Madeleine Sellers who is studying for a BA in Textiles at the University of Brighton took the second place award in Designing for the Future 2017 with Plenty Pocket which is a light weight waistcoat with a number of zips to attach several pockets containing a variety of comforting and familiar objects.
Hannah Park who is studying for a BA in Graphic Design at the University of Brighton won Designing for the Future 2017 with her app, Help in Hand. Help in Hand aims to enable people living with dementia to stay independent for longer by following a daily routine prompted by use of the app. A
Philippa Aldrich, founder of The Future Perfect Company, began the Designing for the Future project in 2010 to encourage student designers to consider the challenges presented by our ageing population. Formerly a partner in a City law firm, Philippa also uses her legal and business background to support designers once they have left education and
Designing for the future alumnus, Brighton-based artist Jack Durling has just unveiled his latest body of work, "Oil Slick, Sea Birds". Having a passion for conservation and the preservation of wildlife, Jack has used clay to highlight and explore the very real problem of the consumption of oil, focusing on how this directly affects sea
We wanted to introduce you to one of our Designing for the Future Digital Champions, Eleanor Owens who keeps us up to date with innovation and good design in the gardening world. The benefits of gardening, both physical and psychological, as we get older are numerous and designers are just beginning to catch on to
We are always excited to find out to hear from our talented Designing for the Future alumni and find out what they are up to. Chloe Meineck, designer of the Music Memory Box will be showcasing her work at this year's Alzheimers Show at London's Olympia on 10-11 June. Chloe has also joined the
Last week we were delighted to meet up again with the talented Jack Durling, runner up in our Designing for the Future competition in 2013, at Handmade at Kew where he was exhibiting some of his new work. Handmade at Kew is a unique opportunity to browse, buy or commission beautiful and original work direct from over 200 of
The Future Perfect Company is excited to introduce our new Project Development and Marketing Assistant, Molly Aldrich–Wincer. Molly is a BSc Business Management & Marketing student from the University of Sussex who is currently on her placement year. Molly will be managing various aspects of the Designing for the Future project. This includes research,
We were thrilled to learn that Jack Durling ,who was a runner up in our Designing for the Future competition back in 2013, has been invited to exhibit his work at the upcoming DesignersBlock in Milan as part of Milan Design Week. Jack will be showing his beautiful hand printed Accumulative Coat which uses dyes
Great to see "Designing for the Future" mentioned in this month's Caring UK magazine's feature on our talented alumna, Chloe Meineck. To read the story, CLICK HERE Chloe has had a very exciting few months. Not only is she one of the 2015 ELEVATE fellows, she has also been named by the Design Council
