Communications design
Graphics, brand, print, information design and corporate identity

Digital and multimedia design
Website, animation, film and television idents, digital design and interaction design

Fashion and textiles design
Fashion and textiles

Interior and exhibition design
Retail design, office planning/workplace design, lighting, display systems, exhibition design

Product and industrial design
Consumer/household products, furniture, industrial design (including automotive design, engineering design, medical products)

Other
Including advertising, aerospace design, building design, engineering design, landscape design, jewellery design, mechanical design etc.

Taken from the Design Council definition at www.designcouncil.org.uk.