Dezeen promotion: designers are being invited to enter their projects in the 2018 DBA Design Effectiveness Awards, which recognise the UK's most effective design projects.
Held annually by the Design Business Association (DBA), the Design Effectiveness Awards go to projects that have had a "tangible and measurable impact upon business success".
The awards are entered jointly by clients and designers, who have until Friday 30 June 2017 to lodge their submissions. Dezeen is media partner for the awards.
Entries will be judged by a panel of business leaders, which at the 2017 awards included representatives from Google, Aston Martin, PepsiCo, Warner Bros and Transport for London.
Projects recognised in 2017 include a work from the public sector called MindMate, an online hub for mental health services They awarded the 2017 Grand Prix to a brand redesign by The Engine Room for the sealant company Polyseam, which lifted sales revenue by 744 per cent.
Among the other projects recognised was a work from the public sector called MindMate. Created by Thompson Brand Partners for the National Health Service (NHS), MindMate is an online hub for mental health services, particularly targeting youth.
The NHS Clinical Commissioning Group said the initiative had smashed targets and become a template for future projects. The designers attributed MindMate's success to its exceptional level of user involvement throughout the project.
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