Tag: John Kirkby

Design Futures packaging wins ‘Best Sustainable Packaging’ at the World Food Innovation Awards for Yumpa Bars

Tony Askins (Yumpa Bars) and John Kirkby (SHU's Design Futures) holding a selection of their cricket flour energy bars

Yumpa Bars, a natural energy bar made with cricket flour, won Best Sustainable Packaging at the World Food Innovation Awards International Food and Drink Event for their compostable packaging designed by SHU’s Design Futures Team and Parkside. Yumpa Bars are the first snack bar in Europe to have a fully compostable wrapper. “Environmental responsibility is a key company ethic for […]

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Award nomination for Design Futures collaborative project with Sheffield Teaching Hospitals

Mark Jayes with MCAST toolkit

A collaborative project between John Kirkby of Design Futures, speech and language therapist Mark Jayes, and staff and patients at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation has been recognised by Mediplex NHS Innovation Awards 2017.   The Mental Capacity Assessment Support Toolkit (MCAST) supports multidisciplinary staff to carry out robust mental capacity assessment and could better support vulnerable patients to communicate their needs.  MCAST has been tested with […]

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