Design Futures Packaging designed ‘Kids in Court’ game wins European award

Kids in Court

A research project and evidence-based board game designed to help prepare children for court through play has won the Crystal Scales of Justice Prize. The game has been designed with Design Futures Packaging. The game builds on research by Dr Marilena Kyriakidou, a Senior Lecturer in Forensic Psychology at Sheffield Hallam University (SHU), and has been developed with the Design […]

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Design Futures Packaging team success at the UK Packaging Awards 2023

Congratulations to the Design Futures Packaging team, who have had another successful evening at the UK Packaging Awards. The Design Futures Packaging team were shortlisted earlier in the year in two categories for the UK Packaging Awards 2023. The UK Packaging Awards 2023 ceremony took place in London on Thursday 12 October 2023 at Grosvenor House on Park Lane, and […]

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Design Futures shortlisted in two categories for the UK Packaging Awards 2023

Photo shows a pink cardboard box. The closing flap of the box has the appearance of a pig's nose. To the left of the box are 3 Trupic vegan chocolate bars. The packaging is printed with the words 'Keep Trufflin'"

Design Futures has been shortlisted once again for UK Packaging Awards. This year, they are shortlisted for the ‘Design Team of the Year’ Performance Award. They have also been nominated for their innovative packaging design for local chocolate company Trupig Vegan in the ‘Corrugated: Online Retail and Consumer Goods’ Quality Award category. Speaking about the design for Trupig, Design Futures […]

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Exhibition: Design Futures: a retrospective – 20 years of design impact

Design Futures Retrospective exhibition

Lab4Living is delighted to host this month Design Futures: a retrospective. On show are selected projects from the last 20 years, conducted by Sheffield Hallam University’s packaging and product design group. Design Futures is a team of award-winning product and packaging designers and researchers. With frequent collaborations with Lab4Living, Design Futures is helping people to live longer, happier and healthier […]

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Design Futures: A retrospective – 20 years of Design Impact

Design Futures exhibition image

In association with Lab4Living’s Research England Expanding Excellence in Research Award In celebration of Design Futures’ 20th anniversary – an exhibition of selected projects conducted by Sheffield Hallam University’s packaging and product design group. Design Futures is a team of award-winning product and packaging designers and researchers at Sheffield Hallam University. Design Futures’ work, informed by the latest research methods […]

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CCRI Seminar Series – ‘Design Futures Packaging: Support work for research projects’ with John Kirkby (Design Futures)

John Kirkby CCRI Seminar - Picture of John and projects worked on by Design Futures

Please join us on Wednesday 16 March 2022 for our next CCRI-wide seminar as part of the Culture & Creativity Research Institute Seminar Series, where we will be hearing from Design Futures‘ John Kirkby. Design Futures Packaging: Support work for research projects Creative Director John Kirkby would like to take this  opportunity to present some recent examples of how the award […]

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CCRI Seminar Series – ‘insights > ideas > concepts > products – Harnessing design to drive product innovation’ with Mark Phillips (Design Futures)

Collated images of Design Futures projects, courtesy of Mark Phillips

Please join us on Wednesday 23 February for our next CCRI-wide seminar as part of the Culture & Creativity Research Institute Seminar Series, where we will be hearing from Design Futures‘ Mark Phillips. insights > ideas > concepts > products Harnessing design to drive product innovation Turning good ideas into successful products is the lifeblood of manufacturing companies. Design can help […]

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Design Futures win at this years UK Packaging Awards

  The Design Futures Packaging team within the ADMRC in SSA have won 2 awards at this years UK Packaging Awards, one of the UK ‘s biggest packaging competitions. The team has won ‘Design Team of the Year’ and also ‘Resource Efficient Pack of the year’.   It is the 4th time in the last 6 years that we have […]

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Lullabies transforming lives in Zambia

A project which harnesses the power of song to spread vital healthcare messages among African women has been highlighted in an article in the i. The Life-Saving Lullabies project is led by Sheffield Hallam design expert Professor David Swann in collaboration with first-aid charity St John Zambia and Dr James Reid and Professor Barry Doyle from the University of Huddersfield. It […]

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