Northern Design Centre, on the prestigious Gateshead Quayside, will be the new home for the North East’s leading creative and design businesses.
It will offer creative spaces for the region's hottest designers, incubation units for exciting start ups, studios for established businesses, and bespoke conference and research facilities.
And with a dedicated business collaboration network (that will form part of a Knowledge Transfer Network), Design Network North, based on site, Northern Design Centre will emerge as the regional focal point for NewcastleGateshead's growing design industry.
The project has been awarded £4.95 million from the European Union's European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) Competitiveness Programme 2007-13. The ERDF programme is bringing over £300 million into the North East to support innovation, enterprise and business support across the region. Northern Design Centre is a Business Premises product as part of the Solutions for Business portfolio.