Design Consultant, Will Pargeter
Sep 28. 2022
PDR lands Red Dot Design Concept Award for 2022!
Sep 27. 2022
PDR wins Silver in IDEA 2022 for Umiko Face Mask
Sep 22. 2022
A new course launched for Medical Specialists by SPD Academy
Aug 16. 2022
Memories from Milan Design Week: The Fuorisalone 2022
Aug 03. 2022
Supporting innovation in the creative industries with Clwstwr
Jul 28. 2022
The challenges of design in a more environmentally conscious world
Jul 13. 2022
Our approach to improving inherited UI design-related issues
Jun 27. 2022
Greenhouse training: How we’re helping Valletta Design Cluster engage new communities
May 05. 2022
Meet our new Human Centred Design Assistant Researcher, Dr Sally Cloke
Apr 29. 2022
Embrace our Differences: Design for Healthcare and Adaptation - Professor Dominic Eggbeer
Apr 27. 2022
Exploring the challenges facing Cardiff’s creative industries
Apr 20. 2022
PDR secures 3 iF Design Awards for 2022!
Apr 06. 2022
Travels with PDR: To San Francisco and beyond
Mar 10. 2022
Meet our new Senior User Centred Designer, Hefin Jones
Feb 24. 2022
PDR’s Jarred Evans on becoming an iF Design Award juror
Feb 22. 2022
A Year in Research at PDR
Feb 10. 2022
New jobs, events & exciting developments: 6 months later for media.cymru
Jan 25. 2022
How do we know design has impact?
Jan 20. 2022
Why should local governments be using design to create policy?
Jan 17. 2022
Why is UCD important to develop social impact?
Jan 10. 2022
Triple Win for PDR at the 2021 Good Design® Awards
Dec 17. 2021
PDR in 2021: Year in Review
Dec 01. 2021
Meet Catriona, our newest User Centred Designer
Nov 09. 2021
Why governments should invest in design support interventions for SMEs
Nov 05. 2021
How can the creative industries adopt sustainable design?
Oct 26. 2021
How we develop innovation in the Life Science Industry
Oct 21. 2021
PDR wins Red Dot Concept Award in the Sustainability category for Shield
Oct 15. 2021
How great service design in the NHS develops world-changing services
Oct 12. 2021
Meet Katie, our Colour, Materials, Finish (CMF) Designer
Oct 05. 2021
Lessons from the path to Professor, from Anna Whicher
Sep 21. 2021
PDR takes Bronze in IDEA 2021 for Shield
Aug 31. 2021
Circular Design School 2021
Aug 19. 2021
Exploring the role of design within interdisciplinary research
Aug 17. 2021
Mr Evans, Please Take a Chair - Introducing PDR’s Newest Professor
Aug 06. 2021
PDR and Cardiff Region win £50m funding to develop media innovation
Aug 02. 2021
The past, present & future of patient-specific design
Jul 09. 2021
How surgical implants and prosthetics have changed our world, 2 decades later
Jul 06. 2021
How Design Support Programmes Help Businesses
Jun 25. 2021
Healthy Ageing By Design
Jun 22. 2021
Why Service Design Is Integral To Public Sector Innovation
Jun 11. 2021
Circular Economy Challenges in the Real World
Jun 03. 2021
Introducing the recently launched Global Academies from Cardiff Met
May 10. 2021
PDR's work published on the Design Museum London Website!
May 06. 2021
PDR is now Ranked Number 1 in the iF World Design Guide Index for 2021
Apr 28. 2021
PDR Wins 4 iF Design Awards, including a Gold!
Apr 23. 2021
How we made CoolSculpting Elite, the next generation in body contouring systems
Apr 21. 2021
Helping S4C Develop its Offering With ‘User Centred Design’
Apr 15. 2021
We’re pleased to share a recently published article from PDR’s own Dr. Anna Whicher
Apr 01. 2021
GUI Design: How To Get It Right First Time
Mar 19. 2021
The Arts and Humanities Research Council award two Fellowships to PDR
Mar 12. 2021
We welcome a new Senior Design Consultant to the team!
Mar 04. 2021
Defining Your Next New Product: Why Does It Matter?
Feb 22. 2021
Say Hello to Cat
Jan 29. 2021
Product Design and the Circular Economy
Jan 21. 2021
Reflections on making policy more citizen-centred with Dr Anna Whicher
Jan 08. 2021
PDR wins an incredible four 2020 GOOD DESIGN® Awards
Oct 16. 2020
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About... Design Awards
Sep 24. 2020
Snoozeal® Wins at the 2020 IDEA Awards
Aug 21. 2020
It's Arrived! Unboxing our iF Gold Award 2020
Aug 13. 2020
Exploring the Clwstwr Project with Professor Andrew Walters
Feb 05. 2020
Trends in Design Policy from Taiwan
Dec 05. 2019
German Design Award Winner 2020
Sep 21. 2019
An Indian Connection
Jul 26. 2019
Ecodesign Reflections on Outdoors by ISPO Part 3: A Design for Life?
Jul 16. 2019
Ecodesign Reflections on Outdoors by ISPO Part 2: Including the User in Life Cycle-based Design
Jul 12. 2019
Ecodesign Reflections on Outdoors by ISPO Part 1: Design Against Ocean Plastics?
Apr 05. 2019
Prof. of Healthcare Applications of Design
Apr 25. 2019
How Might We... Prototype Services Better
Mar 19. 2019
Istanbul Design Summit 2019
Mar 04. 2019
How complex design can be used to shorten surgery time
Feb 18. 2019
PDR Wins German Design Award
Nov 30. 2018
Next Practice In Design Action Plans - Part 2
Nov 30. 2018
Next Practice In Design Action Plans - Part 1
Nov 23. 2018
Layr Lifts 2019 German Design Award
Nov 05. 2018
Ireland's got the User-Factor
Oct 01. 2018
Shapes and Gates
Sep 28. 2018
Diseno Para La Vida
Sep 25. 2018
Modelling... but not on the Catwalk
Sep 14. 2018
Towards a Design Action Plan for NI?
Sep 07. 2018
PDR and Cardiff Met Celebrate Successful Creative Clusters Bid
Jun 20. 2018
MoJ Showcase: Designing for People in Crisis
Apr 06. 2018
User Research to Inform Strategy
Feb 06. 2018
Layr secures 2018 iF Design Award
Jan 24. 2018