Showcasing research from the Sheffield Creative Industries Institute at Sheffield Hallam University
Showcasing research from the Sheffield Creative Industries Institute at Sheffield Hallam University
News from CCRI researchers and their projects
Design4Health 2015, #D4H2015 came to a close after running from the 13th-16th July. The event encompassed a conference, exhibition and 24 hour design4health challenge, Lego Serious Play, Open Space, a Yarn Lounge, Giant Operation. With headline sponsor Yorkshire and Humber AHSN – we created an environment focused on creative practices that enable healthcare innovation, that challenge people to think differently […]
Read more24 hours is a long time to be working, especially on a tough subject and in a genuinely participatory setting. Still, for the three teams that made up the 24hr Design Challenge participants on the 13th and 14th of July this is exactly what they did. The Design Challenge ran across the first two days of the 2015 Design4Health conference, […]
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This week Claire Craig facilitated a workshop exploring the role of creative practice in understanding user experience as part of the Internet of Things Week Lisbon. The workshop was part of a larger session organised by Marita Holst of the European Network of Living Labs, which considered approaches to citizen engagement in the design processes of Smart city services. Claire […]
Read moreClaire was invited to speak at the Create-4-Dementia Hackathon an event funded as part of the EPSRC – NIHR HTC Partnership award: Social Computing and Mental Health Research Network. This was Claire’s first experience of being part of such an event which brought together teams of designers, coders, hackers, makers and researchers to share ideas, experiences and concepts to explore […]
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Lab4Living‘s Joe Langley, Dan Wolstenholme and Rebecca Partridge recently ran a workshop at the Sheffield Microsystems Coaching Academy Expo demonstrating how some of the creative practices from participatory design might compliment and augment the Microsystems service improvement approach. Their workshop was filled to capacity with 45 delegates from the Expo and included the Godfather of the Microsystems approach; Paul Batalden. […]
Read moreThis week Lab4Living welcomed Aisha Tawahni, Daniel Schuler, Aline Rueede and Evelyn Stainhauser, four occupational therapy students from Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland who are interested in learning more about design and occupational therapy. They were joined by Sheffield Hallam occupational therapy student Connie Kendall who is currently completing her ‘extended scope’ placement at Lab4Living. Over the week the […]
Read moreLab4Living is proud to be hosting a 2 day international workshop exploring Creative Practices in Knowledge Mobilisation. Using Lego, case studies, plenty of coffee and informed by existing models and theories in the landscape of Knowledge Mobilisation, a select group of experts will seek to define what creative practices and practitioners can bring to this field. They will build a […]
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Matt Dexter, Research Associate with Lab4Living, has been trained and certified in the Lego Serious Play methodology as an LSP facilitator. We are now beginning a journey to exploration to see how this methodology can be adapted and evolved to enhance and support innovation in the healthcare field; service innovation and device/technology innovation. This team is a Community Support team […]
Read moreMy Dignity Means: A Patient-led Event 2 June 2015, 10am – 4pm Millennium Gallery, Sheffield, UK #MyDignityMeans Free to attend Patient and Carer travel expenses will be reimbursed Apply for a place by 19 May: www.mydignitymeans.eventbrite.com Lab4Living is supporting this unique patient-led event. Come and listen to patient experiences, and contribute to discussions around device design, dignity and the patient voice. […]
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Heidi Probst and Heath Reed have won another National Institute for Health Research Invention for Innovation (NIHR i4i) project for Lab4Living. With a development fund of £576,000, the Lab4Living team with clinical and industrial partners can now move forward with the development of a support device that will allow accurate positioning of the breast on a day-to-day basis, that is […]
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