Our student design competition, Designing for the Future, stepped up a gear this year with winners being offered a mentoring package in addition to a cash prize. “Designing for the Future” run by The Future Perfect Company in conjunction with the University of Brighton is now in its third year and encourages student designers
Last week we announced the winners of our student design competitiion. “Designing for the Future” run by The Future Perfect Company in conjunction with the University of Brighton is now in its third year and encourages student designers to think about the challenges and issues affecting our ageing population – and to create
An ergonomic shopping bag handle which stops you forgetting your shopping has won first prize in this year’s “Designing for the Future” competition run by The Future Perfect Company and The College of Richard Collyer in Horsham, Sussex. This popular competition, which is now in its second year, encourages young designers to think
Need extra space for a carer, a granny annex or simply just a downstairs bathroom or wetroom but can’t face the upheaval of re-configuring your home or building an extension? At Naidex South this year, I came upon a solution – the pre-fabricated iHUS. By chance, Grand Designs on Channel 4 last night was all about pre-fabs. Kevin McCloud
A Living Memorial Stone and an electronic supermarket navigator have won this year’s “Designing for the Future" Competition run by The Future Perfect Company in conjunction with the University of Brighton. The competition, now in its second year, encourages student designers to think about the challenges and issues affecting our ageing population –
We have just announced the winners of our second ”Designing for the Future” competition held in conjunction with the University of Brighton. The students tackled many issues likely to affect us as we get older including dementia. Chloe Meineck designed The Hub, a multi sensory device which stores electronically the soundtrack of a person's life
We have just announced the winners of our second ”Designing for the Future” competition held in conjunction with the University of Brighton. The students tackled many issues likely to affect us as we get older including loneliness. Third year Jono Redden became interested in the impact of light on mood and in particular loneliness when
We were thrilled to be invited to showcase our “Designing for the Future” University of Brighton student competition at this year’s Mobility Roadshow. The Design Zone, run in association with the Royal College of Art/Helen Hamlyn Centre, featured examples of innovative and new designs in independent living. Curators Denise Stephens of Enabled by Design and Hayley
With much in the news about the isolation of the elderly, Dean Raine of Homeshare Eden describes a unique and fascinating intergenerational project getting underway in Cumbria Homeshare is a new scheme for Eden, Cumbria. It is operated by Age UK Carlisle and Eden, receiving funding from The Housing Action Charity (HACT). The scheme
Last week I went to the University of Brighton to catch up with the students entering our "Designing for the Future" competition. This is the second year we have run this competition which encourages young designers to design a new product which addresses one or more of the challenges associated with ageing
