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Events in November

Discover! Creative Careers Month 2025 | Nationwide | November | An industry-led initiative designed to provide young people with encounters and experiences of the creative industries through in-school, workplace and online opportunities. There are several ways for individuals and companies to get involved. Find out more >

 

Pictograms: Iconic Japanese Designs | Japan House, London, UK | Until 9 November | This exhibition demonstrates how the beauty and precision of Japanese design has shaped the art of visual communication. | Find out more >

 

What the UK/India Free Trade Agreement will mean for the UK Creative Sector | Online | 18 November | Hosted by the Department for Business & Trade, whether you are already exporting to India or are at the early stage of researching this exciting market, this webinar will give you a good overview of how the free trade agreement can benefit your business and help you grow. Find out more >

The events on this calendar are not delivered by the DBA and although we have provided topline dates and details, this isn’t an endorsement of the content. We recommend doing your own research before deciding to book. 

 

If you’d like to suggest an event for this calendar, please email christina.warren@dba.org.uk with brief details. 

Looking for a good book this month?

From people to planet: lessons from a design agency by Jo Barnard

Could Should Might Don’t: How We Think About The Future by Nick Foster

How to Think About AI: A Guide for the Perplexed by Richard Susskind

Humanise: A Maker’s Guide to Building our World by Thomas Heatherwick

View the full book list

DBA Roundup


A roundup of industry expertise, exclusive resources, business support and tools for your design business.

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A creative transformation story: Forepoint


Working with DBA Expert Ralph Ardill, Forepoint treated transformation as a creative act and the results speak for themselves. Here's how Forepoint achieved change.

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DBA Twenty/Twenty Mentoring: the mentee’s perspective


Since its launch in 2011, the innovative programme has gone from strength-to-strength, with almost 600 participants from over 300 businesses and impactful results. But don’t just take our word for it. 

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DBA Members’ Forum | November Summary


In the DBA Members’ Forum we took a look behind the data in the latest DBA In Focus Report and discussed the trends and what they mean for us all working in design. It's a bumper summary this month, but this is a critical industry report that we are proud to deliver to DBA Members each year. It can genuinely transform the profitability of your business.

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Joanna Anthony

Strong relationships don’t just happen: how to become indispensable to clients


Strong client relationships don’t evolve by chance. They’re built, nurtured, and sustained through behaviours that consistently demonstrate value — the kind that make you indispensable.

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DBA Design Effectiveness Awards 2026 | Winners shortlist announced


We’re delighted to announce the shortlist of entries that will win a DBA Design Effectiveness Award in 2026. Congratulations to the agency and client partnerships who will be taking home Bronze, Silver or Gold awards at our live event in March.

23/10/2025


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AI and agency shortlists – a moment of opportunity


Have you asked ChatGPT to recommend a good design agency in your sector, location or skillset? Were you one of the agencies it recommended?

22/10/2025


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Rediscovering the creative brief


Has the importance of the creative brief been lost? Has it become a bit of a chore, a piece of admin, just a form to be filled out? Jonathan Kirk believes there is a general lack of understanding as to its proper role and value.

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DBA Members’ Forum | October Summary


For October's DBA Members’ Forum, we were joined by three in-house design leaders who shared their sector-specific perspectives on how current market conditions, with rapid change and unpredictability, are shaping their businesses and influencing their design teams.

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