Design out shoplifting
reviewing the dark side of shopping
Awards
Design Out Crime award of £2,500
Design Out Crime is an initiative from the Home Office's Design & Technology Alliance Against Crime and the Design Council. The Alliance is a group of highly respected experts from the worlds of design, industry and law enforcement and they work on developing solutions to a wide range of crime-related problems, particularly those which affect young people. The Alliance was established in 2007 and is tasked with bringing about innovation and encouraging others to 'think crime' in the first stages of design, planning and product development across key themes including; schools, 'hot' products, housing, alcohol-related crime and business crime.
NCR Internship
Value: £4,500
Duration: 12 weeks
Location: Dundee, Scotland
NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR) is a global technology company leading how the world connects, interacts and transacts with business. NCR’s assisted- and self-service solutions and comprehensive support services address the needs of retail, financial, travel, healthcare, hospitality, entertainment, gaming and public sector organizations in more than 100 countries. NCR is headquartered in Duluth, Georgia.
The internship will be with the Consumer Experience [Cx] team working in the research and development centre in Dundee, Scotland. Solutions developed in this facility have enabled NCR to maintain leadership in the global financial services self-service market for over 20 years. The winning student will have the opportunity to further develop their design skills through a 12 week internship as part of the Cx team. Working as part of a multidisciplinary team which includes industrial designers, interaction designers, usability specialists and HCI professionals. The successful student will gain invaluable experience and insight to design in a global context.
This brief was developed by Professor Lorraine Gamman and Professor Martin Gill. Lorraine Gamman is Director of the Design Against Crime Research Centre at Central St Martins School of Art and Design, is the business crime lead for the DTA. She directs the Design Against Crime Research Centre linked to a practice-led design research agenda and the understanding that design should address security issues without compromising functionality and other aspects of performance, or aesthetics. In everyday language, secure design has to be user-friendly whilst abuser-unfriendly; but it doesn't have to look criminal or even ugly.
Professor Martin Gill is Director of Perpetuity Research and Consultancy International a spin out company from the University of Leicester. The company specialises in the areas of security management, risk management, crime and crime prevention. Martin has been actively involved in a range of studies relating to different aspects of design and crime prevention, including in the retail sector. He has published widely (13 books and over 100 articles including 'Managing Security' and 'CCTV' published in 2003, and the 'Handbook' of Security' published in 2006).