ABOUT US

We are a small business with a big heart. Lead by founder Jade Ilke, at Designing Futures we build teams; a team that is made up of the right people who have the most suitable expertise. This allows us to be more dynamic, more creative and more versatile.

Jade is an award winning entrepreneur, known for developing concepts that not only work commercially but benefit society at the same time. With over 30 years of experience of working with British, Turkish, and American companies, the Public Sector and the Third Sector she is able to pool all her varied experience, knowledge, networks and a group of associates together to be able to offer a rounded service that makes a difference.

Having set up and ran a variety of different types of businesses, including a charity and social enterprise, Jade has extensive experience in grasping the needs of the project she is working on. With a background and training in art & design, she understands how to work well with artists, designers, makers, crafts people, and manufacturers.

With accolades such as “Best Practice”, “Entrepreneur of the Year” and founder of “Most Creative Business” plus the honour of being invited to The Queen’s Garden Party twice for recognition of bridging business with social entrepreneurship, Jade is enthused to also shine a light on whomever she works with.

Our ‘People’

We have a wide network of artists, designers, makers, crafts people and manufacturers we work with; get in touch to find out if we have a person or company we can introduce you to for your next project…

“Jade is one of life’s entrepreneurial women with passion, creativity and drive in her DNA. She can understand the business goals of a project and can help strive to achieve them whilst operating with total integrity and heart. She immediately engenders trust and has a subtle but strong leadership style”

CAROLINE KINSEY, CHAIRMAN, CIRKLE PR