Membership - Design Business Council

dbc membership

The dbc has been established to 'close the loop' in the process of designing. We involve all the participants in the process of designing for marketing and communications; designers, clients, design buyers, design users, design service providers, educators and students.

There are 4 categories of membership set out on the membership application form.

Membership benefits

Seminars and workshops,

Salary and Pricing survey results are for members only.
The Members CD directory is distributed via a business magazine each year as well as being distributed to 1,500 design buyers on the dbc database.

The Design Effectiveness case studies only features work of members. The case studies are featured on the Member Directory CD.
Members are able to promote their business via the website. Regular emails alert all members (including Client members) of the services offered by Design members.

of the dbc is free and open to all participants in the design loop.

Designers/educators/students

Seminars and workshops

for designers, design students and educators will cover a wide range of topics.

Design buyers/clients/business owners

Seminars and workshops

for design buyers and clients have been specially prepared to assist in using a designer.

Clients

Design in business (dib)

dib is a series of workshops, events and programs that show business owners how to make better use of design.

dib includes design SWOT analysis, Design roundtables and design audits. These are supported by a series of intensive workshops that help business owners benefit from design.

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Designers

The business of design

This series of workshops is for design studio owners, design managers and designers.

These workshops give the skills needed to operate a better design business.

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