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Would you like to grow your business through design? Estonian Design Centre is the best place to start.

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We counsel and train how design can lead to innovation in public sector.

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Mobile applications for TV and radio of ERR - Estonian Public Broadcasting

ERR - Estonian Public Broadcasting, is well known for producing and broadcasting high-quality content and programs. ERR programme is extremely diverse, with a wide range of channels and formats, addressed to very diverse target audiences. The goal of ERR and Mobi Lab's cooperation was to update the mobile experience of public radio and television applications / services.

R-kiosk becomes a franchise

R-kiosk is the local market leader in convenience stores and fast food. It was also in the process of rebuilding its business model through franchising. A franchise is something that people have heard about, but associate predominantly with global brands like Subway and McDonald’s. So, in order to successfully build a franchise network, R-kiosk wanted more than just to delegate responsibility. R-kiosk wanted to become the benchmark for helping to build small businesses and supporting entrepreneurs.

Defining UX&UI design for humans

DUX explains what UX&UI design means for them.

Designer of the month Joosep Volk: "It is important to learn something new from each new project."

On September 16, the honourable ADC*E Designer of the Year Award went to Joosep Volk. Over the years, he has stood out thanks to his impeccable work ethic, and dominated animation categories – this year was no different.

Tallinn Bicycle Week

Tallinn Bicycle Week (est. 2011) is an urban cycling and bike culture festival that is set out to give the streets back to the people and have fun while encouraging a healthy and conscious urban lifestyle.

Design Market

Twice a year, in winter and spring, we organise the largest design market in the region, presenting and selling the work of designers from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and the Nordic countries.

Design map

The Tallinn Design Map leads you to the best Estonian design – whether in cafes and restaurants decorated with Estonian design, museums exhibiting design, or galleries and design shops.

Estonian Design Awards

The Estonian Design Awards recognise the best and the most noteworthy designers in the fields of product design, graphic design, web design and service design.

Design Bulldozer

The Design Bulldozer is a development programme for businesses. Running the programme with an experienced design manager helps companies take advantage of design in the best possible way.

Design Driver

The Design Engine is a design audit programme whose aim is to define the company’s ability and need to use design.

Library

The Estonian Design Centre has published several books on design, which you can order here. The Design Centre also lends out nearly 300 books on design.

Design for Europe is a web platform that showcases the best design examples and tools as well as stories on how design leads to innovation in both business and the public sector.

The website of the Estonian Design Centre received support from the creative industries programme for the development of support structures, joint projects and export capacity. The project “Creating added value with design” received 300,000 euros of support from Enterprise Estonia through the European Regional Development Fund. The project lasts from May 2015 to May 2017 and its aim is to increase the use of design among Estonian enterprises as well as boost the export volume and added value of design agencies. The project is used to carry out several activities, such as the Design Bulldozer programme, seminars, training sessions and study trips to match the needs of entrepreneurs and design agencies so as to meet the goals of the project.