Revolving Door: Design Council Loses Deputy Chief Executive

Late last week, the news came out that the British government’s review of the country’s Design Council, the organization created to generate interest and support of design in the UK, forced them to move from public funding to independent non-profit (albeit still with some government grant support). Word of this came with the obvious news that this would likely mean trimming back and staff layoffs. Now the first major exodus from the Design Council, its Deputy Chief Executive, David Godber, a former Nissan Design employee and who had “a high-profile career in the automotive sector and energy sectors” before coming to the organization.