The Future Perfect Company has recently teamed up with Beta Futures to work on an exciting intergenerational project. Beta Futures aims to keep the lives of the 50+ in our society vibrant and worthwhile, making use of their skills and expertise they have gained over a lifetime. However, with the ageing population at its
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
A dial phone-inspired pill box has won this year’s Designing for the Future Competition at The College of Richard Collyer. Designing for the Future,encourages student designers to think about the challenges affecting our ageing population – and to create innovative and attractive designs which allow older people to continue to live meaningful, enjoyable, active
Apps are becoming increasingly important in designing for the challenges of later life and here Interaction Designer Richard Child from Grid North Design talks about three important points to consider in app design. 1. Follow the OS guidelines Users are familiar with the navigation, interaction and UI elements of an OS, so it’s important
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
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
We were delighted that our Designing for the Future Competition was featured in The Daily Express as part of the coverage for the Design Zone at this year's Mobility Roadshow.
