This report documents the work undertaken as part of my Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Design Leadership Fellowship between January 2017 and December 2019. Over the course of 36 months, I have conducted a series of events and activities…
Design Research for Change (DR4C) In recent years, design research has witnessed a clear “social turn” where researchers have looked to make change in more socially-focused contexts as opposed to wholly commercial realms. This “social turn” has encompassed a range…
The Covid-19 crisis and the designed interventions we have catalogued in this book appear to prove definitively that design does care. We have documented this as it evolved every day from the 1 January 2020 to 31 May 2020 inclusive. What the…
This toolkit has been produced as a legacy from the ‘UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship’ workshop series led by Professor Paul Rodgers (University of Strathclyde) as part of his AHRC Design Leadership Fellowship (2017-2020). For further information on the ‘Design Research…
The aim of the AHRC Residential Design Fellowships: Challenges of the Future 2020 is to create a better understanding of the role of design research in five challenging areas: AI & Data – Dr Joseph Lindley and Professor Paul Coulton,…
The Design Research Future Stars Workshops will build on on the successful AHRC Next Generation Design Researchers (NGDR) and Design Future Leaders Fellowships workshops (that were attended by over 1300 early career design researchers) held over the last 24 months. The…
The AHRC Design Research for Change (DR4C) Showcase at the London Design Fair 2019 included 61 design-led research projects that spanned a range of design disciplines, ways of working, geographical spread across the UK, methodological and conceptual boundaries. The 61…
Delighted to announce that we have just published the Illustrated A to Z for the Design of Care book. This illustrated A to Z for the Design of Care book was written collaboratively by nearly 50 design researchers and practitioners during the…
We had an amazing response to the call-for-papers for the Design Research for Change (DR4C) 2019 Symposium that will be held at the Design Museum, London on Wednesday 11 and Thursday 12 December 2019. We received 62 papers from researchers…
We had an amazing response to the call-for-papers for the Design Research for Change (DR4C) 2019 Symposium that will be held at the Design Museum, London on Wednesday 11 and Thursday 12 December 2019. We received 62 papers from researchers…
On 20 to 23 June 2019 Designed with Dementia, a unique pop-up shop showcasing a vast array of co-designed products created with people living with dementia, will open for 4 days in the St. Enoch Centre, Glasgow. Designed with Dementia…
Chiba University, Chiba, JAPAN 1 to 3 July 2019 Does Design Care…? is a workshop/seminar for academics and practitioners from various disciplines at any level of experience who are involved and/or interested in the gesture and/or practice of “Care” at large.…