Practice Notes
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The DIA has a comprehensive reference set of Practice Notes to assist DIA designer members in their professional practice.
The Practice Notes cover areas such as contracts, tendering, administration, the legal business environment, fees, salaries, intellectual property and much more.
A complete set of Practice Notes is provided as a member benefit to MDIA members. Other practitioners can contact the DIA to purchase these materials.
DIA General members can download a discipline-specific Study Set of Practice Notes and the Summary Fee & Salary Practice Note.
Complete sets and individual DIA Practice Notes are available for purchase.
Practice Notes marked ’General’ are suitable for any design discipline while those that indicate a specific discipline generally contain terminology and situations specific to that discipline. The principles and methods discussed are often adaptable to other disciplines.
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To assist with this process we have assembled a working group to outline the way forward. If you would like to be involved or find out more please contact us.
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Use of Practice Notes guidelines can be downloaded here.
Free Pitching and Design Competitions
This Practice Note outlines the DIA's policy on recognising the value of creative work - design should not be provided for free - and sets out conditions to ensure that design competitions are conducted fairly. It also outlines the DIA's policy on student internships and graduate placements, and provides a suggested reply to requests for free pitching.
Gender Equality
The DIA recognises the enduring inequality experienced by cis gender and trans women, non-binary and feminine-identifying people. This Practice Note is an invitation for everyone in the design community to consider what changes they could make to help build gender equality in their workplace.
