Including you
Designing for people living with long term health conditions
This project, part of a collaboration with NESTA exploring the role of design in response to key challenges in contemporary life, is an opportunity to think about design and the role of the designer in a new way.
Millions of people in the UK - both young and older people - live with a long term chronic health condition. This is a condition for which there is currently no cure but is controllable through medication and other therapies.
The purpose of this brief is to explore ways in which design-led responses can help people gain the confidence to take ownership of managing their condition. What might such responses look like: a product, service, interaction or routine? Any might be valid as your research and the insights you uncover could lead to many different outputs.
Support for participants undertaking this project
This project is supported by a range of resources (accessed from
the Resources link below). In addition there is a filmed interview (use
link below to view) involving an expert partner with whom we worked to
develop the project, and a designer. This has been made specifically to
offer extra support and insight to students working on the project.
Question?
Additionally, we are providing the opportunity for student participants
to put questions to the speakers at points during the course of working
on the project. All questions should be emailed using the link below.
This project is also open to those in their first year following graduation
Project brief (PDF 123KB, 4 pages)
Email your question about the Including You project