A jug designed for stroke patients which incorporates rehabilitation into everyday lives has won this year’s prestigious “Designing for the Future” Competition at the University of Brighton. “Designing for the Future” run by The Future Perfect Company in conjunction with the University of Brighton encourages student designers to think about the challenges and
For the third year, the “Designing for the Future” Competition run by The Future Perfect Company and The College of Richard Collyer in Horsham has produced innovative and inclusively designed products which address the challenges of ageing. The Competition encourages young people to create and design products which will allow people to live enjoyable,
Today Designing for the Future alumni, Hanna Mawbey and Holly Alexander are at the Ergonomics & Human Factors 2014 Conference hosted by the University of Southampton. Invited by Dr Eddy Elton of University of Brighton, Hanna Mawbey is showcasing her work to develop aesthetically pleasing medical aids and Holly Alexander her multi-generational prize winning
We were delighted to be asked by the Housing Learning and Improvement Network to showcase our student design for aging project, Designing for the Future, at their annual conference in London this week. The Housing Learning and Improvement Network (LIN), formerly responsible for managing the Department of Health Extra Care Housing capital programme, is
This is a momentous year for our Designing for the Future student design project which we run with the the University of Brighton. Not only are we celebrating five years of great student projects focussing on design for aging but this year we have entrants from three courses across two Faculties. With these milestones in
2014 is going to be a big year for our Designing for the Future student design competition. This month we welcome to the team our first ever intern, Charles Palmer. Charles is a placement year student, studying product design engineering at Brunel University with an interest in Product, Brand, interaction and spatial design. Charles
Great to see our "Designing for the Future" student design competition featured this week on the excellent Blue Badge Style blog. Blue Badge Style is run by Fiona Jarvis whose mission is about "ensuring that wherever you go or whatever you do it is a positive, cool, fashionable and elegant experience. Style and
I was delighted to be asked to contribute a Viewpoint piece by Housing LIN about design for aging and in particular to share my experience and some of the outcomes from our Designing for the Future project with Faculty of Arts, University of Brighton. Housing LIN is a professional network supporting over 5,800 people working in
In all the talk about digital inclusion, it is perhaps surprising to discover that it was a grandmother from Gateshead who pioneered online shopping from her living room way back in the early 1980s. As part of a council initiative to help the elderly, Mrs Jane Snowball, 72, sat down in an armchair in
The Mobility Roadshow is a major consumer event showcasing mobility innovation which this year celebrated its 30th anniversary. For the last three years, Enabled by Design and Such and Such Design have curated the Design Zone as a space to showcase a range of good design that supports independent living, from early stage
