Showcasing research from the Culture & Creativity Research Institute at Sheffield Hallam University
Showcasing research from the Culture & Creativity Research Institute at Sheffield Hallam University
John Kirkby on how Design Futures can support researchers Are the days of research findings being shared primarily through traditional academic papers and reports coming to an end? We caught up with John Kirkby (Creative Director) to discover how Hallam’s Design Futures Packaging team is helping researchers not only make a tangible impact, but also reach new and wider audiences. […]
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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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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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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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Three Occupational Therapy (OT) students at Sheffield Hallam University have been given the opportunity to undertake an extended scope placement within Lab4Living in the Art and Design Research Centre. The purpose of their placement, agreed in conjunction with Lab4Living’s Dr Claire Craig and Helen Fisher, is to develop an intervention that fosters and enables the communication of challenging topics through […]
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The Design Futures packaging team has been shortlisted in three categories at this years prestigious UK Packaging awards. Winners will be announced at the awards evening on Thursday 7th November, 2019, at the Grosvenor House, London. Their shortlisting for the ‘Best New Concept Award’ is for their development of an environmentally responsible cool box that uses sheep wool and corrugated […]
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Design Futures raised nearly £500 for Sheffield Children’s Hospital Charity at their festive pop-up shop last month, selling products the packaging design consultancy had designed the packaging for as part of the Sheffield Innovation Programme. John Kirkby and his team within the University’s design consultancy, Design Futures, have been supporting local businesses across the region and providing packaging expertise as part of […]
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Update: Find out more about Design Futures’ win on both Packaging News and the SHU Media Centre. Sheffield Hallam University’s packaging design team, Design Futures, are celebrating after winning the distinguished national title of Design Team of the Year in the UK Packaging Awards – the leading industry awards in the country. Other category winners were some of the UK’s […]
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02 October 2017 Update: Peter Macqueen, Packaging Designer with Design Futures appeared on BBC Radio Sheffield on Friday 22 September 2017 alongside Faye Savory of Bear Hugs on Paulette Edwards’ Good News Friday feature. Click here to listen. Sheffield Hallam University’s packaging design team, Design Futures, are in the running for two distinguished national titles at this year’s UK Packaging […]
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John Kirkby, Creative Director of Sheffield Hallam University’s commercially focused product and packaging design consultancy group Design Futures was featured as a packaging expert on BBC One’s consumer rights programme Rip Off Britain earlier this week. John was asked to investigate a famous brand of pie tins, and he filmed a ‘video diary’ looking into the packaging, before taking part […]
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