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GMW Architects
GMW Architects is an award-winning
architectural and interior design practice.
Based in London, with affiliate offices
throughout Europe, GMW offers a wide
range of skills and experience in the office,
retail, transportation and leisure
sectors. Over the last three years
our involvement with the Helen
Hamlyn Research Centre has represented an important component
of our research activity and our
commitment to being at the leading
edge of new thinking in workplace
design. We are delighted to be
encouraging new design talent
through our sponsorship of the
2003 RCA Design for our Future
Selves awards.
GMW Architects is supporting
the Work brief
www.gmw-architects.com
award sponsors
BIGidea
Big Idea is an independent brand management
consultancy that specialises in new product
development for consumer and retail brands.
The companyfs expertise covers marketing,
planning, consumer insight, colour trend forecasting and concept design and devel
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Virginia Cruz intimate objects
A family of objects that uses technology in a
tactile and multi-sensory way allowing older
users to access information using more than
one sense. Tactile conversation is a blanket that
vibrates to the voice of the person on the phone;
m.emo is an intimate soft object that reveals
marbles of different shapes in which personal
audio memories can be stored.
An activity-based, illustrated manual that brings
family generations closer together, especially
grandparents and grandchildren. The manual
helps readers turn generational differences into
opportunities by creating activities for all age
groups that aid understanding of the different
perspectives of older and younger people
whilst highlighting shared qualities.
Gero Grundmann generation link
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Richard Woods
seeing electricity
A project that aims to change the way people
understand and make decisions about their
electricity usage by providing real-time feedback
on every appliance in the home to one central
display. The system can act as a reassurance to
older people as the display provides a quick safety
check that potentially dangerous, high-power
electrical goods are turned off.
Jonathan West
ageing clock
A clock that displays current time in a sculptural
way whilst containing a slower, more personal
timescale. The skeleton of the clock contains
a series of boxes into which each successive
generation of owners puts an artefact. A family
history of heirlooms is built up within the timepiece, encouraging long-lasting, meaningful
communication between generations.
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Helena Rivera franchised suburbs,
commodified education
This project sets out a scenario for the hypercapitalist London suburbs of 2050. A scheme
on Egham High Street presents the education
environment as a hybrid of office, research and
market spaces. Students working in lightweight,
prefabricated, flexible modules are commodities
whose futures can be invested in.
Graeme Raeburn
rucksack
A redesign of the rucksack to meet the needs
of the modern commuter as well as two-wheeled
transport users. Issues of crime, security, safety,
posture and adaptability are addressed through a
range of features, including a hard evaultf area of
the bag that is only accessible when it is removed.
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Athur Ali
Vehicle Design inside-out
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Amalan Arulanantham
Industrial Design Engineering
ne wear
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Pratap Bose
Vehicle Design
coming full circle
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Masateru Fukiwake
Fashion Textiles
backpack clothing
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Peter Fullagar
Industrial Design Engineering
duet music stand
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Viktor Holmqvist
Vehicle Design
the illusion of safety
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Andrew Lang
Industrial Design Engineering
sports helmet visor
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Joseph Ludlow
Industrial Design Engineering
intrepid mapping
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Rebecca Minnitt
Industrial Design Engineering
3-to-1
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Khashayar Naimanan
Design Products
clothing for concealing
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Dominic Nowakowski
Vehicle Design urban flow
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Rufus Willis
Architecture Interiors thali island docks
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shortlisted projects
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Rebecca Minnitt 3-to-1
Khashayar Naimanan
clothing for concealing
A walking aid that transforms into a seat. The
legs fold out to form a stable tripod structure and
the seat fans out to offer maximum comfort and
support. It is designed to appeal to a variety of
age groups and take the strain out of walking,
commuting or standing up in queues for people
with mobility problems.
Garments with hidden pockets that can only be
accessed by the user including a jacket with two
types of sleeves; one with a pocket to hold objects
such as a wallet and one with ribbing to hold
objects such as a camera. The project is designed
to prevent crime and the clothing is aimed at
people of all ages and abilities.
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Dominic McCausland
object detector
Using the concept of metal detectors, this project
addresses the restrictions of impaired vision and
the misplaced objects that result. The wristmounted device can locate objects at close
range and, through electronic tagging technology,
can identify different items by alerting the user
through sound or vibration.
Murat Konar
loopqoob
A set of cubes allowing adults and children whose
motor skills are unsuited to traditional instruments
to make music depending on their orientation. The
ekid friendlyf version of loopqoob can be used by a
single child or group of children, enabling children
of differing temperaments and abilities to engage
in the social activity of making music.
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Will Brook Ismini Samanidou
Design Products/Fashion Textiles
optical tools
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Elio Caccavale
Design Products
utility pets
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Kirsty Carter Emma Thomas
Communication Art Design
the grey blanket
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Matthew Dearlove
Architecture Interiors
phoenix street
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Agnes Decourchelle
Communication Art Design
eating out
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Robert Frith
Design Products
please give what you can
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Megumi Fujikawa
Interaction Design
awareable devices
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Mauricio Guillen
Photography
a resting I
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Mooks Hanifiah
Communication Art Design
hifaab: stereotypes surrounding
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the veil
Etsuko Hatta
Communication Art Design
the right brain and the left brain
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Mio Matsumoto
Communication Art Design
you and me
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Liv Pennington
Photography eye movement and visual attention
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shortlisted projects
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Mooks Hanifiah
hijaab: stereotypes
surrounding the veil
A project which aims to educate both Muslims
and non-Muslims on the historical and religious
significance of wearing the veil (Hijaab). It informs
Muslims on the way a patriarchal society has
maintained the practice to subordinate women,
and enables non-Muslims to see beneath the
stereotype.
Etsuko Hatta
the right brain and
the left brain
In an education system that increasingly favours
rational left-brain thinking, this animation project
uses the simple charm of childrenfs book illustration
to encourage school pupils aged 7-12 and their
teachers to use the right side of the brain
for creative, visual activities.
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location
kensington gore
conservation
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