Catalog: Design for our future selves 2003 Awards | |
| contents challenge 1 award sponsors 2 special awards 4 festival 5 age projects 6 work projects 14 design.for.our.future. selves.competition.2002.d es ign.for.our.future.selves .co petiti selves.competition.2002.d es selves.competition.2002.d esig nforourfutureselvesd esign.for.our.future. mobility projects 22 care projects 30 communication projects 38 judges 46 location 48 thanks 50 | |
| 1 challenge How can design students at the Royal College of Art be encouraged to think about their efuture selvesf, explore social challenges in their projects and test their ideas with users? The Design for our Future Selves awards scheme, now in its fourth year, is organised by the Helen Hamlyn Research Centre at the College to give young designers a platform for creative interaction with social trends and key user groups. This publication introduces the 55 shortlisted projects in the 2003 awards, which are competing for ’6,000 in prize money. Every shortlisted entrant also receives a research ... | |
| 2 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 ... | |
| 5 festival Winning and commended projects from the Design for our Future Selves awards 2003 will be showcased in the first-ever London Design Festival, scheduled to take place in the capital in September. The Festival will unite events from more than 30 leading organisations under the banner of design in London. At its heart will be an international conference at Bloomberg in the City of London, the World Creative Forum (23-25 September), exploring the impact of creativity on business and society. International visitors to the London Design Festival are being invited via receptions in 14 world ... | |
| 7 Virginia Cruz Industrial Design Engineering intimate objects 8 Gero Grundmann Communication Art Design generation link 8 Harriet Harriss Architecture Interiors river recovery aboard the 9 languishing lilly Daniel Jones Industrial Design Engineering induction cookware 9 Asuka Kawabata Zinoo Park Design Products better-grip tableware and cutlery 10 Erika Lindstrom Industrial Design Engineering the al dente spaghetti measure 10 Nadia Nervo Communication Art Design ... because life starts at 60 11 Simon Nicholls Industrial Design Engineering born: 11 Orly ... | |
| 13 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 ... | |
| James Carrigan Design Products ethereal machine 16 Robin Howell Industrial Design Engineering rejuvef a nation: dine and recline 16 Sara Islam Architecture Interiors day care 17 Joohee Lee Design Products too tiny too young 17 Graeme Raeburn Fashion Textiles rucksack 18 Helena Rivera Architecture Interiors franchised suburbs, 18 commodified education Simon Thorp Industrial Design Engineering eoutside-inf office illumination 19 Suzi Winstanley Architecture Interiors silk street and the difference engine 19 Hannah Wise Communication Art Design health ... | |
| 20 Hannah Wise health and the working environment This project addresses three main contributors to ill health at work inactivity, poor diet and stress through use of the fabric of the office building as a communication canvas. Inspirational messages about health are engraved on windows and carved into doors and tables. Two video-based pieces reinforce the need to balance nature and technology. RCA departments participating in the Design for our Future Selves awards 2003 Architecture Interiors Communication Art Design Design Products Fashion Industrial Design Engineering Interaction Design ... | |
| 32 Claire Biggs walking stick A translucent and ergonomically correct walking stick with a sculpted handle for better pressure distribution that picks up colour from the userfs clothes. The stick is both an accessory and a useful but aesthetic tool for users of different ages and with a wide range of requirements. Sophie Birkmayer tischleindeckdich This project treats the kitchen as a nuturing, organic environment that is the central organ of the house. The concept combines the kitchen and the dining table, the heart and the soul, creating a place where people can communicate. The tabletop ... | |
| 38 communication Brief: innovation in communication that makes a particular social group or social issue more visible Brief supported by BIGidea | |
| Will Brook Ismini Samanidou Design Products/Fashion Textiles optical tools 40 Elio Caccavale Design Products utility pets 40 Kirsty Carter Emma Thomas Communication Art Design the grey blanket 41 Matthew Dearlove Architecture Interiors phoenix street 41 Agnes Decourchelle Communication Art Design eating out 42 Robert Frith Design Products please give what you can 42 Megumi Fujikawa Interaction Design awareable devices 43 Mauricio Guillen Photography a resting I 43 Mooks Hanifiah Communication Art Design hifaab: stereotypes surrounding 44 the veil ... | |
| 40 Will Brook Ismini Samanidou optical tools A teaching tool for school pupils aged 10-16 to explore the properties of light, based on the use of pinhole photography. The resource teaches skills to harness the simplest of materials into an expressive medium. A poster that folds into a camera and a mobile darkroom are used to demonstrate the concept. Elio Caccavale utility pets This object allows the user to smoke cigarettes in his/her home without creating passive smoke that would damage the health of their utility pet an animal raised with its owners genes implanted so that itfs organs ... | |
| 45 Liv Pennington eye movement and visual attention Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) causes a loss of sight in the central field of vision and is a common eye condition that effects the 60+ age group. These images use eye-tracking technology to draw attention to AMD and look to see if the information gathered from them can be applied to providing practical solutions in daily life. Mio Matsumoto you me Communication between patients who have a serious illness and the people around them such as family, friends and doctors can often be emotional and stressful. A diary encourages personal ... | |
| 47 judges Care Panel Julia Cassim (Chair) Helen Hamlyn Research Centre Alastair Russell SiebertHead Mike Ayres Mike Ayres Design Roy Thompson Mobility Choice Natascha Frensch Helen Hamlyn Research Associate 2003 Communication Panel Jeremy Myerson (Chair) Helen Hamlyn Research Centre Bill Wallsgrove BIGidea Peter Gyllan Danmarks Designskole Tony Muranka Advertising Consultant Quentin Newark Atelier Works Jo Taylor Helen Hamlyn Research Associate 2002 | |
| 50 thanks User Groups: University of the Third Age OpenAge Project Foundation for Assistive Technology (FAST) College of Occupational Therapists Expert Advisers: John Bevan Mike Boyle Nigel Chapman Laurence Gunzi Tim Hardingham David Harman-Powell Richard Hywel-Evans Ian Johnston Sid Jurka Tom Lloyd Kirsteen Mackay Barry Menmuir Niall Tarrell The judging panels Staff and students of the Royal College of Art: Architecture Interiors: Prof Nigel Coates and staff Communication Art Design Prof Dan Fern, Andrzej Klimowski, Jeff Willis and staff The Helen Hamlyn Research Centre would ... | |
