The Craft and Design Institute

The CDI is a non-profit company with 16 years of experience successfully growing local creative businesses. We support the development of start-up, established and exporting enterprises, operating in urban, peri-urban and rural areas, in craft, design, light manufacturing and related sectors where design can commercialise innovation.

Our services help businesses develop the right product for the right market using appropriate business and production systems; and we link entrepreneurs into ever expanding national and international networks of market opportunities, putting them on a growth and profitability path.