Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design

📆 Just a week left to get your applications in for the William Sutton Prize for Connected Communities with Clarion Housing Group! 🏡 The Prize is offering up to £25,000 in funding, along with expert support from Clarion and the Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design, to support impact-led ideas that enhance social housing residents’ physical, emotional, and social wellbeing. Still not convinced? Here are some past winners' testimonials to prove just how impactful winning the Prize can be. Everything you need to know about the Prize and how to apply 👉 https://lnkd.in/e8TatduP

Wishing our founder and namesake, Lady Helen Hamlyn, a very happy birthday from everyone at the Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design!

📆 Just under 2 weeks left to get your applications in for the Clarion Housing Group William Sutton Prize for Connected Communities. The William Sutton Prize for Connected Communities will provide up to £25,000 in funding, along with expert support from Clarion and the Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design, to support impact-led ideas that enhance social housing residents’ physical, emotional, and social wellbeing. 🏡 This category focuses on fostering community connections and promoting citizen inclusion, both in process and outcomes, to create healthier, more welcoming environments for all. We want proposals that help develop opportunities and spaces for communities to thrive.  We are seeking experts in impact-oriented ideas that have potential to improve the lived experience of social housing in terms of residents’ physical, emotional and social wellbeing, promoting a healthy and welcoming environment for all. The deadline for applications is 8 April 2025. Find out everything you need to know to apply 👉 https://lnkd.in/e8TatduP

🧠 As part of our activities for #Neurodiversity Celebration Week, The Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design at the Royal College of Art hosted a workshop run by Richard Nash (Tutor (Research) Art & Design Graduate Diploma) as part of Space in Mind (a research project exploring and visually documenting the invisible qualities of public spaces and our journeys through them at the RCA) led by Gail Ramster and Dr Katie Gaudion. 🤔 The Space in Mind project aims to deepen our own and the RCA’s understanding of the challenges and delights encountered by neurodivergent individuals regarding public spaces, seeking to improve their experiences and support systems. The workshop was an opportunity to bring neurodivergent staff and students from the project back together to capture their experiences of the RCA's public spaces and explore how the project can be communicated to a wider audience authentically and creatively using a humble photocopier...🖨️ Find out more ➡️ https://lnkd.in/e7qyCvGu #Neurodivergent #Design #InclusiveDesign #DesignResearch

We launched the 5th edition of the Centre's Design.Different magazine at our annual symposium on 5th March 2025, which included presentations of our innovative design research and industry projects. The magazine features reviews and articles of projects across our four themes of Age and Diversity, Health Care, Inclusive Design for Business, and Social Impact. We were delighted to welcome many of our partners, who have been vital in collaborating with and supporting our work in inclusive design. It was an evening of reflecting on past successes and looking forward to new ones. We were also pleased to welcome our new Helen Hamlyn Chairs of Design, Professors Claire Craig and Paul Chamberlain, along with many familiar faces from the Helen Hamlyn Trust, across the RCA and old and new industry partners. The magazine's title comes from this simple idea: we design with a difference, to make a difference⁠.  ⁠ A PDF of the full magazine will be available online soon.  ⁠ #design #designthinking #inclusivedesign #hhcd #rca #inclusivedesignsymposium

Congratulations to Senior Research Associate Dr Katie Gaudion, who has been awarded an Enterprise Impact Fellowship Award for her project Developing a Sensory Design Tool for Everyday Environments. Katie will be conducing this project in collaboration with Autism at Kingwood and supported by InnovationRCA. #EnterpriseIFA #SensoryDesignTool #EverydayEnvironments #AutismAtKingwood #InnovationRCA #ResearchCollaboration #InclusiveDesign #SensoryInnovation #AutismSupport #DesignForAll #ResearchInnovation #SensoryDesign

🎉 A huge welcome to Professors Claire Craig and Paul Chamberlain who officially join us today at the new Helen Hamlyn Chairs of Design! Professors Craig and Chamberlain have collaborated for nearly two decades, co-leading Lab4Living, a pioneering research group based at Sheffield Hallam University, and we are delighted that they are now bringing their extensive experience to the Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design. Welcoming the new Chairs, Lady Helen Hamlyn said: "I am very pleased to welcome Professors Claire Craig and Paul Chamberlain as joint holders of the Chair of Design at the Centre, they will bring their various experience in the field of design to continue the ongoing strategic development of the centre to advance human-centred and inclusive design." Below Professors Craig and Chamberlain are pictured with Lucy O'Rorke FRSA, Director of Projects at the Helen Hamlyn Trust and Melanie Flory, Associate Director of Research at the Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design at our annual Design.Different symposium, which took place earlier this year at the Royal College of Art's Battersea campus. Please join us in welcoming them, and stay tuned for this exciting new chapter at the Centre! 📷 credit: Chris Lee

"I’ve often wondered if the combination of being female, neurodivergent and having a background in textiles has been a great asset to me in what I do." This #InternationalWomensDay, read Dr Katie Gaudion's reflections on how women’s perspectives and experiences influence the design process in a piece by Work Design Magazine celebrating 8 women leaders in workplace design, architecture and strategy from across the globe. https://lnkd.in/e6bDjkFk

Join Ninela Ivanova, PhD and Chris McGinley for the next Creative Leadership masterclass with Royal College of Art - Executive Education, running 10-11 April. Creative Leadership is not just a strategy – it is a transformational process in which individuals tap into their inner creativity, connecting with others towards realising collective vision and goals for projects. Find out everything you need to know and apply below 👇

♻️ Melanie Flory, our Associate Director of Research, recently visited The Design Village to give a masterclass on Cognitive Reframing as part of their initiative that combines sustainability with social impact. She says: "The concept, science, art and practice of repurposing sarees into creative design prototypes in empowering marginalised communities and promoting eco-friendly practices, is a commendable one." Find out more about our research projects 👉 https://lnkd.in/em3Vs26Z