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
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
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.
This year's Designing for the Future competition with the University of Brighton included for the first time students from the product design engineering degree course. Claire Ellison who is studying BA Product Design was a runner up with her interesting redesign of the wheelbarrow to make it more functional for older gardeners. Claire has
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,
This year we were delighted to be able to run for the third year the “Designing for the Future” Competition with the College of Richard Collyer in Horsham. The winners were announced HERE. Other designs included : Colourful Overbed Table by Uthman Mahmood Uthmam’s product was designed for people who are confined to bed. He was
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
David Edwards is a partner with Brighton law firm Burt Brill & Cardens. Here he shares with us some thoughts about why planning for the future pays off. Future thinking is a very specific type of thinking – making conscious decisions based on larger, long-term prospects isn’t always easy to do, but in many
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
