{"id":7089,"date":"2019-05-20T11:33:18","date_gmt":"2019-05-20T10:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/?p=7089"},"modified":"2019-05-20T17:18:12","modified_gmt":"2019-05-20T16:18:12","slug":"lab4living-tour-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/lab4living-tour-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Lab4Living on tour! Our work in India"},"content":{"rendered":"

During March this year members of the Lab4Living team undertook a mammoth overseas trip taking in Delhi, Mumbai and Surabaya in eastern Java. Designers Heath Reed<\/a> and Andy Stanton<\/a> are delivering projects in school and community settings under a new UK Government funding programme.\u00a0The work is funded through the ‘Frugal Innovation’ theme in Sheffield Hallam University\u2019s ‘Global Challenge Research Fund<\/a>‘ which aims to help address problems faced by developing countries.<\/p>\n

\"'Playponics'

‘Playponics’ concept development<\/p><\/div>\n

In India our research (desk research plus brainstorming with partner groups) indicated that gaps in provision for integrated play and sustainability education might be addressed through new forms of interaction.<\/p>\n

Working with Emeritus Professor Mike Knowles (School of Creativity, Rishihood University) and Avika Sood (Design MA\/RA) we have developed new concepts for ‘Playponics<\/strong>‘, a suite of playground equipment through which we aim to enable hydroponic crop production.<\/p>\n

\"'Playponics'

‘Playponics’ concept development<\/p><\/div>\n

“The people we met and the projects we worked on reminded me just how powerful design approaches can be in helping to create positive change<\/i>” Heath Reed<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The ‘Playponics<\/strong>‘ concept has been welcomed by schools in the Delhi region and has in-principle backing from The Energy and Resources Institute<\/a>.<\/p>\n

We plan to have the first installation up and running in a local school\u00a0by the end of 2019. Watch this space!<\/p>\n

“It was a privilege to see first-hand a level of ingenuity realising real world solutions with very limited resources, a truly inspirational experience.<\/i>” Andy Stanton<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In Mumbai the team have been extending their practice and knowledge in the areas of Motor Neurone Disease (MND) and improvements to quality of life through new kinds of product provision.<\/p>\n

\"Team

Neurogen Hospital, Mumbai<\/p><\/div>\n

Building on our work with the UK MND community (including the Head-Up<\/a> project) and with colleagues at the Industrial Design Centre<\/a>\u2019s School of Design at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (who presented last year\u2019s Design4Health conference<\/a>), we have identified a number of currently unmet needs which will be explored and further developed in local workshops with patients and healthcare practitioners.<\/p>\n

In Surabaya the team presented the work of Lab4living, shared knowledge with ITS<\/a>\u00a0about our methods and practices, and established a number of lines for future collaboration across education, industry and research.<\/p>\n

More news on the Delhi Hydroponics Playground project, our work with the MND community in Mumbai, and the developing themes in Surabaya coming soon!<\/p>\n

Heath Reed and Andy Stanton<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Designers Heath Reed and Andy Stanton are delivering projects in school and community settings under a new UK Government funding programme.\u00a0The work is funded through the ‘Frugal Innovation’ theme in Sheffield Hallam University\u2019s ‘Global Challenge Research Fund‘ […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3578,"featured_media":7091,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[139],"tags":[1178,1183,129,1182,202,241,1184,166],"class_list":["post-7089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-adrc-research","tag-andy-stanton","tag-design-research","tag-global-challenge-research-fund","tag-heath-reed","tag-lab4living","tag-playponics","tag-product-design-research"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2019\/05\/L4L-India.jpg?fit=890%2C290&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8oFHo-1Ql","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9797,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/playponics-pilot-playground-installed-in-uttar-pradesh-india\/","url_meta":{"origin":7089,"position":0},"title":"Playponics pilot playground installed in Uttar Pradesh, India","author":"Kirsty Christer","date":"28\/01\/2021","format":false,"excerpt":"This week sees the installation of the Playponics pilot at a school in Uttar Pradesh, India. 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