This year the Designing for the Future project with the University of Brighton produced many interesting designs for ageing. Here BSc sports product design student Arun Joshi talks about his design, Allegro which aims to reduce falls by strengthening leg muscles using music making : "Tasked with producing a product for the ageing population
Back pain, tricky seat belts and memory loss were some of the challenges targeted by this year’s Designing for the Future entrants. 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 issues affecting our ageing population –
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
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
This week VegTrug, makers of the innovative raised vegetable planters, announced the appointment of University of Brighton graduate, Hayley Moisley as their new ‘Design Guru’. Hayley has been brought in to contribute “a young and fresh approach to design” and VegTrug are very excited to see her product ideas coming to fruition over the
Our last blog post talked about my personal experience of how my late mother-in-law used or ignored assistive technology, those adaptations or bits of kits designed to make getting older easier. Here, occupational therapist, Maggie Winchcombe of Years Ahead, shares her thoughts and expertise: To start with your second-to-last question first... is your experience
I have spent the last 5 years championing the role good product design can play in improving people’s lives as they get older. Last month, I spent a week clearing out the house of my mother in law who died in January and unearthing all sorts of “useful” assistive products which had been designed
We always love hearing about what our talented Designing for the Future alumni are up to and sharing their latest news. Last year's winner Martyna Konopka (who designed the stroke rehabilitation jug) is currently undertaking her placement year as part of the Product Design Course at University of Brighton, Martyna has already completed
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
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
