Latest News on Nottingham's bid

Nottingham unfortunately was not successful in its bid to be the 2012 World Design Capital. 

The World Design Capital judging panel identified great potential in our application based on our longstanding contributions and commitments to design and stated that they hoped we continue to nurture the vision that will enable design to become a central component of city development.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your support.

If you have any questions then please do not hesitate to contact us - click here to see our contact details.

We view this as an opportunity to reveal what Nottingham has, and is, contributing to the World of Design.

"Obviously biased about my home town being full of interesting and creative things, with young people and young ideas constantly flowing through the city." Sir Paul Smith

Design runs through everything we do in Nottingham. Here are just a few a the amazing things that go on the city that you may or may not be aware of:

* 'The Chopper' with a worldwide cult following - one of many iconic cycles designed and built by Raleigh in Nottingham.

* 90% of the Beijing Swimming medals were won with swimmers wearing the LZR swimsuits that were designed by Speedo and The University of Nottingham.

* Alexandra Taylor's 'Fold Lamp' is in the New York Museum of Modern Art's Permanent Collection. Alexandra is a Graduate of Nottingham Trent University.

 Click here to download a brochure revealing more details about design in Nottingham [5Mb]

What is the World Design Capital title?

The World Design Capital is a city promotion project celebrating the merits of design. Held every other year, it seeks to highlight the accomplishments of cities that are truly leveraging design as a tool to improve the social, cultural and economic life of cities, throughout a yearlong programme of design-related events.

Click here to support our bid to be the World Design Capital in 2012 and to keep up-to-date with the progress of our bid