Showcasing research from the Culture & Creativity Research Institute at Sheffield Hallam University
Showcasing research from the Culture & Creativity Research Institute at Sheffield Hallam University
27 Oct 2023 Submissions are now open for Design4Health 2024, the 7th international conference on design for health. Next summer’s conference is hosted by Lab4Living at Sheffield Hallam University. The theme is ‘Equilibrium in a time of permacrisis‘ and the review committee invites submissions in the form of extended abstracts and poster proposals. We continue to live in a time […]
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Handle [me] With Care is a research project exploring the relationship between people living with reduced mobility and their caregivers though movements and body interaction. At the Handle [me] With Care event on Friday 10 November 2023, you will be able to attend projection of a short edited film of different choreographies. It will transport you into the intimate and […]
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Handy (1) What is touched when we encounter touchscreens? Our relationship with technology, particularly smartphones, resonates through the entirety of our senses and bodies. The manner of carriage, grip, and even the specific regions of skin contact exert influence. Embedded within the concept of Screen Time lies a comprehension of fragmented and repeated periods of attention as a performative touch […]
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An exploration of the role of design in re-imagining the 100-year life is being showcased by Sheffield Hallam University at London Design Biennale this month, as part of London Design Festival. The interactive exhibition presents a body of design research to enhance health and wellbeing for an ageing population, developed by the University’s interdisciplinary research group Lab4Living. It is part of the […]
Read moreLab4Living’s adaptable sink design could extend our independence Hallam’s innovative Lab4Living are tackling a problem faced by many people with compromised physical ability – finding an affordable, easy-to-install, adaptable sink that can they can use independently. Hear from Principal Researcher, Heath Reed, to find out more about the project. Heath Reed currently works as one of the Lead Researchers delivering […]
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Professor Virginia Heath has been selected for the prestigious International DOK.fest Munich Masters Pitch on 6th May with her new documentary feature research project, ‘She Sings of Murder and Love’. She is also presenting the project with Composer David McAulay in the competitive Composer’s Pitch on 7th May. The research project has been developed with funding from Screen Scotland; the […]
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Dying matters explores the complexities and consequences arising from some of our struggles to talk openly about death When is a right time for us to think about our preferences for end of life care and talk about our wishes? How important is it for us to relay this information to others, especially those who are closest to us? And […]
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Young people will help create an ‘online museum’ as a way of improving their mental health, as part of a new and ground-breaking £2.61m research project – including Hallam’s Lab4Living. Find out more here. Image credit: A screenshot of the Ways Of Being website. Ways of Being © University of Oxford and Imagineear Lt.
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Lab4Living: What’s on in the White Building March 2023 This month the White Building hosts Postgraduate Open Day activities, workshops and seminars with groups of Nursing and Social Care students, community groups, a pop-up exhibition by Art and Design students, and Lab4Living Cinema Club. As part of a varied programme of activities and meet-ups this month, Lab4Living welcomes a range […]
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A pop-up exhibition in the White Building on Thur 9 Mar 2023 Mon 13 Mar 2023 presents the work of Sheffield Hallam University MA Design students working with Lab4Living researchers on the theme of BioHacking. It invites visitors on a speculative journey about the human’s future, challenging us to rethink and reinvent the interplay between humans, nature and technology. The […]
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