DBA Chief Executive Deborah Dawton opens The Design Effect
By Design Business Association
The Design Effect took place on 10 March 2026 at The National Gallery in London. DBA Chief Executive Deborah Dawton opened the event.
2026 DBA Design Effectiveness Award winners revealed at The Design Effect
By Design Business Association
The Gold, Silver and Bronze winners in the 2026 DBA Design Effectiveness Awards have been revealed. The 40 winning projects were announced on Tuesday 10 March at The Design Effect.
New trophy unveiled at The Design Effect
By Design Business Association
A symbolic new trophy was unveiled at The Design Effect on 10 March and presented to the 2026 DBA Design Effectiveness Award winners.
GoSolr shines with Grand Prix win
By Design Business Association
The 2026 DBA Design Effectiveness Award winners have been announced with GoSolr and Xfacta winning the coveted Grand Prix award.
DBA Roundup
By Design Business Association
A roundup of industry expertise, exclusive resources, business support and tools for your design business.
A look at the DBA Design Effectiveness Award winners
By Clare Dowdy, Design Week
The 40 winners announced were awarded for their measured proof that design made a clear and significant contribution to the results achieved by the work. Design Week picks some highlights.
DBA Member Forum | March Summary
By By Design Business Association
At our March DBA Member Forum, we turned a lens on positioning, as three agency leaders shared how they’ve sharpened and stress-tested their design business’ point of difference.
In Focus: Where agency margins are won – or lost in delivery
By Manish Kapur, Agency Operations Consultant, Manish Kapur Consulting
DBA Expert Manish Kapur looks at two places where design agencies tend to lose margin and why small changes can make a noticeable difference.
In Focus: Staff cost to fee income ratio
By Mike Almandras, Founder & MD, Empowered Finance
DBA Expert Mike Almandras explores a key metric you should be looking at to set your design business up to be profitable.
In Focus: The people story behind the numbers
By Aliya Vigor-Robertson, Founding Partner, JourneyHR
DBA Expert Aliya Vigor-Robertson explains why the latest sector data reveals something most agencies are missing: the financial pressure we're seeing isn't just a finance story. It's a people one.