CG welcomed designers from the South as it hosted a cutting-edge web seminar on behalf of the South Coast Design Forum (SCDF).
Visiting designers and the CG team took part in the webinar, organised by the Design Council, called 'Design Industry Insights: Comments and Conversations on the Business of Design in the UK 2010'.
CG was one of six satellite locations for the webinar, which saw industry leaders such as Mike Dempsey, Tom Dixon and Brian Webb discuss the themes of design beyond the recession and whether it benefited or hindered the industry.
Other areas of debate included whether on-the-job training was preferable to further education and if networking benefited businesses.
CG and SCDF members actively took part in the webinar by voting and commenting through a webcast portal.
Attendee, Roberta Comunian, from The University of Southampton, said: "I thought it was a really interesting event and an original format - I've never taken part in this sort of interactive, web based seminar before.
“I thought it was a good format to make sure that this sort of debate is not only done up in London because that's where design concentrates and where the Design Council is based. This was an opportunity for other regions to interact and really good and I think that should happen more."
CG's Senior Designer, Graham Woods, said: "It was a resounding success for CG, as one of the south's leading marketing and communications companies, to be able to host such an event.
“We were able to bring design professionals together to debate issues in the industry that have arisen from the recession. The debates sparked some energetic conversation and we were honoured to be able to bring the Design Council's seminar to the south."
Peter Spence, Director of the SCDF, added: “I am delighted at how the SCDF is growing, with more and more members joining every month and becoming more and more active.
“This event was extremely valuable to our members, giving them a voice on the national stage from the offices of Carswell Gould.”
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