17 projects
Projects
Research projects and initiatives the Centre has run or contributed to.
Autism at Kingwood
This was a pioneering,6-year partnership exploring the intersection of autism and design, a field that was largely uncharted in 2010. Each year a new design brief was focussed; they ranged from…
Believe in Us - Heart & Soul and Greenwich NHS
Funded by the Health Foundation. Brought together people with learning disabilties and autistic people with health and social care professionals to explore the challenges of Heathcare services and…
DBA Design Challenges
Organised annually since 2000 for ten years by the Royal College of Art’s Helen Hamlyn Centre and the Design Business Association, the DBA Design Challenges invited designers to create products and…
Design Age Institute
Design Age Institute is based at the Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design at the Royal College of Art, funded by Research England in 2020 as part of the UK government’s Grand Challenge on an Ageing…
Design Bugs Out
Launched in August 2008, Design Bugs Out was a design challenge run in partnership with the Department of Health and the NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency. It brought designers and manufacturers…
DOME: Design Out Medical Error
The DOME project (2008-12) was funded by EPSRC. Its impact extended from the healthcare and design professions and industries to patients and their families who stand to benefit from improved…
Enhancing Future Community Connectivity for Ageing Well in Place: Co-designing Technology and Environments
Co-design exploration of social housing and its relationship to community connectivity. How can we design social housing that enables older adults to remain connected within their communities?
Future Ambulance projects
Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design has collaborated with partners on several projects to develop future ambulance. Design For Patient Safety: Future Ambulance (2005-6) was initiated by the NHS National…
Future London Taxi
This study outlined a new approach to designing an inclusive London taxi for people of all ages and abilities.
Heart n Soul @ The Hub
Funded by Wellcome’s Hub Award to bring a group of very different people together to do research in new and exciting ways. Challenged the public by asking them some up close and personal questions…
i~design Programme
The i~design programme is a ten-year research collaboration between the Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design with the Engineering Design Centre at University of Cambridge to develop a practice base and…
Our Future Foyle
The Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design partnered with Public Health Agency Northern Ireland and local residents on a three-year project, aiming to create interventions, through art and leisure based…
PACES
The Paediatric Actigraphic Clinical Evaluation (PACES) project is exploring how wearable devices could be used to evaluate interventions for children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder…
Pioneering Architecture for Later Living Sector (PALLS)
KTP - This project aimed to develop an inclusive, socially and economically sustainable Later Living housing model in town and city centre avoiding age segregation.
Public Toilets Research Unit
Two research projects - RATs and TACT3 - have engaged the views of more than 120 members of the public and providers of toilet facilities. By working with these two user groups, researchers at the…
Research Associate Programme
The Helen Hamlyn Research Associates Programme addresses specific user needs related to socially inclusive design, via a programme in which new RCA graduates undertake one-year design research &…
Welcoming Workplace / Life of Work / Wellbeing & Workplace
The Work & City Lab was established in HHCD in 2006 as a hub for workplace design research, bringing a novel academic perspective to understanding and supporting human interaction and experience at…