Design Innovation Scotland

The GSA is leading an initiative called Design Innovation Scotland: a network of innovation experts and organisations across government, academia, and industry who create complex design challenges and assemble ‘extreme collaborations’ to generate solutions. Our approach is to apply design thinking and practices to structure creativity, to share ideas and to ‘fold in’ multiple areas of ‘extreme expertise’. Design Innovation means both innovation through design and innovation of design, with the aim of generating sustainable social, cultural, and economic growth in Scotland. We believe that to innovate is not to ‘make something new’ such as a new product or service but to re-new our framework for thinking. The Design Innovation Scotland Steering Board comprises: The Glasgow School of Art (Chair), The University of Glasgow, The University of Strathclyde, Gray’s School of Art, BT, The Scottish Government, Skills Development Scotland, Highlands and Islands Enterprise, and Scottish Enterprise.

For more information please contact the Design School in the first instance.