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DFF Winner talks about designing for stroke patients

  Martyna Konopka won this year's Designing for the Future Competition run by The Future Perfect Company and the University of Brighton.  Here she talks about the inspiration and research behind her award winning Dzbanek jug design which incorporates rehabilitation into everyday living . It is common to think that life affected by an accident

2017-01-24T17:43:48+00:00DFF-Brighton|

The Age of No Retirement

I am delighted to have been asked to take part in The Age of No Retirement?- a landmark event at the OXO Tower in London that will bring together employers, policy makers, corporations, designers, artists, academics, inventors and social commentators to explore the social and economic opportunities of a Britain in which the average person now lives.

2017-01-24T17:01:08+00:00TFPC|

Stroke Rehabilitation Jug wins Designing for the Future

  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

2017-01-24T17:49:30+00:00DFF-Brighton|

Contemporary hearing aid design wins Designing for the Future Collyers 2014

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,

2017-01-24T12:12:20+00:00DFF-Collyers|

DFF at the Ergonomics & Human Factors Conference

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

2017-01-24T17:55:40+00:00DFF-Brighton|

DFF at Housing LIN Conference

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

2017-01-25T18:35:07+00:00DFF|