Factsheet on accessing manufacturers
Furniture Works provides advice and support to designer makers, referring businesses onto other agencies and organisations that can help.
Contact: 41 Commercial Road, London, E1 1LA. Tel. 0207 3202897
Buy Cornish Directory the most comprehensive online business directory in Cornwall, you can search for specific manufacturing services.
Materia is a Dutch organization, they provide information about innovative materials and their applications. With the Material Explorer you can look for many materials, find inspiration and download material sheets.
The South West Manufacturing Advisory Service (South West MAS) provides advice for manufacturers, but could be a useful way to source their services through their directory.
Cultural Enterprise Office is a business development service for creative and cultural practitioners and businesses. The service operates in Scotland but the website provides useful online resources.
The British European Design Group promotes designers, helps access funding, and can help source manufacturers worldwide.
Design-Nation is an educational resource for designers. It also manages the Eureka project which creates links between designers, retailers and manufacturers.
Inspired Recycling offers tailored assistance for designers wanting to design and manufacture products from recycled materials. The website features an online application form for people wanting to use recycled materials in the design and manufacture of an innovative new product.
Designbar is conceived as a meeting place, for those in the design community to come together and develop ideas. You can search for manufacturers in the contacts search engine.
Design Factory is based in the East Midlands they support and promote designer-makers and manufacturers. The website includes a searchable manufacturing directory.
